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What is the biggest risk management issue facing trucking today? Drivers, no doubt, according to a survey by Liberty Mutual Group.

How well you do in trucking depends on how well your customers are doing.

Freight distribution systems can be optimized electronically no matter what the size of the trucking or shipping company, a pair of experts told the Oct. 26 general session of the ATA Management Conference.

The lawyer who sued “Dateline NBC” for defamation and fraud on behalf of a Maine trucking company and driver Peter Kennedy said he used the correspondent’s and producer’s own words and pictures to prove his case.

For intermodal truckers, all eyes are on South Carolina, where a new law makes equipment providers responsible for maintenance and repair of chassis and trailers hauled by truckers.

The truck of the future will not only practically drive itself, it will be less expensive to operate and provide carriers with greater flexibility for a wider range of uses, according to position papers presented at the Oct. 27 session, “Defining the Future Truck..

Cummins Engine Co. is introducing new cylinder kits with 100,000- and 300,000-mile warranties for its pre-1991 L10 diesel engines. The kits will be available Jan. 1.

International trucks are International trucks, not Navistar.

Dana Corp. and Eaton Corp. have expanded their marketing agreement established earlier this year to include a broader range of medium- and heavy-duty Roadranger System products, the two companies announced.