Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed revising its rules that govern how cargo is secured on flatbed trailers. The regulations, which ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Tuesday announced a slate of changes to its safety rating system designed to ratchet up enforcement of hazardous materials carriers and mitigate an ...

The failure to properly prevent shifting loads, spilled or dropped cargo due to improper load securement, or cargo retention has comprised as many as 82% of the violations under the Cargo-Related ...

Cargo securement issues accounted for 12.2% of out of service (OOS) violations during last year’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance International Roadcheck, the No. 4 violation on the list preceded ...

A freshly-minted driver who recently had graduated from a CDL school came by to chat with his instructors and let them know how things were going. He’d just gotten hired by a big fleet, and the ...

The adjustable load securement system (ALSS) from Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. is now available for all types of loads on Utility flatbed trailers, the company announced The adjustable load ...

TORONTO, Ont. – Compliance, Safety and Accountability (CSA) is a robust initiative sponsored by the US Department of Transport’s FMSCA to monitor and mitigate high-risk driver and carrier behaviour ...

According to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) statistics, commercial motor vehicles transport an estimated 11 billion tons of cargo annually, which is approximately 71 percent of the nation’s ...

Open-deck carriers will have a lot on their minds going forward. Al Koenig, founder of Midwest Specialized Transportation in Rochester, Minn., was involved in the pilot runs of CSA in seven states. He ...