Latest Trucking Headlines
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Iowa Trucking Firms to Pay $47.5K to Settle Disability Discrimination, Retaliation Lawsuit
Mar 11 2019 // Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based CRST Expedited Inc./CRST International Inc. will pay $47,500 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Recording Indicates Amazon Cargo Plane Crew Lost Control Seconds Before Crash
Mar 6 2019 // Recorded conversations by pilots on a cargo jet carrying packages for Amazon.com Inc. that crashed last month near Houston reveal they began losing control of the aircraft about 18 seconds before it slammed into a shallow...
NTSB: Second Black Box from Doomed U.S. Cargo Plane Found in Texas Bay
Mar 4 2019 // Searchers combing a shallow Texas bay have recovered the second of two flight recorders from a cargo plane hauling Amazon packages that crashed last week, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday, two days...
U.S. Bans Lithium Battery Cargo on Passenger Planes
Feb 28 2019 // The U.S. government said on Wednesday it is issuing new rules barring airlines from carrying potentially hazardous lithium-ion cells and batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft, and setting new requirements for...
Amazon Crash Points to Lax Safety for Cargo Operations Compared to Passenger Airlines
Feb 26 2019 // Passenger airlines in the U.S. have recorded a remarkable period of safety over the past 10 years. Not so the nation’s cargo planes. Five domestically registered aircraft have crashed since 2009 — killing 16...
3 Killed in Amazon Cargo Plane Crash Near Houston
Feb 24 2019 // A widebody cargo plane hauling packages for Amazon abruptly plunged out of the sky and slammed into a bay on Saturday as it was preparing to land in Houston. All three people on board were killed. The Boeing Co. 767-300,...
New Ventures, Driver Shortage Among Challenges in Trucking Insurance Market
Feb 15 2019 // The transportation industry is considered a barometer of the U.S. economy. If freight is trending up, so too is the U.S. economy. But capacity constraints for trucking – including a shortage of qualified drivers, low...
Ascot and Beazley Launch $50M Insurtech-Linked Cargo Consortium for SMEs
Feb 13 2019 // Ascot and Beazley announced the launch of a Lloyd’s-based cargo consortium, which uses insurtech solutions to help manage risk and claims performance. Led by Ascot and Beazley, the consortium brings together a range...
CAUTION: Safety U-Turn for Truckers with Animals
Feb 4 2019 // Hours of Service, Other Safety Exemptions for Livestock Haulers Raise Concerns Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting It was sometime around 4 a.m. on a cool, spring morning when James McGilvray lost control of his...
Report Warns of Robots Taking Restaurant, Trucking, Clerical Jobs
Jan 28 2019 // Robots aren’t replacing everyone, but a quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation of existing work, according to a new Brookings Institution report. The...
Alabama Chiropractor Gets 3 Years in Trucker Health Exam Fraud Case
Jan 15 2019 // An Alabama-based chiropractor, who was accused in a scheme to conduct fraudulent physical examinations on prospective long-haul truckers and submit false documents to federal transportation regulators, has been sentenced...
Train Derails in Texas, Sends Freight Cars into Backyards
Jan 11 2019 // A freight train derailment in the center of a small North Texas town sent freight cars smashing into a resident’s backyard. The 9:30 a.m. Jan. 9 smashup in downtown Aubrey, Texas, involved a Union Pacific train of...
Cargo Ship Sinks in Rough Seas off Coast of Turkey; 2 Crew Members Killed
Jan 8 2019 // At least two crew members were killed on Monday after a cargo ship sank in rough seas off Turkey’s Black Sea coast, officials and media reports said. Seven crew members were rescued while a search was underway for...
Containers Carrying Hazardous Materials Fall Off Cargo Ship Near Dutch Coast
Jan 4 2019 // Authorities in Germany and the Netherlands are searching for up to 270 shipping containers lost at sea by a cargo ship caught in a storm, saying some are carrying hazardous materials. German authorities say the cargo ship...
Indiana Fines Texas Trucking Company over Fish Kill
Jan 3 2019 // Indiana regulators are seeking a more than $12,000 fine against a Texas trucking company accused of causing a fish kill in eastern Indiana. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management recently issued a notice of...
Danish Passenger Train Hits Falling Cargo from Freight Train, Killing 6, Injuring 16
Jan 3 2019 // A Danish passenger train apparently hit falling cargo from a passing freight train Wednesday, an accident that killed six people and injured 16 others as it crossed a bridge linking the country’s islands, authorities...
Miami Man Arrested in $60K Trucking Insurance Fraud Scheme
Dec 11 2018 // A South Florida trucking company owner was arrested last month after allegedly selling fraudulent insurance coverage with certificates of insurance totaling nearly $60,000 to local commercial truckers, according to a...
Pressure’s on the Trucking Sector
Nov 5 2018 // The transportation industry is considered a barometer of the U.S. economy. If freight is trending up, so too is the U.S. economy. But capacity constraints for trucking – including a shortage of qualified drivers, low...
Idaho Trucking Operator Convicted of Pocketing Premiums
Oct 29 2018 // A fraud investigation initiated by the Idaho Department of Insurance lead to the criminal prosecution of a local trucking company owner who pocketed insurance premiums. DOI investigators teamed with the state Attorney...
Fiery Indiana Freight Derailment Blamed on Buckled Track
Oct 17 2018 // Officials say a buckled stretch of track is believed to have caused a fiery freight train derailment in southwestern Indiana that belched black smoke into the sky and forced the evacuation of nearby homes. The Evansville...
