All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 30 2024 // South Africa dispatched crews to contain an oil spill from a cargo vessel that ran aground earlier this month because of extreme weather conditions.Strong waves eroded the hull of the 125-meter (410-foot) MV Ultra Galaxy,...
Jul 25 2024 // NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A freight locomotive ran off the end of its track and smashed into the side of a garage Monday at a home in the city of Niagara Falls.No one was injured, but the impact flattened the brick...
Jul 24 2024 // The wife of a former San Antonio trucking magnate was sentenced this month in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme.Frances Hall, former co-owner of Bill Hall Jr. Trucking, was sentenced for her role in a scheme to avoid $9...
Jul 19 2024 // A Singaporean-flagged cargo vessel was hit by Yemen’s Houthi missiles in the Gulf of Aden on Friday, forcing it to return to its last port of call to assess the damage.Iran-aligned Houthis launched ballistic missiles...
Jul 15 2024 // A commercial truck driver who was acquitted in the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists won’t be eligible to get his license back for another two years, New Hampshire safety officials said.A jury in 2022 found...
Jul 10 2024 // Gallagher Names Eaton Exec Director to Support US CargoGallagher appointed of Jonathan Eaton to executive director, responsible for overseeing wholesale to other non-specialist brokers and working with Gallagher offices in...
Jul 5 2024 // Three recent U.S. Department of Labor investigations in San Diego, California recovered nearly $840,000 for 32 employees, some of whom one employer reportedly paid less than $3 per hour.The department’s Wage and Hour...
Jul 5 2024 // The owner of a New York trucking business who fabricated a supposedly independent Texas affiliate to circumvent his existing firm’s negative safety rating and avoid higher insurance costs has been found guilty of...
Jul 3 2024 // MONAHANS — Low wages and working conditions that truck drivers describe as degrading have sparked an organized labor movement in the Permian Basin, a historic first for the nation’s busiest oil field.About a dozen...
Jul 1 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. This episode reveals three factors causing havoc on the trucking industry, particularly for independent truckers, and how they should balance cost-cutting...
Jun 26 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Cargo theft reached an all-time high last year — up 57% across North America alone.[1]Most commonly, these thefts are the result of an ongoing misdirection...
Jun 26 2024 // The cargo ship Dali headed out of Baltimore for Virginia on Monday, nearly three months after it lost power and crashed into one of the Francis Scott Key bridge’s supporting columns and caused the bridge to...
Jun 25 2024 // Days before the five-year anniversary of a crash that killed seven motorcyclists, relatives and friends urged New Hampshire officials not to allow the trucker involved back on the state’s roadways.A jury in 2022...
Jun 21 2024 // Nationwide automotive hauling and logistics company Wheeler Trucking, doing business as Wheeler Trucking Inc. and Wheeler Logistics, Inc. will pay $65,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle a race and religion lawsuit...
Jun 17 2024 // Crew members of a bulk cargo carrier struck by Houthi missiles abandoned ship Saturday after they couldn’t get fires on board under control, the US military said.The Iranian-backed militants struck the Verbena, a...
Jun 10 2024 // The first Russian oil tanker attempting to deliver crude while under US sanctions made a secret cargo transfer onto another ship, a sign of the lengths to which Moscow is going to undermine the effectiveness of American...
Jun 10 2024 // A New Jersey businessman took his star turn on the witness stand in the bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez on Friday, telling a jury he believed he had a $200,000-to-$250,000 deal in 2018 for the Democrat to pressure...
Jun 4 2024 // Under pressure from Greece’s navy, traders of Russian oil have found a new place to switch cargoes of crude in the Mediterranean sea, a sign of how hard it will be to clamp down on an activity that has alarmed...
Jun 4 2024 // New Hampshire safety officials last Thursday upheld the license suspension of a commercial truck driver who was acquitted in the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists but said another hearing will be held to determine how...
Jun 3 2024 // Sentry Insurance announced it has partnered with Falvey Insurance Group to offer admitted and non-admitted marine cargo capacity to Falvey’s broker partners.Falvey is a niche leading MGA offering several property and...