Safety
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.
Union Fund Exit Would Cost UPS Up to $4 Billion
UPS Inc. would have to pay about up to $4 billion to cover its share of a Teamsters pension fund’s obligations, industry sources said.
May 28, 2007STB Asked to Delay New Limits On Freight Rate-Setting Bureaus
The National Motor Freight Traffic Association has asked the Surface Transportation Board to delay a decision to end antitrust immunity for trucking rate bureaus.
May 28, 2007Technology Speeds Load-Planning Tasks
Eight years ago, a busy day for load planner Rick Demitruk of Express-1 Expedited Solutions Inc. meant dispatching 20 to 30 loads and shepherding them through to delivery.
May 28, 2007Rail, Intermodal Fall for Week
Rail carload and intermodal freight fell last week compared with a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.
May 25, 2007Covenant Renames Holding Company
Covenant Transport said Wednesday its stockholders approved a name change to the truckload carrier’s corporation to Covenant Transportation Group Inc.
May 23, 2007Calif. Seeks Stricter Greenhouse-Gas Rules
California has asked U.S. regulators for permission to set its own environmental rules for reducing global warming emissions from passenger vehicles, Bloomberg reported.
May 23, 2007FMCSA Moves to Protect Fleets From ID Theft
Brent Jones first got word March 27 that his trucking company’s name was being used as part of a freight load board fraud scheme.
May 22, 2007Letters to the Editor: Border Opening, SafeStat Scores
Sen. Clinton Seeks Rail-Safety Upgrades
McLeod Updates Software Package
McLeod Software, said Thursday it added several features to its LoadMaster transportation management package.
May 21, 2007