[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] When it comes to cargo securement, a flatbed is often like a stage that all the world — or nearby drivers — can see. Making sure flatbed ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Flatbed carriers haul a wide variety of cargo, but securing that cargo requires extra work from drivers. To attract and retain those ...

In part to help drivers and carriers comply with cargo securement regulations under CSA, J.J. Keller & Associates is releasing a new training program to reduce the risks associated with improper ...

When properly securing cargo to a flatbed or step deck trailer, there are specific logistics challenges, i.e., how to safely load, secure and transport unique items that, because of size, shape and ...

Instructional Technologies Inc. (ITI), providers of Pro-Tread online driver training, announced a free cargo securement training focused on open deck transportation companies in advance of the annual ...

It's been quite a long time since I've heard from longtime independent owner-operator and independent dispatcher Gary McGaha, of Gary's Fleet Service, based in Phelan, California. More than 10 years ...

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 ...

CarriersEdge continues to update its online driver training library, adding two courses on practical cargo securement, as well as training on bloodborne pathogens and the spotted lanternfly. Spanish ...

This new tie-down system is another load securement option for Utility's 4000A, Tautliner curtainsided trailers and Conestoga 2. ALSS allows for on-the-deck load securement, as opposed to side kits.

What kind of truck accident has seriously damaged interstate highway around downtown Birmingham, Ala., about 30 times since 1987? Flatbeds dropping steel loads, usually coils, whether by rollover, ...