Latest Trucking Headlines
All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
South Africa Races to Contain Oil Spill From Wrecked Cargo Ship
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,...
Freight Train Runs Off Tracks, Smashes Into Residential Garage in Niagara Falls
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...
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...
Cargo Ship Sustains Damage After Houthi Attack in Gulf of Aden
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...
New Hampshire Suspends License of Trucker Acquitted in Motorcycle Crash for 2 Years
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...
People Moves: Gallagher Hires Eaton From Howden for US Cargo Role; Hartford Names Fish Head of Group Benefits, Bassett Global CUO and Head of Reinsurance
Jul 10 2024 // Gallagher Names Eaton Exec Director to Support US Cargo Gallagher appointed of Jonathan Eaton to executive director, responsible for overseeing wholesale to other non-specialist brokers and working with Gallagher offices...
California Warehouse, Logistics Companies Fined Nearly $840K After Worker Pay Probe
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...
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...
West Texas Truckers Protest Low Wages, Working Conditions
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...
Navigating the Trucking Downturn – What’s Brewing Podcast (Episode 1)
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...
The Rise of Strategic Cargo Theft and Steps to Prevent It
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...
Dali Cargo Ship Leaves Baltimore for Virginia, Nearly 3 Months After Bridge Collapse
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...
New Hampshire Weighs Suspension of Trucker Found Not Guilty in Deadly Crash
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...
Trucking Company Fined $65K for Refusing to Give Ohio Employee the Sabbath Off
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...
Houthi-Stricken Cargo Carrier’s Crew Abandons Ship Due to Fire
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...
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...
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...
Russian Oil Finds New Site for Controversial Cargo Switching
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...
New Hampshire Won’t Reinstate License of Trucker Acquitted in Deadly Crash
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...
Sentry Expands to Marine Cargo With Falvey Partnership
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...
