Trucking Industry Safety News

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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.

GovernmentBusinessSafety

Truckers Who Visited New York City Don鈥檛 Have to Self-Quarantine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued guidance specifically for transportation and delivery workers operating in New York City.

March 27, 2020
BusinessEquipmentSafety

Mack Explores Social Distancing on Production Line

Mack Trucks told Transport Topics it is exploring new ways of working and possible approaches to production that would allow for increased social distancing when its Lehigh Valley truck assembly plant in Pennsylvania reopens.

March 27, 2020
BusinessEquipmentSafety

Yokohama, Continental Suspend Production of New Tires

Two more manufacturers have idled production of new tires amid the nationwide economic slowdown brought on by the coronavirus.

March 27, 2020
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyFuelAutonomous

TuSimple, ZF Pair to Develop Technology for Autonomous Trucks

Autonomous driving company TuSimple has reached a deal with German vehicle components maker ZF Friedrichshafen to develop and commercialize technology for autonomous trucks.

March 27, 2020
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Trucking Stakeholders Offer Suggestions to FMCSA for Large-Truck Crash Study

Trucking industry trade groups and other stakeholders have made a variety of suggestions to federal trucking regulators about how they should design and conduct a new major study to identify factors contributing to reportable large-truck crashes.

March 27, 2020
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

California Agency Approves $2.6 Billion for Multimodal Improvements

The California Transportation Commission recently approved $2.6 billion in funding for multimodal improvement projects.

March 27, 2020
BusinessSafety

Focus on Driver Health Renewed Amid Outbreak

Companies are taking steps to ensure that truck drivers have access to adequate information and medical care to mitigate their risk of contracting the COVID-19 virus.

March 26, 2020
BusinessSafety

Putting the Brakes on Rising Insurance Costs

Fleet owners and operators are faced with a convergence of business challenges that have forced some operations to close. Tight shipping rates, increased insurance premiums, and continued driver shortages are pressuring businesses to reconsider long held operational beliefs in order to stay profitable. 鈥 In these challenging times, how do commercial fleets create a model of operational excellence that reduces risk and protects their profitability?

March 26, 2020
BusinessSafety

ATRI, OOIDA Partner on COVID-19 Impact Study

The American Transportation Research Institute and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Foundation are partnering to conduct a study on COVID-19鈥檚 impact on trucking operations.

March 26, 2020
BusinessSafetyTCA

Risk Remains Low for Coronavirus Transmission on Packages

The CDC has stated on its website that at the moment, 鈥渢here is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 associated with imported goods, and there have not been any cases of COVID-19 in the United States associated with imported goods,鈥 so the concern for anything shipped from overseas is low thus far.

March 26, 2020