All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 5 2024 // SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Department of Transportation said Wednesday it has chosen a general contractor to oversee a $189 million project to raise Savannah`s towering suspension bridge so that larger cargo...
Nov 22 2023 // The threat of cargo theft activity this Thanksgiving is “extremely high” and “unlike any recent year,” according to CargoNet.CargoNet, a Verisk product, has tracked a sharp increase in...
Nov 21 2023 // Severe storms have delayed a search-and-rescue operation for 12 crew members of a cargo ship that sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Monday.The Turkish-flagged Kafkametler sank on...
Nov 14 2023 // DP World Plc is slowly working through a backlog of more than 20,000 freight containers piled up at Australian ports following a crippling cyberattack, as labor strikes impede a return to normal operations.DP World, one of...
Nov 13 2023 // Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan, headquartered in New York, N.Y., named Janice Kowell marine, cargo and logistics practice leader, U.S. and Canada. Kowell will remain based in Portland, Ore.Kowell succeeds Michael...
Nov 13 2023 // Freight costs for ships in Ukraine’s alternative export corridor have eased back to their former levels, a government source said on Friday, after brokers said earlier they had risen following an attack on a cargo...
Nov 6 2023 // The California Trucking Association (CTA) has asked a federal judge to stop a state rule that would require truckers to switch to zero-emissions vehicles by 2042, calling it “a vast overreach” that threatens...
Nov 6 2023 // The transportation market is experiencing lower freight rates and excess capacity as fewer loads are shipped with demand for goods down from its pandemic-era peak. The trucking sector in particular is encountering...
Oct 25 2023 // Federal authorities have released more details and unsealed charges in the theft of more than 2 million dimes earlier this year from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.The...
Oct 24 2023 // Rescuers abandoned efforts to find four missing sailors a day after a British cargo ship sank in the North Sea following a collision with a larger vessel.“Due to the numerous operational resources – ships and...
Oct 18 2023 // The California Trucking Association (CTA) has asked a federal judge to stop a state rule that would require truckers to switch to zero-emissions vehicles by 2042, calling it “a vast overreach” that threatens...
Oct 11 2023 // World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of Oakwood Insurance Agency, LLC, also doing business as Insure Big Rig, of Califon, New Jersey on October 1, 2023.Oakwood has been providing trucking...
Oct 6 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon plc, Markel and Arch Capital’s Global Mortgage Group.A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Promotes Solano, Diaz as Brazil and Peru...
Oct 2 2023 // A new corridor allowing cargo vessels to carry Ukrainian grain and iron ore from Black Sea ports has significantly lowered freight rates and they are likely to fall further, Ukraine’s farm minister said on...
Sep 28 2023 // A freight broker is not liable for an $18 million jury award to the mother of a teenage boy who suffered a brain injury when he was struck by a truck, an Illinois appellate court ruled Wednesday.A panel of the 1st District...
Sep 27 2023 // Loadsure, the London-based insurtech and managing general agent, has partnered with WeatherOptics, a leading weather intelligence platform, with the aim of bringing weather intelligence into its risk calculations.Loadsure...
Sep 20 2023 // An Ohio trucking company violated federal law by subjecting two gay mechanics to harassment and termination because of their sexual orientation and retaliated against them for opposing or complaining about the harassment,...
Sep 5 2023 // An eight-person jury in Omaha, Nebraska returned a verdict of $36,075,000 in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on disability discrimination claims against Drivers Management, LLC and Werner...
Sep 5 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Protecting your fleet and maintaining steady operations today means implementing risk management practices to combat rising costs and reduce claims. Our...
Aug 17 2023 // Insurtechs Cover Whale and Aon’s CoverWallet said they have partnered on providing commercial trucking insurance.The collaboration brings together Cover Whale’s trucking insurance capacity with...