Stubbornly high out-of-service rates in trucking and enduring arguments over safety data are among the issues that remain unresolved, despite the efforts by government officials and industry executives, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah Hersman said.
February 10, 2014BusinessGovernment
FDA Proposes Tougher Food-Shipping Rules Aimed at Reducing Risk of Contamination
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a proposed rule that will toughen the requirements for truckers carrying food, as well as shippers and receivers.
February 10, 2014Government
Shuster Rejects Fuel-Tax Hike to Fund Next Highway Bill
WASHINGTON 鈥 After saying for a year that all options need to be 鈥渙n the table,鈥 House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) last week took higher fuel taxes off the menu of ways to pay for transportation.
February 10, 2014Government
GAO Critical of CSA Data
The U.S. Government Accountability Office said last week that some data included in the federal government鈥檚 Compliance, Safety Accountability program do not have a 鈥渟trong predictive relationship with crashes.鈥
February 10, 2014Government
Hersman Disturbed by Cuts in Collection of Crash Data
A loss of research data is 鈥渄isturbing鈥 and will hamper the ability of federal agencies to effectively regulate truck safety, said Deborah Hersman, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.
February 10, 2014BusinessGovernmentSafety
Two Trailer Makers Set Sights on Moving Vans to Capitalize on Growing Relocation Market
A pair of leading dry-freight trailer manufacturers told Transport Topics they are prepared to supply 53-foot household goods vans 鈥 a market dominated by another manufacturer 鈥 to carriers anticipating a moving season that could become the best in years.
February 10, 2014BusinessGovernment
LTLs鈥 4Q Results Improve Despite Winter Storms
Three publicly traded less-than-truckload operators reported improved fourth-quarter earnings despite challenges such as severe weather, but profit slipped at a fourth fleet on higher insurance costs.
February 10, 2014Government
FMCSA Declares 2 Drivers Imminent Hazards, Puts Them Out of Service
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has declared two drivers to be imminent hazards to public safety and taken them off the road.
February 7, 2014BusinessFuelGovernmentLogisticsAutonomous
Forward Air Closes Central States Purchase
Forward Air Corp. said Feb. 6 it completed its $95.6 million acquisition of Central States Trucking Co. and Central States Logistics.
February 6, 2014Government
Study Confirms CSA鈥檚 Effectiveness at Identifying Crash-Prone Carriers, FMCSA Says
A new study commissioned by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration confirms that Compliance, Safety, Accountability program safety-measurement system data are more effective at identifying crash-prone motor carriers than the old SafeStat system, agency officials said Feb. 5.
February 5, 2014