All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 3 2015 // Alabama authorities say a tractor-trailer crashed on Interstate 20 near Tuscaloosa because the driver lost control while he was pulling one of his teeth. The Alabama Highway Patrol says the truck driver told troopers he...
Jan 26 2015 // The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that Mexican motor carriers will soon be able to apply for authority to conduct long-haul, cross-border trucking services in the United States.This marks a milestone in...
Jan 26 2015 // The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that Mexican motor carriers will soon be able to apply for authority to conduct long-haul, cross-border trucking services in the United States.The policy change marks a...
Jan 14 2015 // Fidelis Group Holdings LLC (FGH) and its subsidiary, Continental Underwriters Ltd., a have formed an ocean cargo division and named Doug Fischer and Crystal Prout as managing directors of the unit.The new ocean cargo...
Jan 14 2015 // Highway regulators have failed to act on more than 100 recommendations to improve truck safety at a time when fatalities have risen for four straight years, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety...
Dec 15 2014 // For the second time in three years, the trucking industry has found a friend in Senator Susan Collins.The Maine Republican got a rider attached to the spending bill approved over the weekend so truckers will no longer have...
Dec 10 2014 // Congress is poised to roll back safety rules aimed at ensuring truck drivers get enough rest, ignoring the pleas of consumer activists and U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.The provision, added to budget...
Dec 8 2014 // Just shy of five years after Arrow Trucking Co. in Tulsa, Okla., suddenly shut its doors, the company’s former chief executive has been indicted on fraud charges related to the company’s demise.A 23-count...
Dec 8 2014 // Congress is considering adding to a year-end budget deal a provision to roll back safety rules aimed at ensuring truck drivers get enough rest, a measure U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said should be...
Dec 3 2014 // Oversized and overweight cargo haulers that can only operate on roadways at certain times of day are seeking an exemption from a new federal trucking regulation requiring drivers to take a 30-minute rest every eight...
Nov 19 2014 // A small twin-engine cargo plane crashed into a home on Chicago’s southwest side on Nov. 18, killing the pilot but sparing a couple who were asleep just inches away.The Aero Commander 500 slammed into the front of the...
Oct 24 2014 // Russell Staley stared out his broken windshield as darkness engulfed him and firefighters bearing chain saws cut through fallen trees to reach the passenger door of his tractor trailer.Staley had been heading north on...
Oct 9 2014 // Pirates released a Vietnamese oil tanker and its 18 crew members yesterday after siphoning part of its diesel cargo, according to the coast guard.The Sunrise 689, which left Singapore on Oct. 3 before vanishing from radar...
Sep 21 2014 // The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was sued by a coalition of groups seeking to force the agency to issue stiffer rules for training entry- level truck drivers.Regulators have missed multiple deadlines...
Aug 28 2014 // The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on systemic flaws leading up to a 2012 train derailment that leaked a dangerous gas in southern New Jersey.The report issued Tuesday was approved by...
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...