The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and CarriersEdge are looking for nominations from truck drivers and independent contractors for the 2021 Best Fleets to Drive For.
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.
Trucks are becoming ever more connected, with tools like telematics systems tracking every move.
The high costs of legal settlements and “nuclear verdicts” have made it harder for fleets to get affordable insurance, but motor carriers can beat those trends with technology, tightly run safety programs, and intelligent risk financing.
The trucking industry has done better than the broader population at avoiding COVID-19, but there are still frightening health-related concerns on the horizon.
There’s no magic wand for creating a safety culture within your trucking organization, but two fleets shared their own secrets to success June 24, during the Truckload Carriers Association’s Virtual Safety and Security Meeting.
With an ever-increasing number of states legalizing marijuana, the trucking industry has little data on how marijuana affects drivers, according to Darrin Grondel, vice president of traffic safety and government relations at the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility.
Federal regulators have introduced a series of waivers in response to COVID-19, to ensure that freight continues to move south of the border. Now they’re looking at whether selected waivers could become a permanent fixture.
An unprecedented global pandemic such as COVID-19 is no excuse to relax investments in safety technologies.
The final hours-of-service rule has gone to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review, according to Jim Mullen, acting administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.