Tucker Blog
Monday, February 18, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JEFFREY TUCKER
APPOINTED TO FMCSA SUBCOMMITTEE
Cherry Hill, NJ USA, February 15, 2013
Jeffrey Tucker, CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide (www.tuckerco.com ) was appointed to the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Motor Carrier Safety Advisory
Committee (MCSAC) CSA Subcommittee. Mr.
Tucker was appointed by FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro. CSA “Compliance, Safety, Accountability” is FMCSA’s
initiative to improve large truck and bus safety and ultimately reduce crashes,
injuries, and fatalities related to commercial motor vehicles.
The CSA subcommittee is a panel of 19 subject matter experts
including motor carriers, bus companies, safety advocate groups and trade
associations. These industry officials, as members of the MCSAC CSA
Subcommittee provide counsel to FMCSA on a variety of issues relating to the
design, implementation and efficacy of the CSA program.
CSA introduces a new enforcement and compliance model that
allows FMCSA and its State partners to identify and contact a larger number of motor
carriers who may need to address compliance and/or safety concerns.
Jeff is the CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide, Inc.; CEO &
Co-Founder of Qualifiedcarriers.com, and has chaired the TIA Carrier Selection
Framework Committee since 2006. Jeff has testified on CSA before Congress.
Tucker Company Worldwide, Inc. is America’s oldest privately
held freight broker, and is based in Cherry Hill, NJ. Tucker specializes in
arranging shipments of high value, high security, climate controlled and
otherwise sensitive materials for some of the world’s best known brands. Tucker
is active in its trade association and serves on a select committee reviewing
motor carrier safety for the U. S. Department of Transportation. Tucker has
been a first responder supporting the government with trucking of relief
supplies for most of the nation’s natural and manmade disasters in the last 30
years.
