All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 19 2006 // A lobbying group for the largest U.S. trucking companies is seeking a 68-mile-per-hour speed limit for newly manufactured big-rigs to reduce crashes and save lives.The goal is to cut “the number and severity of...
Nov 19 2006 // When a tractor-trailer overturned on a Maryland road, it spilled lumber onto the roadway below and killed a motorist.The same week in a nearby Virginia community, a jury awarded $17 million to the family of a 17 year-old...
Nov 15 2006 // Interstate Insurance Management (IIM) and Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance are expannding their insurance program for the trucking industry into Virginia and Indiana. The program, which has been in operation since...
Oct 19 2006 // A lobbying group for the largest U.S. trucking companies is seeking a 68-mile-per-hour speed limit for newly manufactured big-rigs to reduce crashes and save lives.The goal is to cut “the number and severity of...
Oct 9 2006 // The number one way to prevent crashes in fleets: hire high-quality drivers with clear driving records.In fact, company fleets in which more than 60 percent of drivers hold clear motor vehicle records had a 42 percent lower...
Oct 9 2006 // The number one way to prevent crashes in fleets: hire high-quality drivers with clear driving records.In fact, company fleets in which more than 60 percent of drivers hold clear motor vehicle records had a 42 percent lower...
Sep 27 2006 // Chicago-based Aon Corporation announced the appointment of Barbara Spain as senior vice president and relationship manager, and Matt Reese as senior vice president and originator, for Aon Risk Services. Both will drive the...
Aug 27 2006 // A laptop that might contain personally identifiable information on 193 people who have commercial driver’s licenses was stolen in Baltimore this week, transportation officials said Friday.The Federal Motor Carrier...
Aug 17 2006 // A jury in New Jersey has awarded an Atlantic Highlands man $11.2 million for injuries suffered when a cargo container fell off a truck and onto the driver’s side of his car.Paul Dolan, 42, sued Piscataway-based...
Aug 15 2006 // Truck drivers who routinely get too little sleep or suffer from sleep apnea show signs of fatigue and impaired performance that can make them a hazard on the road, according to a major new study by researchers at the...
Jul 5 2006 // The Logistics Trust of Texas, a workers’ compensation self-insurance group administered by First Cardinal of Texas Ltd, has received approval from the Texas Department of Insurance to begin offering coverage, First...
Jun 14 2006 // Connecticut motor vehicle inspectors took more than 50 truck drivers off the road and discovered more than 1,700 violations during a three-day crackdown last week on Connecticut roads, officials said.Inspectors from the...
Jun 1 2006 // It was a bitter cold night in New York city some 40 years ago. Trucker Robert C. Wrenn pulled his rig to a halt at a red light and suddenly, there was a sharp rap on the metal door next to his elbow.Wrenn looked out,...
May 31 2006 // Fairfield County, the gold coast of Connecticut, brings to mind wealth and influence.It also has the dubious distinction of being home to more heavy truck accidents along Interstate 95 than any other part of the state,...
Apr 18 2006 // In search of a new tool to weed out problem truckers, a Pennsylvania trucking association is pushing for a statewide database that would compile employer records on drivers’ drug test results.Traffic violations and...
Apr 11 2006 // Paul Chapman remembers an accident he saw one night a few years ago while driving through the Allegheny Mountains. A truck, without braking, crashed as it missed the entrance to a tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The...
Mar 24 2006 // Carrollton, Ga.-based Britt Paulk Insurance Agency Inc. has teamed up with Beazley USA, an admitted “A-” rated company, to provide Ocean Marine Cargo coverage focused on writing risk for small and mid-sized...
Mar 20 2006 // Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc. today announced that it amended its Partner Agent Program Agreement with American Team Managers to include specialized local and intermediate trucking.ATM will provide...
Mar 2 2006 // The Boston-based OneBeacon Insurance Group announced that its ocean marine division — International Marine Underwriters (IMU) — has launched a new Web-based cargo insurance service platform:...
Feb 8 2006 // Automatic all risk coverage with comprehensive extensions for international shipments is now available through Cargo Elite, a new Ocean Cargo policy introduced by St. Paul Travelers, a U.S. provider of Ocean Marine...