All Entries in the "TRANSPORTATION" Category
Los Angeles NVOCC Obtains C-TPAT Status
Los Angeles, Calif. – / N2N / – Airlift (USA), Inc., a Los Angeles-based NVOCC (Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier) has obtained its C-TPAT Certification through U.S. Customs. C-TPAT stands for “Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism”. It is a voluntary program administered by U.S. customs and requires participating companies to create a business profile and a [...]
DHL Deploys Disaster Response Team & Aid to Pakistan
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – / N2N / – DHL – the world’s leading express and logistics company, announced that it has deployed a team of logistics experts from its Middle East Disaster Response Team (DRT) to manage a temporary warehouse at Islamabad International Airport. The DRT will provide its services pro bono in close [...]
Two UPS Crewmembers Killed in Dubai Crash
- / N2N / – UPS now confirms that two of its crewmembers, Captain Doug Lampe of Louisville, Kentucky, and First Officer Matthew Bell of Sanford, Florida, lost their lives in the crash of Flight 6 Sept. 3, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The two pilots were flying a 747-400 en route to Cologne, Germany, [...]
Connecticut Govenor Announces Trucking-Safety Crackdown
September 02, 2010 – / N2N / – In early August, Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell announced that her office was leading an “intense crackdown” on unsafe driving practices by truck drivers. The crackdown was announced in the wake of a series of serious trucking accidents that resulted in two fatalities and numerous road closures. The [...]
Transportation Company Donates $5 Million to Children’s Hospital
LOWELL, Ark. – / N2N / – J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) announced today the Company has awarded a $5 million gift to Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, AR. The gift is designated specifically for the second floor of the new South Wing, which began construction in 2008 and is scheduled for [...]
Mexico Slaps US with Tariffs in Cross-Border Trucking Dispute
MCLEAN, Va. – / N2N / – American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) President and CEO Kraig R. Naasz today issued the following statement responding to Mexico’s announcement of additional retaliatory import tariffs on select U.S. exports due to the ongoing cross-border trucking dispute. “The U.S.-Mexico trade conflict, sparked by the closure of the cross-border trucking [...]
Marijuana Worth $1.2 Million in Trailer, Truck Tires & Rail Cars
San Diego, Calif. – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa Cargo port of entry intercepted three narcotic smuggling attempts on Monday. The first seizure occurred at about 11:30 a.m., when a CBP officer referred a 26-year-old Mexican citizen driving a 1991 Freightliner Tractor to the secondary examination [...]
NTSB Holds Hearings to Investigate Truck Rollovers
- / N2N / – Any time a tractor-trailer is involved in a crash, the potential for serious injuries is high. These vehicles travel at high speeds while carrying heavy loads, which may include hazardous materials. When these vehicles collide with smaller passenger vehicles, the consequences are often catastrophic. When these trucks rollover, the potential [...]
Marijuana Stashed in Big Rig’s Load of Spoiled Watermelons
Indio, Calif. – / N2N / – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio Station interdicted a marijuana smuggling attempt with an estimated value of nearly $140,000. At approximately 12:40 a.m., a tractor-trailer being driven by a Mexican citizen who was determined to be illegally present in the United States approached the [...]
Getting Some Perspective
By Sandy Long We are inundated with statistics from all sides about how many people are involved in large truck crashes and how truckers are always at fault. Organizations are formed to lobby for more regulations to be put on trucks and truckers using those same statistics to fuel sympathetic public opinion, and then the [...]
