Most Popular Trucking Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Trucking Topic Page over the last year.

#1 Lyft is a Motor Carrier and State Farm Can Be Sued Directly, Georgia Court Says

Aug 28 2024 // Georgia lawmakers this year put an end to direct-action lawsuits against trucking companies’ insurers, but that did not come soon enough to bar litigation brought by people involved in accidents with ride-sharing...

#2 Cargo Owners in Baltimore Disaster Face ‘General Average’ Loss Sharing, MSC Says

Apr 15 2024 // The owner of the ship that destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge has started a formal process in which companies that own goods on the stricken Dali will have to share some of the financial losses, according...

#3 California Trucker Death Led to Workers’ Comp Investigation That Found $2M in Underreported Payroll

May 17 2024 // An investigation began after an employee was found dead in a company owned semi-truck led to the arraignment of a California man on three felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud.Heigo Kubar, 84, of Fresno, was...

#4 Missouri Trucking Company Sued for Refusing to Hire a Deaf Job Applicant

Aug 1 2024 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Missouri- based trucking company Transportation Management Group, doing business as Wilson Logistics, for violating federal law when it refused to hire a deaf...

#5 China Cargo Ship Smashes Through Bridge Sending Vehicles Into River: Reports

Feb 22 2024 // A cargo ship slammed into a bridge in southern China, sending several vehicles tumbling into a river.Two people died and three others were missing after the accident Thursday in Guangzhou, state-run Global Times said on X,...

#6 Trucking Firm Owner’s Scheme to Lower Insurance Costs Hits Dead End

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...

#7 Wife of Ex-Texas Trucking Magnate Sentenced in $9M Work Comp Fraud Scheme

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...

#8 Georgia Lawmakers Approve End to Direct-Action Suits Against Trucking Insurers

Mar 19 2024 // A bill that would end direct-action lawsuits against trucking insurers is rolling toward the governor’s desk after it was approved by the full House of Representatives on Monday.Senate Bill 426, heralded as a way to...

#9 Russian Oil Tanker Does Secret Cargo Switch Near Singapore to Dodge US Sanctions

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...

#10 Trucking Firm Owner Sentenced Over Crash That Killed 7 Bikers

Nov 25 2024 // The owner of a trucking company was sentenced Thursday to two months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for lying to investigators after one of his trucks was accused of causing a crash that killed seven...

#11 Cargo Carriers Fear Port Strike Will Paralyze Half of US Trade

Sep 30 2024 // The world’s top container carrier is urging customers to move US cargo through East and Gulf Coast ports before the planned start on Tuesday of a dockworker strike that threatens to paralyze as much as half the...

#12 Trump Tariffs Could Intensify US Trucking Industry Slump, Experts Say

Dec 16 2024 // President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on top trade partners China, Mexico and Canada would deal a blow to the $1.7 trillion U.S. transportation industry and worsen a nearly three-year trucking recession,...

#13 Move to End Georgia’s Direct-Action Lawsuits vs. Trucking Insurers Gaining Steam

Jan 31 2024 // This year could be the year that Georgia joins most other states and repeals its direct-action law that has reportedly caused severe problems for trucking companies needing liability insurance.Several Georgia Republican...

#14 Trucking Firm Owner Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Crash That Killed 7 Bikers

Aug 16 2024 // An owner of a now defunct trucking company agreed to plead guilty on Tuesday to federal charges related to a deadly crash in New Hampshire that killed seven motorcyclists.Dunyadar Gasanov, 39, pled guilty in Springfield,...

#15 Newark Wants Cargo Ship Firefighters’ Deaths Handled Under Workers’ Compensation

May 2 2024 // The city of Newark is asking a federal court to dismiss negligence and wrongful death claims against it by the families of two firefighters who died last July while battling a fire on a cargo ship,The city maintains that...

#16 Freight Train Collision in West Texas Kills 2 Union Pacific Employees

Dec 23 2024 // Two Union Pacific employees were killed and three people were injured when a freight train collided with a tractor-trailer and derailed in a small West Texas city, authorities said Thursday.The train derailed around 5 p.m....

#17 Update: Baltimore Ship Accident Has East Coast Ports Scrambling to Absorb Cargo

Apr 1 2024 // US East Coast ports are modifying their operations to absorb cargo diverted from Baltimore harbor, where salvage specialists are starting to clear debris from the destroyed Francis Scott Key Bridge and authorities are...

#18 Trucking Firm of Fatigued Driver Who Caused Fatal Crash Kept Fake Hours Data: NTSB

Aug 30 2024 // A crash that killed three passengers on a party bus on a Virginia highway was caused by a fatigued truck driver working for a company that allowed its drivers to log excessive hours, a federal report concluded...

#19 Cargo Thefts Up 59%, Misdirection Top Threat: CargoNet

Feb 2 2024 // There were 692 reported thefts of cargo across the United States and Canada in the third quarter of 2023, a 59% increase when compared to the third quarter of 2022, according to CargoNet.Similar to the second quarter of...

#20 Witness Testifies on Seeking Sen. Menendez’s Help on Insurance, Trucking Probes

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...