Latest Trucking Headlines
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Safety Advocates Are Worried As Teen Truckers Hit the Road
Dec 3 2021 // Dezjion Henson has wanted to be a truck driver his whole life. When he turned 18 last year he jumped at the chance and signed on as an apprentice with Total Transportation of Mississippi, LLC in Richland,...
Cargo Theft Cases Down in Q3 Compared to Highs of 2020: CargoNet
Nov 16 2021 // There were 359 supply chain theft and fraud incidents across the United States and Canada in the third quarter of 2021, according to CargoNet. They included 294 total theft incidents that involved theft of a trucking...
Report Says Long-Haul COVID Cases Could Affect Workers For Months
Nov 9 2021 // Just as COVID-19 infections nationwide appear to be on the decline, employers and workers’ compensation insurers need to be prepared for a sobering reality: Studies suggest that 10% to 30% of those who had only mild...
U.S. Trucking Sector Struggles with Rising Rates, Driver Shortage
Nov 1 2021 // U.S. commercial auto insurers continue to face disruptions on their road to profitability due to inflation and the spotty post-pandemic economic recovery, according to a Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings...
Suit Claims Trucker in Pennsylvania Crash Wore Noise-Canceling Headphones
Oct 28 2021 // Victims of a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that killed five people and hurt nearly all the dozens of passengers on a bus nearly two years ago claim in a lawsuit that one of the drivers was wearing noise-canceling...
Final Chunk of Wrecked Cargo Ship Awaits Removal off Georgia Coast
Sep 29 2021 // The final chunk of a cargo ship that capsized two years ago along the Georgia coast is awaiting removal from the water. Salvage crews have worked since November to cut the South Korean freighter Golden Ray into eight giant...
Dallas Trucking Company Sued for Disability Discrimination
Sep 24 2021 // A Dallas-based trucking company violated federal law when it refused to hire applicant after learning he had taken medical leave at a previous job, according to a lawsuit filed by federal employment officials. Stevens...
Cover Whale Partners With E&S Insurer Everspan to Offer Commercial Trucking
Sep 20 2021 // Cover Whale Insurance Solutions Inc., a Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.-based insurtech, is partnering with excess and surplus lines insurer Everspan Indemnity Insurance Co., to offer a commercial trucking insurance...
People Moves: Beazley Names Sanchez to New Cyber Role; AGCS Promotes Vassallo for Energy & Construction; Dyer and Adams Join Marsh’s UK Marine & Cargo Practice
Sep 17 2021 // This edition of International People Moves covers London-based appointments at Beazley, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) and Marsh. A summary of these promotions and new hires follows here. Insurer Beazley...
NTSB: Georgia Cargo Shipwreck Caused by Inaccurate Stability Calculations
Sep 16 2021 // Inaccurate stability calculations caused the capsizing of vehicle carrier Golden Ray that resulted in $200 million worth of damages, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The Marine Accident Report details the...
Judge Rules Against Minneapolis Trucking Company in Sex Discrimination Case
Sep 13 2021 // A judge has ruled that a trucking company’s use of a strength test disadvantages women, violates federal law, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC said Stan Koch & Sons...
Japan Sees a Future in Crewless Cargo Ships as First Autonomous Trial Voyage Nears
Aug 31 2021 // In just two decades from now, half of all domestic ships plying Japan’s coastal waters may be piloting themselves. That’s the ambitious goal of the Nippon Foundation, a public-interest organization backing the...
Trucking Companies Sued Over Alabama Crash That Killed 10
Aug 11 2021 // The driver of a girls home van in which eight children died in a fiery interstate crash in Alabama has filed suit against trucking companies based in California and Georgia and a driver, her lawyers said Monday. The...
Documents Reveal Extent of 2019 Georgia Coast Cargo Shipwreck
Aug 3 2021 // When the giant cargo ship began to tip over off the Georgia coast, harbor pilot Jonathan Tennant found himself on his side, screaming orders in the darkness while flying debris that felt like gravel pelted him. After much...
MGA Rokstone Launches US$18M Marine Cargo Facility, Hiring Lloyd’s Veteran Birchard
Jul 6 2021 // Rokstone, the London-based speciality re/insurance managing general agent (MGA), has launched a US$18 million global facultative general marine cargo facility. Backed by A-rated global carriers, the facility includes US$5...
Sri Lanka Seeks Interim Claim of $40M from Operator of Wrecked Cargo Ship
Jun 14 2021 // COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka is seeking an interim claim of $40 million from the operator of a fire-ravaged cargo ship to cover part of the cost of fighting the blaze, officials said Saturday. Sri Lanka’s...
Trial Operations of Flying Taxis, Cargo Drones Will Begin in England This Year
May 20 2021 // Trial operations of flying taxis and cargo drones will begin in Coventry, England, before the end of the year as part of a plan to develop “aerial roads” for unmanned flights in urban areas. The project, backed...
New Oklahoma Law Exempts Local Delivery Services from Trucking Industry Regs
May 19 2021 // Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Still has signed a bill into law that exempts local delivery services from being regulated like the trucking industry by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission Authority. Senate Bill 999, authored by Sen....
Teams Assess Damage After Fire on Overturned Cargo Ship in Georgia Port
May 17 2021 // A salvage team assessed damage Saturday after a fire was ignited inside the remains of an overturned cargo ship that is being dismantled along the Georgia coast. “The assessment is likely to take several days,”...
Amwins, Loadsure to Offer Per-Load Cargo Insurance to Freight Industry
May 7 2021 // Loadsure has formed a partnership with managing general agency Amwins Specialty Logistics Underwriters (ASLU) to offer pay-as-you-go, all-risk smart coverage that includes automated claims on a digital...
