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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.

Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Two Canadian Provinces to Harmonize Truck Rules

Canada’s Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces have signed a memorandum of understanding to write uniform trucking regulations on everything from weight limits to driver training.

October 13, 2009

Daily Briefings from Transport Topics

Transport Topics has partnered with Spoken Layer to make one-minute daily briefings available on all your smart devices. Simply say “Alexa, play Transport Topics” or “Okay Google, talk to Transport Topics” to get the day’s biggest trucking headlines.

Business, Government, Safety, Technology, Equipment

Quality Distribution Sells Tank-Wash Unit

Tank truck carrier Quality Distribution said it has sold tank wash unit Quala Systems for $13 million.

October 13, 2009
Government, Business, Safety

ATA Among EPA SmartWay Award Recipients

LAS VEGAS — American Trucking Associations was one of 37 groups to receive an Environmental Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency here on Oct. 6.

October 13, 2009
Business, Safety, Logistics

Ontario Truckers to Be Exempt for 3 Years from Ban on Handheld Radio Devices

Truckers in Ontario got a three-year exemption from the Canadian province’s broad new ban on using handheld devices for their use of citizens band or two-way radios.

October 13, 2009
Government, Business, Safety

Economy, Government Rules Lead ATRI Survey of Truckers’ Concerns

LAS VEGAS — The economy and government regulations top the list of the trucking industry’s concerns, according to the latest survey from the American Transportation Research Institute.

October 12, 2009
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Ports’ Clean Trucks Goals Will Be Met by 2010, Los Angeles and Long Beach Officials Say

Officials with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said they expect to reach their clean trucks goal of reducing port diesel emissions 80% by the end of 2010 — a year or more ahead of schedule.

October 12, 2009
Letters to the Editor, Business, Safety, Government

Letters to the Editor: Distracted Driving, Cap & Trade Redux

Cell-phone use, particularly texting while driving any vehicle, is as dangerous an act as is driving while impaired and makes no sense at all — especially while driving a commercial motor vehicle.

October 12, 2009
Editorial, Business, Safety

The Tough Keep Going

“That which does not kill you makes you stronger.” That would have been an appropriate theme for the 2009 American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition.

October 12, 2009
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Fleet Execs See Green in Going Green

LAS VEGAS — Fleet executives said that while going green does provide societal and environmental benefits, the biggest benefit to carriers is that is saves money in fuel and other costs.

October 12, 2009
Government, Business, Safety

Frame’s Motor Freight Shuts After 140 Years in Business

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — When Frame’s Motor Freight needed a driver to take a load in mid-September from suburban Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pa., President Robert Temple walked downstairs from his office, slid behind the wheel of a 2004 Freightliner and made the delivery.

October 12, 2009