All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 4 2014 // A Memphis, Tenn., business owner has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a cargo theft scheme that included a theft in West Plains, Mo.Tammy Dickinson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri,...
Jul 23 2014 // A trucking company wants the state appeals court to limit the Indiana Department of Transportation’s authority to sue over damage done to state highways.The challenge is in court as the highway agency is trying to...
Jul 18 2014 // A Memphis, Tenn., business owner pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a cargo theft scheme that included a theft in West Plains, Mo.Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri,...
Jun 13 2014 // The House of Representatives voted narrowly this week to block the federal government from raising the minimum liability insurance limits for truckers as recommended recently by the regulatory agency for the trucking...
Jun 10 2014 // A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. truck driver went at least 24 hours without sleep before his tractor-trailer crashed into a limousine, critically injuring actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and killing another entertainer, according to a...
Jun 5 2014 // Truckers would be required to buy higher insurance limits under a government proposal, although how much higher is not yet known.The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) concluded in a report to Congress...
Jun 5 2014 // The 70-hour cap on a U.S. trucker’s workweek has a chance of being eased by Congress, undoing the result of a 15-year effort to reduce highway fatalities caused by drowsy long-haul drivers.The main federal regulation...
Jun 4 2014 // The latest report of a tanker hijack in Southeast Asia has prompted Dryad Maritime to issue an advisory to its shipping clients, based on the supposition that “crime follows a pattern, which has seen up to six such...
Apr 24 2014 // Divers retrieved more bodies from a South Korean ferry that sank last week, as investigators turned their attention to whether the vessel had been carrying more cargo than it was designed to hold.The official death toll...
Apr 17 2014 // A Wisconsin trucker who’s been driving for 35 years won a customized truck in Great American Insurance Group’s annual Big Rig Giveaway.Roger Lemírande was missing from the crowd at booth 69172 on Saturday,...
Apr 14 2014 // “In recent years cargo losses worth more than one hundred million dollars have not been recovered under traditional cargo insurance policies due to critical exposures being excluded,” warned Willis Group...
Apr 2 2014 // Hudson Insurance Group has acquired Motor Transport Underwriters Inc. (MTU), an underwriting, claims and risk management specialist in the long-haul trucking arena with which Hudson does business.The announcement said MTU...
Mar 28 2014 // ACE Group has introduced standalone passenger accident insurance for motor carriers. The coverage provides accidental death and dismemberment and accident medical/dental expense benefit coverage for authorized passengers...
Jan 28 2014 // London-based Lloyd’s specialist underwriter Marketform announced that it has “secured the consultancy services of experienced marine practitioner Howard Franks who will work with cargo underwriter Nicholas...
Dec 13 2013 // The U.S. Transportation Department, under scrutiny after a watchdog questioned its oversight of bus companies, pledged to do deeper investigations of carriers with suspected safety deficiencies.The department’s...
Dec 3 2013 // A judge has delayed the trial over a lawsuit filed after Somali pirates took over a U.S. cargo ship in 2009.Crew members are suing Maersk Line Ltd. and the Mobile-based Waterman Steamship Corp. over the pirate attack that...
Nov 19 2013 // Ironshore Australia has entered the fine art, specie and cargo insurance sectors in Australia through the creation of a new marine unit.Ironshore’s team will focus on underwriting a range of both static and transit...
Nov 8 2013 // U.S. bus regulators are overlooking or not catching serious safety hazards before fatal crashes and need to change their auditing practices, the National Transportation Safety Board said.The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier...
Nov 3 2013 // A Canadian National Railway Co. train carrying lumber and sulfur dioxide derailed in the Western Canadian province of Alberta on Sunday, but there were no injuries or spills of dangerous goods, a spokesman for the railway...
Oct 31 2013 // Sherman Brothers Trucking Inc., doing business as Team Transport Inc., has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 11 safety and health violations and fined...