ASSE, ASTM offer combined safety publication

To help employers reduce and ultimately eliminate slips, trips and falls in workplaces, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) are making available a combined publication that includes slip, trip, and fall prevention standards, as well as technical reports from their catalogues, according to information posed on the ASSE Web site...

OSHA posts information for confined space entry

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration posts confined space entry topics on its Web site at osha.gov...

Cleaning, security guides on FDA Web site

Bulk Over-the-Road Food Tanker Transport Safety and Security Guidelines posted on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Web site include information for minimum tank cleaning requirements, as well as facility security...

NIOSH offers hazmat pocket guide

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has a pocket guide to chemical hazards available on its Web site that contains general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals...

Hurricane season good time to make disaster plans

Now that hurricane season has arrived, it is a good time for tank cleaning facilities to plan for the eventuality of all disasters. The Small Business Administration (SBA) provides disaster assistance through its disaster loan program and has posted a Disaster Recovery Plan on its Web site at sba.gov...

DPC meeting features tank cleaning issues

With the dairy industry continuing to improve methods for maintaining milk sanitation, the Dairy Practices Council is addressing the issue at its annual conference November 5-7 in East Lansing MI...

Tracking wash data part of university study

An update on research being conducted at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture for electronically tracking and documenting milk transportation, including tank wash data, was presented at the International Milk Haulers Association (IMHA) Convention April 20-22 in Mesa, Arizona...

ATRI seeking
survey responses

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) is asking for responses to its annual Top Industry Issues Survey, according to information from the American Trucking Association...

Schneider plan
boosts fuel savings

Schneider National, Green Bay WI, is encouraging its owner-operators to drive efficiently by providing them a payback for lower mile-per-gallon usage, according to Schneider information...

Schneider reports
bulk movement increase

While Schneider National, Green Bay WI, has seen a leveling of total truckload freight, tank truck movements have continued to rise since late 2006, according to a report compiled by the carrier's logistic division...

FT Silfies launches
new bulk company

FT Silfies Inc, Nazareth PA, has launched a new company, Silfies Bulk Transport LLC in Aberdeen MD, for hauling various liquid commodities...

Legal trucks needlessly
delayed by inspections

Less than one percent of trucks weighed at roadside inspections are issued citations for being illegally overweight, according to current Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) estimates...

Cross-border trucking tempest
shows no sign of weakening

After a House committee approved a bill that would end the pilot program for United States/Mexico cross-border trucking, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced it would extended the project for two years....

Diesel price slips
10 cents per gallon

The average price of diesel slipped 10 cents last week to $4.502 per gallon, the second time in the same number of weeks, according to Department of Energy surveys...

Bendix white paper
reviews stability systems

A new white paper from Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, Elyria OH, presents information and data about two types of stability systems--roll-only systems, known as roll stability control/program (RSC/RSP), and full-stability technology, also called electronic stability program/control (ESP/ESC)...

NAFTA trade
rises in May 2008

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 6.8 percent higher in May 2008 than in May 2007, reaching $74.1 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the Department of Transportation...

States report growing
traffic congestion

As traffic jams in large cities escalate and spread to smaller areas, 35 states are now reporting that at least 40 percent of their urban Interstate highways are congested, up from 31 states the previous year, according to an annual study of the nation's highways...

Ruan participating
in SmartWay program

Ruan Transport Corporation, Des Moines IA, is now participating in the SmartWay Transport Partnership, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program designed to improve energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions, and improve energy security...

Fleet Owner
to discuss fuel crisis

Two recognized fuel economy experts, Don Osterberg, vice-president, safety and driver training for Schneider National Inc, and Jim Booth, fuel economy consultant and retired applications engineer for Caterpillar Inc, will be the featured speakers at the second Survivors’ Guide to the Fuel Crisis Webcast presented by Truckload Carriers Association and Fleet Owner and sponsored by Cadec...

FMCSA adds 4 HOS documents to interim rule

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is adding to its interim final rule four documents concerning driver hours-of-service (HOS) rules, according to information published in the Federal Register July 30...

Truck Tonnage increases in June

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.3 percent in June, marking the second consecutive month-to-month gain...

Mack Trucks adds SCR Q&A on Web site

Mack Trucks Inc, Lehigh Valley PA, has added a new section to its Web site, macktrucks.com, for customers to ask questions about the company’s EPA2010 solution...

Maps of fatal accident sites available online

Researchers in the Center for Excellence in Rural Safety at the University of Minnesota have mapped out all fatal car accidents that occurred in the United States in 2006 and posted the information online...

OOIDA takes issue with Bush highway plan

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is taking issue with the Bush Administration's new plan for Department of Transportation action...

Peters discusses
new Administration plan

In unveiling the Bush Administration new plan for the Department of Transportation (DOT), the department's administrator said a clean and historic break with the past is needed...