Latest Trucking Headlines
All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Trucking and Self-Driving Trucks
Sep 6 2016 // Self-driving cars, and trucks, could hit the roadways soon. Or maybe not that soon. If Uber has its way it may be sooner than you think. Last month ride service Uber Technologies Inc. acquired the self-driving truck...
Trucking Through Cost, Talent, & Regulatory Roadblocks
Sep 6 2016 // It’s been a rough ride, full of twists, turns and a few roadblocks for truckers and their insurance specialists. Truckers today face a number of obstacles that have raised the cost of doing business, including tough...
Allianz Launches Inland Marine Cargo Insurance Product
Aug 30 2016 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has launched Transportation Block 2020, a fully integrated and comprehensive inland marine cargo insurance product,...
Start-Up Otto in Fast Lane to Test Self-Driving Trucking by Year’s End
Aug 8 2016 // Self-driving trucking start-up Otto is poised to put its software in the hands of long-haul truckers by the end of this year for testing, its co-founders said on Thursday. Otto, co-founded by Google car and map project...
Maritime Program Group Launches Ocean Marine Cargo Facility
Aug 2 2016 // Maritime Program Group (MPG) has expanded their marine programs with the launch of a new Ocean Marine Cargo facility. MPG is now underwriting Ocean Cargo with North American Specialty, A+ admitted security by Swiss Re....
Trucking Firm Won’t Face Criminal Charges in Crash that Killed 5 Georgia Students
Jul 8 2016 // A Georgia prosecutor says he’s dropped the criminal case against a trucking company charged in a deadly interstate crash last year that killed five nursing students. Tom Durden is district attorney for southeast...
Railroad Industry Being Left Behind in Drive to Autonomous Transportation
Jul 1 2016 // Peter Mills sees an inconsistency. One arm of the U.S. Department of Transportation is recommending two-person crews be required for freight trains as another plans to spend billions to help develop driverless technology...
Freight Trains Collide in Texas, Triggering Fireball
Jun 29 2016 // Several box cars derailed and were engulfed in flames following a freight train collision in the Texas Panhandle on Tuesday. Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Bryan Witt says the accident occurred in the morning near...
Trucking Company, Driver Face Criminal Charges in Georgia Crash that Killed 5
Jun 17 2016 // A grand jury has indicted a tractor-trailer driver and his employer accused of causing a fiery interstate crash that killed five Georgia Southern University nursing students. The Bryan County grand jury on Wednesday...
CDI: Trucking Company Owners Cheated Workers’ Comp Carrier out of Millions
May 23 2016 // A pair of California trucking company owners were arrested for cheating their workers’ compensation insurer out of millions of dollars. Alvin Shin Chen, 54, and Fiona Xilin Chen, 46, both of La Canada Flintridge,...
In Iowa, Technology Changes Rapidly Altering Trucking Industry
May 13 2016 // In the trucking industry, technology is driving change. Todd Smith, chief operating officer at Decker Truck Line Inc. in Fort Dodge, Iowa, told The Messenger that by the end of 2017 it will be mandated that all trucks have...
CDI: Trucking Company Owners Cheated Workers’ Comp Carrier out of Millions
Apr 28 2016 // A pair of California trucking company owners were arrested for cheating their worker’s compensation insurer out of millions of dollars. Alvin Shin Chen, 54, and Fiona Xilin Chen, 46, both of La Cañada Flintridge,...
Trucking Firm to Settle Fatal Crash of 5 Georgia Students for Millions
Apr 25 2016 // The employer of a tractor-trailer driver blamed for a fiery interstate crash that killed five Georgia nursing students has agreed to settle wrongful death lawsuits for large sums, with at least one victim’s family...
XL Catlin Launches New Cargo Policy for Marine Businesses
Apr 8 2016 // XL Catlin’s Americas Marine business has introduced its first new marine product, an enhanced insurance policy to offer more comprehensive cargo insurance coverage on a domestic, foreign or worldwide basis. Andrew...
Georgia-Based Trinity Underwriting Managers Hires Finley as Senior Broker
Apr 6 2016 // Trinity Underwriting Managers, Inc. (TUMI), a Georgia-based program administrator, has hired Bonita Finley as a senior transportation broker. Finley will help manage TUMI’s local and intermediate trucking business as...
TUMI Launches Local & Intermediate Trucking Program
Mar 18 2016 // Trinity Underwriting Managers, Inc. (TUMI), a Georgia based program administrator, has established a local and intermediate trucking program. This product is underwritten on behalf of an ‘A’ rated carrier and...
Unknown Amount of Oil from Leaking Cargo Ship in Southern California Harbor
Mar 15 2016 // Authorities say a large cargo ship has leaked an unknown amount of oil in the Los Angeles Harbor. The Coast Guard says the leak was reported Sunday evening, where an oily sheen was visible near the vessel Istra...
Florida Trucking Association Partners With CargoNet to Address State Cargo Theft
Mar 4 2016 // Verisk Analytics, a data analytics provider, has formed an alliance between its CargoNet business and the Florida Trucking Association (FTA) to help members reduce cargo theft risk and lobby for stricter penalties and more...
Trucking Industry Sees Safety Improvements
Feb 22 2016 // The rate of commercial truck-involved fatalities is declining, an industry trade group says. The American Trucking Associations say its analysis of federal Department of Transportation data shows safety improvements in the...
Coast Guard Probe Into Sinking of El Faro Cargo Ship Gets Underway
Feb 16 2016 // The U.S. Coast Guard begins hearings on Tuesday to investigate whether misconduct or negligence were factors in the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro during a hurricane last fall, an accident that left the vessel’s...
