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Motor Carrier Safety Performance Profile
February 2004

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This report provides a summary of the safety performance of carriers across all the individual segments in the industry. It includes summaries for both for-hire and private carriers in each segment and is drawn from measures that are collected as part of FMCSA's SafeStat algorithm.

Best Highway Safety Practices: A Survey About Safety Management Practices Among the Safest Motor Carriers
March 2003

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This report examines the safety management practices of the motor carrier industry's safety leaders. A survey of best highway safety practices was sent out to motor carriers and approximately 150 responses were received. This information was analyzed, and the results are documented in this report.

Financial and Operating Performance

Assessing the Motor Carrier Industry and Its Segments: Current and Prospective Issues
2006

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This report updates the Motor Carrier Industry Profile: An Update 2004-2005 to reflect recent changes in the motor carrier industry. This document relies heavily on industry trade journals, company annual reports and other industry surveys as sources. The focus of this paper is to identify the major issues that trucking firms had to face during 2005 and industry response to these events. Special attention is paid to how different firms were affected by these events.

Market Capitalization of the Trucking Industry Sector
2005

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This report focuses on the market valuation of the overall trucking industry sector and each segment within it. In the past, while the focus has been on stock price appreciation or depreciation, this report emphasizes market capitalization returns. Specifically, throughout this report, the index created and displayed is market capitalization weighted with daily rebalancing.

Motor Carrier Industry Profile
2004 - 2005

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This report identifies trends and major events that have impacted the trucking industry during 2004 and 2005. This report is an update to the Motor Carrier Industry Profile: 2001 - 2003 and Stock Market Performance of Publicly Traded Trucking Sector Stocks by Industry Segment, 2000 - 2004 reports. It is one of a series of reports analyzing various aspects of the motor carrier industry.

Motor Carrier Safety Profile Study: Financial and Operating Performance Profiles by Industry Segment
From Year 2001-2002, September 2004

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This report profiles the motor carrier industry and its significant operating segments. It is one of a series of reports analyzing various aspects of the motor carrier industry.

Motor Carrier Industry Profile: Linkages Between Financial and Safety Performance Among Carriers in Major Industry Segments
October 2002

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The central focus of this report is to investigate the relationship between a carrier’s safety performance and its financial performance. The central question is whether financial performance of a firm has an impact on carrier safety performance. Do carriers with financial problems have a safety performance record that differs significantly from that of carriers without these same problems? Since major regulatory reforms in the industry in 1980, this has been an important question.

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