Tag Archive for ‘safety’

The Capacity Crisis and Commercial Vehicle Safety – CSCMP Mega Sessions Explore Two Critical Issues Facing the Industry

More than 8,000 members from 67 countries rely on CSCMP (the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) to help them remain connected to the best of the best — experts, technology, knowledge — in the vast and complex world of global supply chain and logistics. From Oct. 2-5 in Philadelphia, CSCMP will hold the organization’s [...]

The (HOS) Plot Thickens

Just when you thought FMCSA could finally begin the process of putting together a final ruling on the proposed changes to truck drivers’ hours-of-service (HOS) rules, the Administration announced that it is reopening the comment period yet again. The reason they’re doing this so late in the game? Four newly discovered fatigue studies — research [...]

Guest blogger NTSB Chairman Debbie Hersman: Getting a Glimpse of Life on the Road

This blog post by National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Debbie Hersman, originally appeared in  “NTSB Safety Compass” on April 6th. Last week, I had the opportunity to get a glimpse into what life is like for the professional truck drivers who drive the heavy trucks on our nation’s highways to deliver the goods — and [...]

Guest blogger NTSB Chairman Debbie Hersman: Hitting the Road with Professional Women Drivers

This blog post by National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Debbie Hersman, originally appeared in  “NTSB Safety Compass” on March 31st. Late on Wednesday, I hit the road on a two-day, four-state journey from Washington, D.C. My final destination is Louisville, Kentucky, and the 2011 Mid-America Trucking Show, the world’s largest forum for the heavy trucking [...]

We Know You Hear Us, But Are You Really Listening?

If I had a dollar for every time my mother asked me while growing up, “I know that you hear me, but are you listening?” I’d be writing this blog from a small beachfront home somewhere in the Caribbean. But instead, here I sit at my desk on a cold, snowy, Midwestern afternoon and ask [...]

Driver Dock Detention Costs All

Anne Ferro, administrator for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, recently addressed members of the National Industrial Transportation League about an issue that’s become all too common industrywide – driver detention at the docks. Ferro reminded those shippers and receivers in attendance that driver safety and that of the motoring public will remain at risk [...]

Accelerating Truck Safety through Technology — A Congressman’s View

Throughout 2010, while Congress and the transportation industry debated how to improve our transportation infrastructure, data from an important research study was being analyzed to help accelerate progress in another promising area for truck safety — the adoption of advanced “detect, alert and respond” safety technologies for commercial trucks. Con-way Freight joined with the University [...]

Kraft Foods Shows Congress Truck Weight Reform is a Smart Delivery

New federal legislation presents a unique opportunity to safely improve the efficiency and sustainability of truck shipments. The Safe and Efficient Transportation Act (SETA), now pending in both the House and Senate, would give states the option to set interstate weight limits of up to 97,000 pounds for trucks equipped with a sixth axle. Without [...]

Business to Our Troops: We’ve Got Your Back

Every day, thousands of our fellow citizens are deployed serving in the National Guard or Reserves, playing a fundamental role that protects our freedoms, maintains peace, and provides relief services to communities in the United States and around the globe. It’s a role that will grow as our standing front-line military continues to evolve. Thousands [...]

The Knee Bone’s Connected to the Thigh Bone

A day does not go by in Washington without legislation intended to fix one problem ultimately affecting a host of other issues. It’s the principle of unintended consequences, and a fact of life in our complex world where everything has become so interconnected. Nowhere is this more evident than the transportation industry, which touches our [...]