Driving innovation: Specialized Transportation Symposium

Registration is open for the specialized transport event of 2025: the SC&RA’s Specialized Transportation Symposium. The next annual STS is in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, from 18 to 20 February 2025.

Hundreds of peers from the heavy transport industry will congregate for a mix of education sessions, committee and other meetings, all topped with a good helping of networking.

Helping to set the scene and tone near the beginning of the event will be an economic outlook session. Carrying the title, 2025 Specialized Transportation Market Forecast, it will see experts offer analysis and opinion on the state of the US economy. Trends for the oversize and-or overweight load markets in 2025 will be identified and there will be a look at equipment financing.

Prior to that, however, the 2025 STS kicks off on 18 February with US state Department of Transport regional meetings. The morning is committee meetings attendees are very much encouraged to attend. They include the Permit Policy Committee, the Pilot Car Committee, and the Transportation Safety, Education and Training Committee.

There will also be a meeting of the AASHTO CTSO Freight Working Group. Attendees can find out the latest developments but also influence outcomes and help inform in decision-making and really be a part of the industry.

Transport topics

Recruiting and keeping good employees remains a major challenge across the industry. One of the breakout sessions, How to Attract and Retain NextGen Workers, aims to address this issue. In addition to best practice advice, an important element of the session will be how to manage the now very diverse and transformative next generation entering the workforce.

Another perennial topic is addressed by the session titled, Permit Harmonisation: What Would You Do? Hear directly from the horse’s mouth, namely US Highway Patrol and DOT officials, about what they like to see relating to national, regional and corridor permit harmonisation.

Many of the sessions are informative and offer practical solutions related to insurance and risk management. One is about making accident reconstruction part of your overall safety protocol. The title of this one not to be missed is What Happened? Accident Reconstructions and Applications.

Another insurance-related session is titled, Insurance Decisions Impacting Your Future Success. It is a panel of experts offering assistance with preventing losses and working out what factors are negatively impacting your insurance rates. Telematics will be covered, as will effectively financing risk.

To register for the 2025 Specialized Transportation Symposium click here.