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Target Zero: Andrews Logistics takes a bold approach to safety management

For a nationwide bulk liquid carrier serving some of North America’s largest petrochemical companies, safety is paramount. When an accident occurs, not only are the goods being hauled often flammable

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Carolina Casualty: A program encouraging hiring Vets to be drivers

To learn more contact Mike Staines of Bill Fralic Insurance Services (mstaines@fralic.com, 770-640-1800) or Bob Perew, Vice President of Risk Management and Safety Services, at bperew@wrberkley.com or 904-891-8708.  The intent of the program is to make veterans available as car haul drivers by waiving the two years of experience requirement.

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Teamsters picket over contractor classification at Southern California ports

One Los Angeles area drayage firm has deterred a Teamsters strike while driver union members began picketing four other trucking companies serving LA’s and Long Beach’s ports demanding they be reclassified as employees and not independent contractors.

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Freightliner launches first-ever road-legal North American autonomous truck

Freightliner did it.  If you’re one of the many in trucking who scoffed at the idea of a commercially-viable self-driving truck, or at best figured such technology was years — if not decades — away, you need to reset your expectations.

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Proposed rule to amend medical qualifications for drivers with diabetes open for comment

A proposed rule published in the Federal Register May 4 would amend FMCSA’s medical qualification standards to allow drivers with insulin-treated diabetes to operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce without having to apply for an exemption with FMCSA.

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Swift, nation’s largest truckload carrier, to deploy Lytx DriveCam systems fleet wide

Swift, the third largest carrier in the countryand the largest truckload carrier, will be outfitting its more than 6,000 company-owned trucks with Lytx DriveCam systems,

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Study: 2013 hours-of-service rule increased crashes, hurt safety

The number of truck-involved crashes and subsequent injuries and tow-aways increased in the year and a half the more restrictive 2013hours-of-service rules were in effect, according to a study released April 29

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Volvo Trucks global head Persson dismissed following stagnant profitability

Volvo Group has dismissed Olof Persson as its president and chief executive, the company announced Wednesday. It also announced it plans to hire Scania boss Martin Lundstedt to lead Volvo Trucks back to increased profitability and restructuring efforts.

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FMCSA floats idea of ‘Beyond Compliance’ program to reward carriers for going beyond regulatory minimums

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is set to publish April 23 a request for comments on a proposal to incentivize carriers to implement “practices and technologies†that go beyond

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