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HM Compliance BASIC Factsheet

The Hazardous Materials (HM) Compliance Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Category (BASIC) is one of seven categories that the (FMCSA) uses to determine how a motor carrier ranks relative to other carriers with a similar number of safety events (i.e., inspections, violations, or crashes).

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AmeriFleet: Partners with FMCs

Strong relationships with fleet management companies can mean best practice sharing and serving as an extension of the FMC and their clients for AmeriFleet.  

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WWL BID FOR MELBOURNE AUTO TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has submitted a bid to redevelop the Webb Dock West automotive terminal at the port of Melbourne. If the bid is successful it will be the 12th automotive terminal that WWL operates around the world.

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CEVA SEEKS FISCAL CALM AFTER DEBT SWAP

The Ceva Group has announced the results and completion of a previously announced exchange offer on the company’s debt securities, which has led to a higher-than-expected reduction in the company’s debt and a higher cash infusion into the business  

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KRATHWOHL LEAVES GM AMID RESHUFFLE

Christine Krathwohl has left her role as the executive director for global logistics and supplier diversity at General Motors as the company made changes to its senior executive staff  

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Bills Would Stop Truck Size, Weight Exemptions on Interstate Highways

Two members of Congress proposed a measure that would stop any state’s attempt to increase truck size and weight restrictions on the more than 220,000 miles of the National Highway System.

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Ferro Plans New Push to Raise Truck Safety by Eliminating Bad Carriers and Drivers

Anne Ferro, the nation’s top truck safety official, told tank truck executives here that while she salutes their commitment to safety, she is determined to use her agency’s authority to eliminate unsafe carriers and bad commercial drivers.  

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Qualcomm Unit That Contains Trucking Business Breaks Even

Qualcomm Inc. said the division that includes its truck technology business broke even in the company’s fiscal second quarter. Results for the company’s Omnitracs subsidiary were included with the Qualcomm Wireless & Internet, or QWI, division, which improved from a loss of $10 million before taxes in the same period last year.  

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Ford Adding 2,000 Jobs at Kansas City Plant to Meet F-150 Demand and Build All-New Transit

Ford is adding more than 2,000 jobs at its Kansas City Assembly Plant. The company said it is adding these jobs to meet F-150 demand, specifically adding 900 jobs and a third crew for that vehicle, and the other 1,100 jobs in the fourth quarter of 2013 to prepare to build the all-new Ford Transit. […]

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