Safety

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Transportation businesses face a host of dynamic risk issues that can significantly impact their financial and operational health. The news in this category focuses on the latest safety and security initiatives, resources and regulations and addresses topics that include fleet safety, claims administration, driver hiring and retention, risk management and compliance.

Safety

FMCSA Shuts Down Ga. Private Carrier

Federal regulators have ordered Georgia-based logging company Judson Mobley Logging to stop operating its trucks, declaring it an “imminent hazard to public safety.”

Timothy Cama | Staff Reporter
May 8, 2012
Business, Safety, Government

Trucking Failures Decline

Truck fleet failures continued to decline early this year, despite high diesel prices that stubbornly remained above $4 per gallon, according to a new report.

May 7, 2012
Business, Safety, Government, Technology, Equipment

Roadrunner’s First-Quarter Profit Grows

Roadrunner Transportation Systems’ first-quarter profit climbed to $7.9 million, or 25 cents a share, from $4.4 million, or 14 cents, a year ago.

May 4, 2012
Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous

FMCSA Hears from Drivers, Carriers on EOBR Issue

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Several dozen truck drivers, motor carriers and law enforcement officers gave federal regulators a candid array of opinions on whether a planned electronic logging device mandate would be properly used as a safety device and fleet productivity tool.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
May 1, 2012
Business, Government, Safety, Autonomous

Plug-In Power Added at Midwest Truck Stops

Truck stop electrification vendor Shorepower Technologies said its plug-in power service is now available at three new locations in Nebraska and Iowa.

April 30, 2012
Perspective, Business, Government, Safety

Opinion: Just Who Is Qualifying Whom?

Carriers have many reasons for maintaining good scores on the new Compliance, Safety, Accountability program introduced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

April 30, 2012
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous

Swift Opposes Advocating Heavier Trucks on U.S. Interstates, CEO Moyes Says

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Swift Transportation Inc. opposes the trucking industry’s lobbying efforts toward allowing heavier trucks on interstate highways in the United States, the company’s CEO told a gathering of Canadian trucking executives.

April 30, 2012
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

TransForce Earnings, Revenue Improve

Canadian transportation firm TransForce Inc. said its first-quarter profit improved, boosted by acquisitions.

April 27, 2012
Business, Safety

iTECH: Cameras Keep an Eye on Drivers

In this age of distracted driving and new federal rules, fleet operators face a heightened challenge: How can they know and control what is happening in the cabs of their trucks? Ignorance could be expensive and dangerous.

April 26, 2012
Business, Safety, Government

Covenant’s First-Quarter Loss Narrows

Covenant Transportation Group reported a first-quarter loss of $640,000, or 4 cents per share, compared with a loss of $2.5 million, or 17 cents, a year earlier.

April 25, 2012