All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 23 2016 // A pair of California trucking company owners were arrested for cheating their workers’ compensation insurer out of millions of dollars.Alvin Shin Chen, 54, and Fiona Xilin Chen, 46, both of La Canada Flintridge,...
May 13 2016 // In the trucking industry, technology is driving change.Todd Smith, chief operating officer at Decker Truck Line Inc. in Fort Dodge, Iowa, told The Messenger that by the end of 2017 it will be mandated that all trucks have...
Apr 28 2016 // A pair of California trucking company owners were arrested for cheating their worker’s compensation insurer out of millions of dollars.Alvin Shin Chen, 54, and Fiona Xilin Chen, 46, both of La Cañada Flintridge,...
Apr 25 2016 // The employer of a tractor-trailer driver blamed for a fiery interstate crash that killed five Georgia nursing students has agreed to settle wrongful death lawsuits for large sums, with at least one victim’s family...
Apr 8 2016 // XL Catlin’s Americas Marine business has introduced its first new marine product, an enhanced insurance policy to offer more comprehensive cargo insurance coverage on a domestic, foreign or worldwide basis.Andrew...
Apr 6 2016 // Trinity Underwriting Managers, Inc. (TUMI), a Georgia-based program administrator, has hired Bonita Finley as a senior transportation broker. Finley will help manage TUMI’s local and intermediate trucking business as...
Mar 18 2016 // Trinity Underwriting Managers, Inc. (TUMI), a Georgia based program administrator, has established a local and intermediate trucking program. This product is underwritten on behalf of an ‘A’ rated carrier and...
Mar 15 2016 // Authorities say a large cargo ship has leaked an unknown amount of oil in the Los Angeles Harbor.The Coast Guard says the leak was reported Sunday evening, where an oily sheen was visible near the vessel Istra Ace....
Mar 4 2016 // Verisk Analytics, a data analytics provider, has formed an alliance between its CargoNet business and the Florida Trucking Association (FTA) to help members reduce cargo theft risk and lobby for stricter penalties and more...
Feb 22 2016 // The rate of commercial truck-involved fatalities is declining, an industry trade group says.The American Trucking Associations say its analysis of federal Department of Transportation data shows safety improvements in the...
Feb 16 2016 // The U.S. Coast Guard begins hearings on Tuesday to investigate whether misconduct or negligence were factors in the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro during a hurricane last fall, an accident that left the vessel’s...
Feb 10 2016 // U.S. aviation safety officials are raising new warnings about the dangers of carrying bulk shipments of lithium-based batteries on commercial flights.The Federal Aviation Administration, which regulates the aviation...
Jan 27 2016 // The families of 10 sailors aboard a cargo ship that sank in a hurricane last year have settled claims with the vessel’s owner.The Florida Times-Union reports that each of the families will receive $500,000 each in...
Jan 25 2016 // The rate of commercial truck-involved fatalities is declining, an industry trade group says.The American Trucking Associations reports that its analysis of federal Department of Transportation data shows safety...
Dec 29 2015 // Owen Oakley, vice president at Heffernan Insurance Brokers, has been named chairman for the San Francisco chapter of the California Trucking Association. Owen previously served as a steering and planning committee...
Dec 17 2015 // Hiscox London Market has appointed Richard Golder as Marine Cargo Line Underwriter, marking the insurer’s re-entry into the marine cargo business. Golder will be supported by Jack Bryan who takes on the role of...
Dec 8 2015 // The widow of a man who died after a truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and struck him in southern Wyoming is suing for wrongful death. The Rock Springs Rocket-Miner reported that Katsiaryna Krauchanka has filed a...
Dec 3 2015 // U.S House and Senate lawmakers reached agreement on Tuesday on a $305 billion, five-year transportation bill that would revive the politically embattled Export-Import Bank while funding roads, bridges and mass transit.The...
Dec 1 2015 // Somewhere in America, a tractor-trailer loaded with hidden surveillance equipment is parked at a truck stop or warehouse while authorities wait for thieves to steal it.No one is sure when, or even if, crooks will take it....
Nov 23 2015 // Utah is test-driving new technology that could improve safety and fuel efficiency for big-rig truckers.The Utah Department of Transportation started conducting field tests last week of a vehicle-to-vehicle communication...