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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.

BusinessSafetyGovernment

Patriot Loses Some Big Customers

Patriot Transportation Holding said its transportation group has been unsuccessful in renewing contracts with major customers who accounted for $10 million in revenue last year, or 11% of its total.

January 7, 2010
BusinessSafetyTechnologyEquipment

New Record-Keeping System More Stringent Than SafeStat

As part of its Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 program, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is introducing its new record-keeping system known as SMS, or safety management system.

January 7, 2010
BusinessSafetyGovernmentAutonomous

SCR Group Expects DEF to Be Available at 2,800 Sites

Diesel exhaust fluid, the additive that most 2010 trucks will need to run, will be available at about 2,800 locations in the United States and Canada by January, ramping up to more than 5,000 by the end of the year, a spokeswoman for the North American SCR Stakeholders Group said.

January 7, 2010
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Florida Eases Trucking Agriculture Rules to Deal with Freeze

Florida officials have temporarily eased trucking size and weight restrictions to help ease agricultural hardships related to unusually cold temperatures that are threatening the state鈥檚 produce industry.

January 6, 2010
BusinessSafetyGovernment

NAFTA Trade Decline Slows

The decline in surface transportation trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico slowed in October from a year ago compared with comparable figures for September, the Department of Transportation said Wednesday.

January 6, 2010
BusinessSafetyGovernment

ISM Services Index Improves

The U.S. economy鈥檚 service sector improved, showing modest expansion last month, the Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday.

January 6, 2010
BusinessSafety

ATA Seeks Summary Judgment in L.A. Port Case

American Trucking Associations has filed to seek summary judgment in its challenge to the Port of Los Angeles鈥 concession plan for port truckers.

January 6, 2010
BusinessSafety

Opinion: Workers鈥 Comp and Our Aging Workforce

The slow economic recovery is causing many Americans either to delay retirement or to return to the workforce after retiring to supplement income. A 2005 American Trucking Associations study found one in five truck drivers was older than 55 鈥 and by 2014, it鈥檚 expected to be one in four.

January 6, 2010
BusinessGovernmentSafety

FMCSA Sets 鈥楲istening Sessions鈥 for HOS Rules

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said Monday it will hold four 鈥渓istening sessions鈥 this month in various locations around the country to gather information and public comment on truck driver house of service rules.

January 4, 2010
BusinessSafetyGovernment

ISM Manufacturing Index Expands for Fifth Month

An index of U.S. manufacturing activity expanded in December for the fifth straight month, the Institute for Supply Management said Monday.

January 4, 2010

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