Safety
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.
Allen Lund Co. Forms Joint Venture, TransKool Solutions
Allen Lund Co. has formed a joint venture with Santos International called TransKool Solutions, which will operate a temperature-controlled warehouse in McAllen, Texas, and offer brokerage services to transport produce and other refrigerated goods from Mexico to the United States and Canada.
April 28, 2017Platinum Equity to Buy American Traffic Solutions
Platinum Equity has agreed to buy American Traffic Solutions, a company that provides red-light and speed safety cameras along with automated toll-payment and violation-management systems in the United States and Canada.
April 24, 2017Editorial: Industry Consolidation Warming Up
With the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closing down “the greatest show on Earth,” it appears that truckload executives and investors are pitching in to fill the void.
April 17, 2017Improving Safety and Fuel Efficiency with Transportation Intelligence
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April 15, 2017Consumer Comfort in US Rises for Sixth Time in Seven Weeks
Consumer confidence climbed for the sixth time in the last seven weeks as Americans became more upbeat about the U.S. economy than at any time since 2001, Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index figures showed April 13.
Opinion: American Trucking Industry Depends on Drivers
The American trucking industry depends on drivers: a simple statement but one that bears repeating. As president of American Trucking Associations, I have the great privilege of representing 3.5 million professional truck drivers, working on their behalf in Washington to make our industry better, to make their jobs easier.
April 10, 2017Supreme Court Declines to Review a Driver's Sleep Apnea Lawsuit Against Crete Carrier Corp.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving an obese truck driver who claimed in a lawsuit that his employer, Crete Carrier Corp., should not have required him to submit to a sleep study to determine if he had sleep apnea.
Kevin Burch: Taking the Story of Trucking to the White House
I love trucks. As I travel the country as chairman of American Trucking Associations, I wear a simple button with a simple message: “I Love Trucks.” I even wear it in my official ATA chairman’s portrait. It’s a button I encourage everyone I meet to wear. It starts conversations about this great industry and gives me a chance to tell our story.
Minnesota Legislators Debate Who Pays if Freight Train, Light Rail Collide
Residents have long worried about plans for Southwest light rail to operate alongside freight trains hauling ethanol, especially in densely populated areas such as Minneapolis.
Logistics Market Continues to Evolve; XPO Jumps to No. 1 on Top 50 List
The market for third-party logistics services continues to expand and evolve in response to market demands and a changing competitive landscape.
April 3, 2017