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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.

Business, Safety

Rail, Intermodal Traffic Rise for Week

Rail carload and intermodal traffic both rose last week from the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday.

December 6, 2007
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Dynamex Reports Higher 1Q Profit

Logistics and delivery firm Dynamex Inc. reported its fiscal first-quarter net income rose to $4 million or 39 cents a share, from $3.6 million or 34 cents a year earlier.

December 6, 2007
Business, Safety, Government

Patriot CEO Anderson to Retire in February

Patriot Transportation Holding said that Chief Executive Officer John Anderson will retire in February. He will be succeeded by John Baker.

December 6, 2007
Business, Safety, Government

TWIC Enrollment Continues at U.S. Ports

Registration for truck drivers and other transportation workers to get the Transportation Workers Identification Credential, a biometric identification credential that will be required for unescorted access to secure areas at all U.S. ports.

December 5, 2007
Business, Safety, Government

ARTBA to Seek Exemption from HOS for Drivers in Construction Sector

WASHINGTON — The American Road and Transportation Builders Association said it would seek an exemption from federal hours-of-service rules for drivers in the construction industry, even as the group representing state enforcement officials said they would look to roll back the exemptions already in place.

December 5, 2007
Business, Safety, Government

ISM Services Index Declines in November

The economy’s service sector growth rate declined in October, the Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday.

December 5, 2007
Government, Business, Safety

Third-Quarter Productivity Jumps to 6.3%

U.S. worker productivity jumped to an annual rate of 6.3% in the third quarter from 2.2% the previous quarter, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

December 5, 2007
Business, Safety, Government

Trucking Revenue Tops $300 Bln., Census Bureau Says

Total revenue for truck transportation, couriers and messengers, and warehousing and storage reached $312 billion in 2006, up from $293 billion in 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday.

December 4, 2007
Business, Safety, Government

Trucking Revenue Tops $300 Bln., Census Bureau Says

Total revenue for truck transportation, couriers and messengers, and warehousing and storage reached $312 billion in 2006, up from $293 billion in 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday.

December 4, 2007
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Landstar CEO Says Revenue, Volume Growing

Truckload carrier Landstar System will increase fourth-quarter revenue in the “mid-single-digit range,” Chief Executive Officer Henry Gerkens said in a conference call with investors, Bloomberg reported.

December 4, 2007