P.M. Executive Briefing - Aug. 10
This Afternoon's Headlines:
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Roadway Express Expands Web Site
The Roadway Express’s Web site now offers an Extranet feature, my.roadway.com, which offers a private, secure network for businesses wanting to trade information electronically. Shippers using my.roadway.com get a personal Web page within the Roadway site offering them real-time shipment data. Journal of Commerce (08/10/99) P. 4BHP Transport Chooses Baan
BHP Transport of Melbourne, Australia, has settled on Baan Co. enterprise resource planning applications to connect BHP Logistics Services customers and vendors. Journal of Commerce (08/10/99) P. 16
Trucking News: Mistake Costs NY DOT $50,000; Most Traffic Signals Are Y2K Ready
The New York Department of Transportation has agreed to pay $50,000 to fix an error by the department's bridge engineering unit that caused the clearance for a bridge along state Route 11 to be a foot too low.In other news, Bob Shear of Eagle Traffic Control Systems says most traffic signals in the United States are free of the Y2K computer bug and the rest should be ready before year's end. Land Line Magazine Online (08/09/99); Carlson, Donna
FHWA Preliminarily Denies HOS Exemption Request
Late last week, the Federal Highway Administration issued a preliminary denial of Hulcher Services’ request for an hours-of-service exemption.Hulcher Services’ main business is railroad-accident response. But the FHWA says the carrier did not say how it would keep safety standards up to those that would result from hours-of-service compliance, nor did Hulcher explain how being forced to comply with hours-of-service rules would adversely affect the company.
According to the Safety and Fitness Electronic Records System, a 1998 compliance review rated Hulcher "unsatisfactory." Following inspections in the past two years, 35.7% of 42 Hulcher vehicles were taken out of service. Truckers News Online (08/06/99)
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