All Entries in the "TRUCKERS" Category
Top 7 Trucker Safety Issues to be Monitored by CSA 2010
- / N2N / – Trucking companies and their drivers have been preparing for a new safety initiative that will have a major impact on the industry. The Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA 2010) is designed to limit the number of serious trucking accidents. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration created the program to find unsafe [...]
Top 8 Autumn Safety Tips for Truckers
- / N2N / – Vibrant reds, yellows and golds abound in the view through the windshield as we travel the country. Temperature changes rapidly when the sun goes down or as we climb in elevation. Parents are relieved because they know where their kids are for at least eight hours a day. Flocks of [...]
Truckers Must Comply With Federal & State Laws
- / N2N / – Truckers have to comply with the rules of the road of every state in which they operate. In addition, the federal government, under the auspices of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), has its own rules for truckers at 49 C.F.R. Part 392. FMCSA Regulations on Operation of Large [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
New Book on Truck Driver’s Personal Safety
By Sandy Long Street Smarts: A Guide to a Truck Driver’s Personal Safety In trucking, truckers have always had a target on them attracting criminals of various types from robbers to hijackers to murderers; yet personal safety for truck drivers is little addressed at companies and trucking schools. It has been made easier to do [...]
When The Big Rigs Don’t Roll, Trucker’s Anthem CD Released
Dunnellon, FL, – / N2N / – The eye catching title of the CD was created after the hit song, “When the Big Rigs Don’t Roll,” which debuted in April of 2008 during the famous trucking fuel protest convoy to Washington DC. The song has since been played at many other trucking rallies nationwide and [...]
