Latest Trucking Headlines
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Nations Meet on Climate Cash Contributions; UN Sees Long Haul
Sep 3 2010 // About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming. Environment ministers and...
2010: A Revolutionary Year for Truckers Insurance
Aug 2 2010 // The year 2010 might be considered revolutionary, as it is ushering in more changes for those who provide insurance for truckers than the industry has seen in a decade. Motor carriers, defined as anyone who uses a vehicle...
Study: Long Haul Truck Collisions Peak in July
Aug 2 2010 // A study by San Diego, Calif.-based DriveCam Inc. shows that collisions and near collisions involving long haul trucks peak in July and remain high through the month of November. Using its database of more than 18 million...
Study: Long Haul Truck Collisions Peak in July
Aug 2 2010 // A study by San Diego, Calif.-based DriveCam Inc., a global driver risk management company, shows that collisions and near collisions involving long haul trucks peak in July and remain high through the month of November....
Truckers Insurance Headed in New Directions
Jul 19 2010 // Turns in the Road Include Recession, Court Rulings, Safety Initiatives, Coverage Forms The year 2010 might be considered revolutionary in the trucking insurance field, as it is ushering in more changes than those who...
2010 a Revolutionary Year for Truckers Insurance
Jul 5 2010 // The year 2010 might be considered revolutionary, as it is ushering in more changes for those who provide insurance for truckers than the industry has seen in a decade. Motor carriers, defined as anyone who uses a vehicle...
2010 A Revolutionary Year for Truckers Insurance
Jul 5 2010 // The year 2010 might be considered revolutionary, as it is ushering in more changes for those who provide insurance for truckers than the industry has seen in a decade. Motor carriers, defined as anyone who uses a vehicle...
Rough Road for Trucking in the New Economy
Jul 5 2010 // Rising Taxes, Inflation Will Force Insurance Market to a ‘Déjà vu All Over Again’ The insurance industry has a long history for cyclical price adjusting, featuring long periods of marginal to inadequate...
Trucking Firm Suing New Hampshire in Crash That Killed Boy
May 24 2010 // A trial is underway in New Hampshire in a lawsuit brought against the state Department of Transportation by a Canadian trucking company involved a February 2007 crash that killed a 6-year-old boy. Fidele Tremblay claims...
2010 A Revolutionary Year for Truckers Insurance
May 12 2010 // The year 2010 might be considered revolutionary, as it is ushering in more changes for those who provide insurance for truckers than the industry has seen in a decade. Motor carriers, defined as anyone who uses a vehicle...
Oklahoma Trucker Wins Great American’s 2010 ‘Big Rig Giveaway’
Apr 8 2010 // A single dad from Oklahoma is the latest winner of the “Big Rig Giveaway,” sponsored by Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group. Ron Terrill was on the road driving for a national motor carrier...
U.S. to Make Trucking Firm Repeat Violators Install Electronic Recorders
Apr 6 2010 // A new federal regulation will require trucking companies that repeatedly violate driver time limits to install electronic recorders that track how long drivers are at the wheel. But the recorders will only be required for...
Alabama Trucking Firm in Kentucky Fatal Crash Flunked Safety Rating
Apr 2 2010 // An Alabama trucking company involved in a crash that killed 11 people in Kentucky had a poor safety rating from federal regulators, repeatedly failing roadside inspections. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...
Trucking Led To $480 Million in Calif. Workers’ Comp Payments
Mar 15 2010 // Injuries in the trucking industry led to more than $480 million in workers’ compensation medical and indemnity payments, according to the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The group, which released a...
Tractor-Trailer Cargo Thefts on the Rise in Pennsylvania
Mar 4 2010 // Authorities say thieves are increasingly targeting tractor-trailers in Pennsylvania to steal their loads of electronics, food or drink, later abandoning the trailers at the side of the road. Sometimes the culprits steal...
A Rundown of Anti-piracy Tactics Employed by Bulk Cargo Ships
Mar 1 2010 // Somali pirates are likely to increasingly target ships taking coal and other commodities over the Indian Ocean because smaller bulk vessels are an easier target than large oil tankers and trade to Asia is booming. A 75,000...
Georgia Truckers Support Cargo Theft Investigation Unit
Feb 17 2010 // Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has commended a state trucking association for donating to the state unit charged with investigating cargo theft. The Georgia Motor Trucking Association has donated $16,000 to the Georgia...
New Per Load Cargo Insurance Program Now Available From Internet Truckstop
Feb 16 2010 // Internet Truckstop, an Internet-based load board in the transportation industry, now provides CargoMate as part of its decision support offerings for members. CargoMate, available exclusively at Truckstop.com, allows...
Hanover Insurance Enhances Ocean Cargo Product
Jan 12 2010 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. reports it has enhanced its ocean cargo insurance offering and related loss control capabilities. This product provides worldwide coverage on goods in transit via vessel, air or land,...
Lockton Promotes Hall as Managing Director for Cargo
Jan 11 2010 // Lockton has promoted Peter Hall to the role of Managing Director of its 16-strong Cargo practice. His appointment “is recognition of his 20 years’ experience servicing clients in the global cargo insurance...
