Latest Trucking Headlines
All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hudson Acquires Trucking Program Manager, Motor Transport Underwriters
Apr 2 2014 // Hudson Insurance Group has acquired Motor Transport Underwriters Inc. (MTU), an underwriting, claims and risk management specialist in the long-haul trucking arena with which Hudson does business. The announcement said MTU...
ACE Introduces Passenger Accident Insurance for Motor Carriers
Mar 28 2014 // ACE Group has introduced standalone passenger accident insurance for motor carriers. The coverage provides accidental death and dismemberment and accident medical/dental expense benefit coverage for authorized passengers...
Cargo Specialist Franks Joins Marketform Underwriting Team
Jan 28 2014 // London-based Lloyd’s specialist underwriter Marketform announced that it has “secured the consultancy services of experienced marine practitioner Howard Franks who will work with cargo underwriter Nicholas...
Safety Regulator Completes Crackdown on Bus Companies
Dec 13 2013 // The U.S. Transportation Department, under scrutiny after a watchdog questioned its oversight of bus companies, pledged to do deeper investigations of carriers with suspected safety deficiencies. The department’s...
Alabama Trial Over Somali Pirate Attack on Maersk Cargo Ship Delayed
Dec 3 2013 // A judge has delayed the trial over a lawsuit filed after Somali pirates took over a U.S. cargo ship in 2009. Crew members are suing Maersk Line Ltd. and the Mobile-based Waterman Steamship Corp. over the pirate attack that...
Ironshore Australia Launches Marine Unit to Cover Fine Art, Specie, Cargo Classes
Nov 19 2013 // Ironshore Australia has entered the fine art, specie and cargo insurance sectors in Australia through the creation of a new marine unit. Ironshore’s team will focus on underwriting a range of both static and transit...
Federal Safety Regulators Criticized for Missing Bus Safety Hazards
Nov 8 2013 // U.S. bus regulators are overlooking or not catching serious safety hazards before fatal crashes and need to change their auditing practices, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier...
Another Canadian Freight Train Derails in Alberta, No Injuries
Nov 3 2013 // A Canadian National Railway Co. train carrying lumber and sulfur dioxide derailed in the Western Canadian province of Alberta on Sunday, but there were no injuries or spills of dangerous goods, a spokesman for the railway...
OSHA Fines Trucking Company $113K After Worker Fatality in Arkansas
Oct 31 2013 // Sherman Brothers Trucking Inc., doing business as Team Transport Inc., has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 11 safety and health violations and fined...
First Light Program Managers, Inc. Acquires the Assets of Frontline Underwriters, Inc.
Oct 10 2013 // Dania, FL, 10/10/13 – Anthony L. Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of First Light Program Managers, Inc. and Gregory B. Crotty, President of Frontline Underwriters, Inc. of Madison, Mississippi announced today that...
Insurer, Cargo Firm Sue FAA Over Payments for Military Crash in Afghanistan
Oct 3 2013 // National Air Cargo Group Inc. and its insurer sued the U.S. for breach of contract, saying the government failed to provide reimbursement of as much as $45 million for the crash of a Boeing 747-400 on a military mission in...
Groups Say Regulators Allow Unsafe Mexican Trucks on U.S. Roads
Sep 27 2013 // Regulators determined to let Mexican trucks on U.S. roads under a trade deal have downplayed safety shortcomings with companies in a border-crossing pilot program, according to safety, trucking and labor groups. Trucking...
Swiss Re Opens French Operation for Hull and Cargo Coverage
Sep 20 2013 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions announced the expansion of its Marine insurance presence in Continental Europe through the formation of a dedicated underwriting team in Paris. The new unit officially started operations in...
IUMI Warns Cargo Underwriters over West African Piracy
Sep 17 2013 // Delegates attending the annual conference of International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) in London were told that “insurers, ship owners and cargo interests cannot equate piracy in West Africa to that seen off the...
Flight Recorders from Downed UPS Cargo Jet Probed for Clues to Crash Cause
Aug 16 2013 // U.S. government investigators were hoping on Friday that cockpit voice and flight data recorders pulled from the wreckage of a UPS cargo jet would help pinpoint the cause of the fiery crash that killed its pilot and...
Travelers, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute Discuss Top Trends in Trucking
Aug 15 2013 // The Travelers Companies Inc. and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) recently co-hosted a symposium where research on some of the top concerns of the trucking industry was discussed with fleet managers and...
India’s MRPL to Receive Iranian Oil Cargo after 4-Month Gap
Aug 13 2013 // India’s Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd said on Monday it expects to receive an Iranian oil cargo by the end of this week, the firm’s first purchase from the sanctions-hit nation since April. The...
Trucking Industry Loses Challenge to Driver Fatigue Rule
Aug 6 2013 // U.S. Transportation Department regulations to ensure drivers get more rest were mostly upheld by a federal appeals court, a defeat for trucking companies that said the rules would add cost without improving highway...
Lance Surety Launches New Program to Meet FMCSA Bond Increase Requirement
Jul 19 2013 // Lance Surety Bond Associates, Inc. has launched a new program addressing the $75,000 Freight Broker Bond requirement that will take effect later this year. The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP 21)...
After Deadly Crash, Alabama Revisits Safety of Allowing Truck Cargo Bed Riders
Jul 19 2013 // Alabama politicians said that they would consider drafting legislation to prevent people from riding in the backs of pickup trucks in the wake of a rollover accident near Guntersville. U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Anniston,...
