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March 6, 2025 · Landstar freight agents emphasize safety, fraud prevention, and cargo security by using highly qualified owner-operators, maintaining a strong safety culture, and fostering trust through personal accountability and collaboration with customers.
November 1, 2024 · Our top trucking correspondent takes his annual look at what federal regulators are now seeking from trucking as well as the potential impact those changes will have on rates and costs.
November 28, 2022 · Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a respiratory disorder characterized by a reduction or cessation of breathing during sleep, affects as many as half of the nation’s 3.5 million long-haul truck drivers. But it’s a problem that potentially affects all highway users. That’s because those drivers…
November 17, 2022 · Clearly, not all suppliers in a network command the same level of spend, and hence every supplier represents a different level of value to the buyer.
June 8, 2021 · The latest issue in trucking is actually a renewal of a 15-year-plus battle against truckers who go too fast. It pits safety advocates and large trucking interests on one side against owner-operators, who would be pinched financially because they are paid by the mile.
May 25, 2021 · A piece of bipartisan legislation introduced in the United States House of Representatives earlier this month by Representatives Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Seth Moulton (D-MA) focuses on augmenting road safety through a requirement by the Department of Transportation (DOT) to enact a Safety…
April 9, 2021 · The writing is on the wall – a revolution is on the horizon.
June 24, 2020 · With an eye on establishing the safest carrier network possible for its shipper customers, Seattle-based digital freight network Convoy said today it has introduced a new predictive crash model that takes a multi-tiered approach through machine learning and automation, in an effort to qualify…
January 17, 2020 · Insurance rates for trucking fleets are soaring, sending trucking executives scrambling for coverage even for some of the safest fleets in the land. The reason, according to top trucking executives and transportation attorneys, is the rise in so-called “nuclear settlements” either awarded by…
December 27, 2019 · The trucking industry has waited at least three years for the federal government to issue standardized rules for entry-level training for truck drivers. Now it appears the industry will have to wait a couple more years for those rules to be issued.
October 2, 2018 · The rules and regulations governing the transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat) are complex.
May 9, 2018 · Learn how in just one month this oil and pipeline construction cargo insurance policy saved them from a catastrophic million-dollar loss.
August 29, 2016 · Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx announced last week that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) want to propose equipping heavy-duty vehicles with devices that limit their speeds on U.S. roadways.