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Deaf Nebraska Trucker to Receive $335K in Disability Discrimination Case
Feb 5 2024 // Trucking companies Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Drivers Management, LLC must pay $335,682 to a deaf truck driver months after an Omaha, Nebraska jury found in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Cargo Thefts Up 59%, Misdirection Top Threat: CargoNet
Feb 2 2024 // There were 692 reported thefts of cargo across the United States and Canada in the third quarter of 2023, a 59% increase when compared to the third quarter of 2022, according to CargoNet. Similar to the second quarter of...
Move to End Georgia’s Direct-Action Lawsuits vs. Trucking Insurers Gaining Steam
Jan 31 2024 // This year could be the year that Georgia joins most other states and repeals its direct-action law that has reportedly caused severe problems for trucking companies needing liability insurance. Several Georgia Republican...
Mayday Call From Burning Cargo Ship Prompted Doomed Rescue Effort
Jan 17 2024 // The Grande Costa D’Avorio cargo ship was being loaded with 1,200 West Africa-bound cars at Port Newark last July when a deadly fire began. Dense black smoke limited visibility to about 3 feet, and the floor was so...
Worker Tells of Fleeing Burning Jeep on Cargo Ship Where 2 Firefighters Died
Jan 12 2024 // Gaven Puchinsky had been pushing vehicles onto a huge cargo ship in one of the nation’s busiest seaports when he heard a loud “clunking” noise that he believed came from the yellow Jeep Wrangler he was...
Markets/Coverages: RSA Insurance and Brit Launch Project Cargo Consortium
Jan 9 2024 // RSA Insurance’s UK Specialty Lines business and Brit Ltd. have announced the launch of a new Project Cargo consortium, called “BUILD.” The consortium, one of the largest in the cargo market globally, is...
Because ‘Location’ Is Ambiguous in Marine Cargo Policy, Travelers Must Pay Fire Loss
Jan 8 2024 // A New York-based apparel company is entitled to its claim for the full $600,000 limit on its marine cargo insurance policy because the policy was ambiguous as to whether a warehouse fire that destroyed its goods was at an...
Georgia Awards $189M Bridge-Raising Contract to Allow Bigger Cargo Ships
Jan 5 2024 // SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Department of Transportation said Wednesday it has chosen a general contractor to oversee a $189 million project to raise Savannah`s towering suspension bridge so that larger cargo...
Thanksgiving Cargo Theft Threat ‘Extremely High’: CargoNet
Nov 22 2023 // The threat of cargo theft activity this Thanksgiving is “extremely high” and “unlike any recent year,” according to CargoNet. CargoNet, a Verisk product, has tracked a sharp increase in...
Storms Delay Search for Crew Missing After Turkish Cargo Ship Sinks in Black Sea
Nov 21 2023 // Severe storms have delayed a search-and-rescue operation for 12 crew members of a cargo ship that sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Monday. The Turkish-flagged Kafkametler sank...
Port Operator DP World Chips Away at Freight Backlog After Crippling Cyber Attack
Nov 14 2023 // DP World Plc is slowly working through a backlog of more than 20,000 freight containers piled up at Australian ports following a crippling cyberattack, as labor strikes impede a return to normal operations. DP World, one...
People Moves: Marsh Names Kowell Marine, Cargo and Logistics Practice Leader, US and Canada; WTW Appoints Messinger Lead of FI&PS
Nov 13 2023 // Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan, headquartered in New York, N.Y., named Janice Kowell marine, cargo and logistics practice leader, U.S. and Canada. Kowell will remain based in Portland, Ore. Kowell succeeds Michael...
Freight Costs for Ships in Ukraine’s Export Corridor Ease Back to Former Levels
Nov 13 2023 // Freight costs for ships in Ukraine’s alternative export corridor have eased back to their former levels, a government source said on Friday, after brokers said earlier they had risen following an attack on a cargo...
California Trucking Group Challenges State’s Zero-Emissions Rule
Nov 6 2023 // The California Trucking Association (CTA) has asked a federal judge to stop a state rule that would require truckers to switch to zero-emissions vehicles by 2042, calling it “a vast overreach” that threatens...
Trucking in Transition: Sector Faces Decline in Demand, Rising Costs and Changing Insurance Markets
Nov 6 2023 // The transportation market is experiencing lower freight rates and excess capacity as fewer loads are shipped with demand for goods down from its pandemic-era peak. The trucking sector in particular is encountering...
Theft of 2 Million Dimes Linked to Truck Cargo Robbery Spree
Oct 25 2023 // Federal authorities have released more details and unsealed charges in the theft of more than 2 million dimes earlier this year from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The...
Update: Rescuers Call Off Efforts to Find Missing Sailors After Cargo Ship Sinks
Oct 24 2023 // Rescuers abandoned efforts to find four missing sailors a day after a British cargo ship sank in the North Sea following a collision with a larger vessel. “Due to the numerous operational resources – ships and...
California Trucking Group Challenges State’s Zero-Emissions Rule
Oct 18 2023 // The California Trucking Association (CTA) has asked a federal judge to stop a state rule that would require truckers to switch to zero-emissions vehicles by 2042, calling it “a vast overreach” that threatens...
World Insurance Acquires Trucking Specialist Oakwood/Insure Big Rig of New Jersey
Oct 11 2023 // World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of Oakwood Insurance Agency, LLC, also doing business as Insure Big Rig, of Califon, New Jersey on October 1, 2023. Oakwood has been providing trucking...
People Moves: Aon Appoints Reinsurance Leaders in Brazil, Peru; Markel Names Styles Head of Cargo; Arch Global Mortgage Group Promotes Fearon to CEO, Int’l Mortgage
Oct 6 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon plc, Markel and Arch Capital’s Global Mortgage Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Promotes Solano, Diaz as Brazil and Peru...
