Latest Trucking Headlines
All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Uber Halts Driverless Truck Manufacturing to Focus on Cars
Jul 31 2018 // Uber will stop developing self-driving trucks that have been hauling cargo on U.S. highways, the ride-hailing company said on Monday, seeking to focus its autonomous-vehicle technology solely on cars. Through its...
Where Oil Prices Meet Trucker Fatalities: ‘Death Highway’
Jul 30 2018 // Route 285 is the formal designation for one of the main roads used to carry supplies to and from the oilfields of West Texas. Locals call it something else: “Death Highway.” Last year, 93 people died in...
Growing Headache for Corporate Mexico: Robberies of Cargo Trains
Jul 24 2018 // Head southeast out of Mexico City for about four hours or so and you will come upon the town of Acultzingo. It is an impoverished, dusty little place nestled up against the rugged peaks of the Sierra Madre. Most...
Protective Insurance, AmWINS to Offer For-Hire Commercial Trucking Product
Jul 23 2018 // Protective Insurance Co., a property-casualty insurer specializing in trucking and workers’ compensation, has partnered with AmWINS Transportation Underwriters (ATU) to offer a program to support for-hire commercial...
Best Revises Outlook for National Independent Truckers Insurance of South Carolina
Jul 13 2018 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICR of “bbb” of...
AF Group Drives into Commercial Auto with Fundamental Underwriters
Jul 11 2018 // Lansing, Michigan-based AF Group is branching out from its traditional base in workers’ compensation into the specialty commercial auto insurance niche, driven by a new operating company — Fundamental...
North Dakota Businesses Hobbled by Trucking Delays
Jun 27 2018 // North Dakota businesses that rely on truck drivers for supplies have been experiencing delays due to mandated electronic logging devices. Delivery times to Dakota Gasification Co. have sometimes doubled or tripled after...
Rampant Brazil Cargo Theft Disrupts Retail, Drives Up Insurance Rates
May 31 2018 // In a bunker-like room in a gritty suburb of Sao Paulo, retired police colonel Antonio Marin and a dozen employees track the location of hundreds of cargo trucks on a bank of monitors. During his 34 years in Sao Paulo...
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Expands Cargo Coverage
May 24 2018 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has expanded its Project Cargo offering through a direct partnership with its Engineering division. The new collaborative...
SafeWaters Underwriting Managers Appoints N.Y.-Based Kempf as VP and Head of Cargo
May 15 2018 // SafeWaters Underwriting Managers (SafeWaters) has appointed Kevin Kempf as vice president and head of cargo in the U.S. Kempf is based in Melville, N.Y. He joined SafeWaters on April 1, 2018, and brings knowledge of cargo...
North P&I Club Adds Richards to Cargo Claims Team
May 3 2018 // North P&I Club has further strengthened its specialist cargo claims team with the appointment of David Richards as deputy director, Cargo. Richards, formerly a partner with Ince & Co and a Legal 500 recommended...
California Trucking School Owner Got Illegal Licenses for Students
Apr 30 2018 // The owner of a California trucking school has pleaded guilty to conspiring with state employees to obtain driver’s licenses for students who failed or did not take driving tests. Mangal Gill of San Ramon, California...
Florida Man Sentenced in N.J. for Filing More Than $1.2M in Fraudulent Insurance Claims
Apr 26 2018 // A Florida man was sentenced to nine years in state prison for filing more than $1.2 million in false claims for refrigerated cargo purportedly spoiled in cross-country transport by his long-haul trucking companies based...
Smooth Waters Forms Agreement with National Cargo Bureau
Mar 14 2018 // Smooth Waters, LLC, a subsidiary of RSG Underwriting Managers, LLC (RSGUM), has entered into an engineering service agreement with the National Cargo Bureau, Inc. (NCB) to offer marine loss prevention and claims services...
Georgia Considering Commercial Truck-Only Highway
Feb 14 2018 // Georgia transportation officials are exploring the idea of a separate highway for trucks only. It would be the first highway of its kind in the United States, said John Hibbard, the Georgia Department of...
Still an Uphill Climb for Commercial Auto Market
Feb 5 2018 // The difficult job of moving commercial auto insurance to a profitable place has not gotten any easier. More vehicles on the road thanks to a rebounding economy, more miles driven, distracted drivers and...
North Dakota Livestock Producers Say Trucking Mandate Will Cost Them
Jan 16 2018 // A federal mandate requiring many motor carriers to install electronic logging devices could cost be costly to North Dakota’s cattle industry. Warren Zenker, who runs a cattle feeding operation near Elgin, told the...
Freight Train Collision in Alabama Injures 4
Jan 2 2018 // Two freight trains collided in rural Alabama, injuring four people on board. The Tuscaloosa News reports that that the collision happened Thursday afternoon in Pickens County. The sheriff’s office told the newspaper...
Ex-Tennessee Lawmaker Sues Trucking Company for $1.5M Over Accident Injuries
Dec 12 2017 // A former Tennessee lawmaker is suing an Illinois trucking company for injuries he received in a vehicle accident. The Kingsport Times News reports that former state Rep. Jason Mumpower, who is currently the Tennessee...
Small Trucking Firms Want Trump to Delay Electronic Log Requirement
Dec 8 2017 // Many independent U.S. truckers are pushing President Donald Trump to back his anti-regulatory rhetoric by delaying an Obama-era rule requiring electronic monitors in trucks, a measure some drivers fear could put them out...
