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.
Initial 2Q Reports Show Profit Gains as Freight Volumes and Pricing Rebound
Carrier earnings for the second quarter started off on a positive note last week, with truckload carrier Landstar System Inc. reporting a 37% increase in net income and J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announcing a 52% rise in profit.
July 19, 2010Daily Briefings from Transport Topics
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Letters: Roadcheck Success, Raising Bond Prices, Hours of Service, Workers’ Comp
Are carriers generally immune from exercising sound business practices? It’s really not that difficult to gather solid credit history and information on a broker, whereas getting accurate relevant information on a shipper is much more difficult.
July 19, 2010Opinion: Boost Safety to Control Risks, Cut Losses
The recession appears to be waning, but trucking still is feeling the downturn’s effects and is keeping a watchful eye on expenses, including insurance.
July 13, 2010NTSB Chairwoman Urges More Focus on Driver Fatigue, Safety Technology
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board would like to see regulators and the trucking industry do more to address fatigue and adopt more safety technology to reduce highway crashes, Chairwoman Deborah A.P. Hersman told Transport Topics during a June 25 interview.
July 12, 2010FMCSA Moving Too Slowly on Safety, NTSB Chair Says
WASHINGTON —The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said her agency is concerned about what it sees as the slow pace of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in instituting needed changes.
July 12, 2010Delaware Becomes 30th State to Ban Texting While Driving
Delaware has become the 30th state to ban drivers from texting or holding cell phones while driving, the Detroit News reported.
July 12, 2010Letters: Intermodal Elephants, Flatbed Carrier Rates, Price Hike for Bonds
What does every intermodal shipment need that no one wants to really talk about? The answer — and the elephant in the room — is an intermodal chassis.
July 12, 2010Letters: Driving-Time Cuts, Rate-Setting Redux, Raising Broker Bonds
Safety advocate groups once again are pursuing their never-ending effort to reduce the driving time allowed commercial motor vehicle operators.
July 5, 2010An HOS Rule That Works
The proposal for revamping the federal government’s hours-of-service rule for truck drivers that a coalition of interest groups released recently illustrates just how little these political theorists understand about highway safety and the business of moving America’s freight.
July 5, 2010Appeals Court Blocks Truckers’ Bid to Recover More Than $10,000 After Brokerage Failure
A U.S. Appeals Court has rejected an effort by a group of truckers to collect more than $10,000 from an insurance company that posted a surety bond for a broker that went bankrupt.
July 5, 2010