With further regards to haz-mat employee training requirements, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a Final Rule (July 2005) on the Applicability of the haz-mat Regulations to a "person who offers" a hazardous material for transportation in commerce. Adding to 49CFR 171.8, a "person who offers or offeror" means any person who [...] Read Full Story
Your order could be ready to ship on time but the delivery is likely to be late. According to the American Trucking Association, there is a national shortage of long-haul drivers in the US. Of the 3.4 million truck drivers on the road, 1.3 million are long-haul drivers. Reasons for the shortage vary and a [...] Read Full Story
Our attention last month was focused on the Space Shuttle Discovery and I was remembering the thrill of watching Neil Armstrong walk on the moon for the first time in 1969. Now, I am observing that these amazing missions have become almost routine, and few know the current tally of Americans that have walked on [...] Read Full Story