All Entries Tagged With: "cargo"
Explosive Devices – UPS Suspends Service out of Yemen
_ / N2N / – UPS is fully cooperating with authorities who are monitoring reports of potentially suspicious packages on board cargo flights. Authorities have investigated two aircraft in Philadelphia and one in Newark. All of these aircraft landed safely. Security is of the utmost importance to UPS. The three UPS aircraft and related cargo [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Half of L.A. – Long Beach Port Truckers Make 4 Transactions Daily
LONG BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The latest transaction data from marine terminal operators (MTOs) at the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach shows that nearly half of trucks conducted at least four transactions (pickups or deliveries of containers) per day in late July, while almost two-thirds of trucks made three or more transactions per [...]
Free Training Video Helps Prevent Tanker Truck Rollovers
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today introduced a new training video that will help make the highways safer for cargo tank drivers and motorists alike. “Cargo tank rollovers are among the most serious types of large truck crashes, often resulting in fatalities and [...]
Cargo of 6000 Counterfeit Handheld Video Games Seized at Border
Otay Mesa, Calif. – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa, Calif. cargo export facility seized almost 6,000 counterfeit handheld “Tetris” video games last week. On Thursday, June 24, CBP officers processing trucks exporting goods out of the United States into Mexico pulled aside two shipments labeled as [...]
Top 20 Reasons Truck Accidents are on the Rise
- / N2N / – The trucking industry is essentially the backbone of the American economy. Roughly 70 percent of all the nation’s commercial goods are transported in tractor-trailers each year. As more trucks hit the road, however, the rate at which they are involved in accidents rises accordingly. Roughly 400,000 collisions occur between passenger [...]
Top 5 Causes of Big Rig Accidents
- / N2N / – Even though commercial trucks constitute only a small percentage of the traffic on the road, they are involved in a significant number of fatal motor vehicle accidents every year. There are a number of common issues and situations faced by truck drivers and the trucking industry that all too often [...]
Radical New Container Ship Design Unveiled
- / N2N / – In the future of the shipping industry in general and the container ship segment in particular, uncertainties will remain as a challenge while flexibility will be a key to prospective success. The new container ship concept is designed to meet the perceived market needs. It has a design speed of [...]
Cargo to be Moved on Rivers to Reduce Highway Traffic
- / N2N / – Federal Officials Announce Program to Expand Use of America’s Marine Highways – Government to Promote Waterways to Cut Emissions and Reduce Highway Traffic. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today unveiled a new initiative to move more cargo on the water rather than on crowded U.S. highways. Under the “America’s Marine [...]
More Answers About Armed Escort Vessel, Archangel Michael
- / N2N / – I recently received some questions from a reader regarding an article published in Nation2Nation called “Armed Vessel used to Thwart Pirate Attacks on Cargo Ships”. The article was about an armed escort vessel called the Archangel Michael, which helps to protect cargo ships from pirate attacks. I paraphrased the reader’s [...]
Do Online Load-Boards Really Help?
Let’s be realistic: When we use our computers, we expect them to be useful and make our lives easier. When we utilize a piece of software, we expect our manual tasks to be more automated and be accomplished with our minimal involvement. If you are a Shipper looking for a Carrier and instead of calling [...]
