All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 10 2021 // Commodities trader Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. struck a deal last summer to buy $36 million of copper from a Turkish supplier. But when the cargoes started arriving in China, all it found were containers full of painted...
Mar 4 2021 // A freight train derailed in the Southern California desert on Wednesday, sending more than 40 rail cars crashing into the sand, authorities said.Nobody was hurt and there was no fire when the BNSF Railway train went off...
Feb 8 2021 // McGriff has launched a new product that gives freight brokers the ability to purchase excess auto liability coverage online.TripExcess is a per-shipment excess liability product that will allow shippers, 3PL/brokers and...
Feb 3 2021 // Hiscox, the specialist global insurer, has appointed Aimee Nolan to head up its London Market cargo underwriting team.As cargo line underwriter, Nolan will be based in Hiscox’s London office, reporting to Mike...
Dec 30 2020 // European freight forwarders are rejecting contracts to take loads into the UK due to fears the chaos at Dover could be repeated post-Brexit.Transporeon, a German software company that monitors real-time data on freight...
Dec 28 2020 // Synchrono Group, doing business under SynchronoSure, and American European Insurance Group (AEIG) have expanded their partnership to include trucker general liability insurance for small trucking companies.SynchronoSure...
Dec 23 2020 // Cover Whale, an insurtech with a specialty niche in the trucking and transportation segment, has expanded its trucking insurance products to include a fleet insurance program. Fleet managers and select insurance brokers...
Nov 25 2020 // Debris is washing up from a cargo ship stranded on the Georgia coast as a salvage team cuts it into chunks.The leaks are not unexpected as salvagers demolish the Golden Ray, a South Korean ship that overturned in St....
Nov 17 2020 // Chicago, IL, November 13, 2020 – Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. (“PPCI”) successfully resolved a trucking case that went to jury trial in Florida resulting in a jury verdict of just under...
Nov 2 2020 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Newfront Insurance has named Jason Vanderyacht a principal and logistics practice leader. Vanderyacht comes from Alliant, where as vice president. He was with Roanoke Trade before that. Jason...
Nov 2 2020 // Safety features such as automatic emergency braking and forward collision warnings could prevent more than 40% of crashes in which semis rear-end other vehicles, a new study has found.The Insurance Institute for Highway...
Oct 22 2020 // Trucking company owners Hardip Singh, 44, and Amandeep Kaur, 36, were charged this week with multiple counts of insurance fraud after allegedly misclassifying employees as independent contractors in a scheme to underreport...
Oct 19 2020 // A Minnesota-based transportation company will pay $165,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation case, federal officials say.The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Stan Koch & Sons Trucking...
Oct 12 2020 // A Kansas man is suing a over a crash that killed his wife, three of his children and his stepdaughter.Jeffrey Williams, of Viola, is seeking more than $75,000 in damages in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against Andrew...
Oct 2 2020 // The paternal grandparents of a 10-year-old Kansas girl killed in a crash last week are suing the truck driver involved in the collision, along with his employer.The Wichita Eagle reports that Mark and Carrie Brady are...
Sep 23 2020 // A U.S. Coast Guard analysis found that a cargo ship overturned after departing a Georgia seaport because of unstable loading that left its center of gravity too high, making the vessel susceptible to rolling over, an...
Sep 18 2020 // A foreman who oversees dock workers at Georgia’s busy shipping terminal for automobiles said Tuesday he saw no problems as hundreds of cars and trucks were loaded onto the cargo ship Golden Ray shortly before the...
Sep 8 2020 // An 18-year-old can’t buy a beer in most U.S. states, but pretty soon he or she may be able to drive a commercial truck across state lines — and that has safety advocates alarmed.The Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
Sep 4 2020 // Safety features such as automatic emergency braking and forward collision warnings could prevent more than 40% of crashes in which semis rear-end other vehicles, a new study has found.The Insurance Institute for Highway...
Sep 3 2020 // Hudson Insurance Group has released commercial trucking coverage for independent contractors that is now offered through retail producers in select states. Coverage includes occupational accident, contingent liability,...