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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.

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FMCSA Grants Waste Management HOS Exemption

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted Waste Management Holdings Inc. an exemption from certain hours-of-service rules.

October 24, 2018
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Arkansas Federal Judge Rules Sleeper Berth Time Is 'Time-Worked'

A federal district judge in Arkansas has ruled that a legal class of nearly 3,000 truck drivers is entitled to compensation for time in the sleeper berth even though the drivers were signed out as off-duty.

October 24, 2018
GovernmentBusinessSafety

President Trump Signs Water Infrastructure Law

President Donald Trump signed the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 into law Oct. 23.

October 23, 2018
GovernmentBusinessSafety

South Carolina DOT Program Addresses Rural Freight Needs

The South Carolina Department of Transportation has developed a program to improve mobility and facilitate freight movement on rural interstate highways.

October 23, 2018
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Audit of FMCSA鈥檚 Revamp of CSA Underway

The Department of Transportation鈥檚 Inspector General has begun a congressionally mandated audit of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration鈥檚 鈥渃orrective action plan鈥 intended to revamp the agency鈥檚 Compliance, Safety, Accountability Program methodology.

October 22, 2018
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MCE 2018 to Focus on Cooperation, Trucking Industry Promotion

When trucking officials gather at the annual American Trucking Associations Management Conference & Exhibition in Austin, Texas, Oct. 27-30, the major theme they will hear is how the industry can work together nationally and locally to promote trucking.

October 20, 2018
GovernmentBusinessSafety

States Feel Brunt of Driver Shortage in Search for Snowplow Drivers

State departments of transportation seeking equipment operators to take on temporary seasonal work have not been able to avoid the driver shortage that the trucking industry grapples with daily.

October 19, 2018
BusinessSafety

NTDC Grand Champion Scott Woodrome to Be Honored at MCE

The country鈥檚 top truck driver will be honored at the Management Conference & Exhibition, the annual industry gathering hosted by American Trucking Associations.

October 19, 2018
GovernmentBusinessSafetyEditorial

Editorial: Let鈥檚 Be Careful Out There

A character on the 1980s television police drama 鈥淗ill Street Blues鈥 had a great catchphrase: 鈥淟et鈥檚 Be Careful Out There.鈥 They鈥檙e also words that ring true today for those who make their living traveling the highways.

October 18, 2018
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Sygic Introduces Real-Time Driver Behavior Analysis

Sygic, a Slovakia-based mobile navigation company, has unveiled a new driver behavior algorithm designed to motivate drivers to act safer behind the wheel.

October 18, 2018

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