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Articlesby David CullenMarch 1, 2021

COVID-19 Complaints Raise Risk for Fleet Managers

Management failures to act or adapt to the times during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to workplace litigation.

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Articlesby David CullenFebruary 17, 2021

How Trucking Fleets Can Escape the Insurance Squeeze

There’s no simple way for trucking fleets to slip the grasp of rising insurance costs — it takes everything from running safely to shopping smartly.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 14, 2021

Clarience Technologies Acquires Ecco Safety Group

Clarience Technologies has acquired Ecco Safety Group, a manufacturer of audible warning equipment and emergency lighting for commercial and emergency vehicles.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 4, 2021

Halvor's Top Safety Exec Brings HR Perspective to Safety

Adam Lang, chief risk officer for Halvor Lines, started his career in human resources. What does that mean for the 2020 HDT Safety & Compliance award winner's role in heading up safety?

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PodcastsJuly 17, 2020

Truck Safety's Most Wanted

NTSB board members Thomas Chapman and Michale Graham speak with Jim Park about why the agency wants to see certain changes implemented, and how the number of crash fatalities could be reduced substantially if the recommendations were followed by various regulatory agencies.

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PodcastsJuly 17, 2020

Meet HDT's 2020 Truck Fleet Innovators, Part 1

Doug Lloyd of Averitt Express, Chris Woody of M&W Logistics, and Mike Palmer of Estes Express Lines sit down with Jim Park to discuss being recipients of the HDT 2020 Fleet Innovators awards and the tactics that led them there.

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Newsby StaffJune 29, 2020

TCA Names Safety Professional of the Year

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) awarded National Carriers’ Director of Safety/Compliance Jill Maschmeier as the 2020 TCA Safety Professional of the Year — Clare C. Casey Award recipient.

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Newsby StaffJune 24, 2020

Convoy Identifying Safer Carriers Through Machine Learning, Automation

Logistics provider Convoy, in an effort to use only the safest carriers in its network, has applied machine learning and automation to qualify safe drivers.

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Trailer Talkby Jim ParkJune 1, 2020

How a Tanker Fleet is Using Unorthodox Trailer Lighting to Fight Rear-End Collisions

Groendyke Transport watched the number of rear-end collisions with its trailers rise steadily until it tried an unorthodox and then unapproved method of alerting following drivers that its trucks were applying brakes and slowing down.

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Newsby StaffMarch 2, 2020

Instructional Technologies, SambaSafety Ink Training Partnership

Instructional Technologies and SambaSafety announced a partnership the companies say will let customers evaluate driver performance, identify safety issues, and quickly limit risk through targeted training.

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