Most Popular Trucking Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Trucking Topic Page over the last year.
#1 Cargo Owners in Baltimore Disaster Face ‘General Average’ Loss Sharing, MSC Says
Apr 15 2024 // The owner of the ship that destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge has started a formal process in which companies that own goods on the stricken Dali will have to share some of the financial losses, according...
#2 California Trucker Death Led to Workers’ Comp Investigation That Found $2M in Underreported Payroll
May 17 2024 // An investigation began after an employee was found dead in a company owned semi-truck led to the arraignment of a California man on three felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud. Heigo Kubar, 84, of Fresno, was...
#3 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...
#4 China Cargo Ship Smashes Through Bridge Sending Vehicles Into River: Reports
Feb 22 2024 // A cargo ship slammed into a bridge in southern China, sending several vehicles tumbling into a river. Two people died and three others were missing after the accident Thursday in Guangzhou, state-run Global Times said on...
#5 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...
#6 Russian Oil Tanker Does Secret Cargo Switch Near Singapore to Dodge US Sanctions
Jun 10 2024 // The first Russian oil tanker attempting to deliver crude while under US sanctions made a secret cargo transfer onto another ship, a sign of the lengths to which Moscow is going to undermine the effectiveness of American...
#7 Georgia Lawmakers Approve End to Direct-Action Suits Against Trucking Insurers
Mar 19 2024 // A bill that would end direct-action lawsuits against trucking insurers is rolling toward the governor’s desk after it was approved by the full House of Representatives on Monday. Senate Bill 426, heralded as a way to...
#8 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...
#9 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...
#10 Update: Baltimore Ship Accident Has East Coast Ports Scrambling to Absorb Cargo
Apr 1 2024 // US East Coast ports are modifying their operations to absorb cargo diverted from Baltimore harbor, where salvage specialists are starting to clear debris from the destroyed Francis Scott Key Bridge and authorities are...
#11 Witness Testifies on Seeking Sen. Menendez’s Help on Insurance, Trucking Probes
Jun 10 2024 // A New Jersey businessman took his star turn on the witness stand in the bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez on Friday, telling a jury he believed he had a $200,000-to-$250,000 deal in 2018 for the Democrat to pressure...
#12 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...
#13 Newark Wants Cargo Ship Firefighters’ Deaths Handled Under Workers’ Compensation
May 2 2024 // The city of Newark is asking a federal court to dismiss negligence and wrongful death claims against it by the families of two firefighters who died last July while battling a fire on a cargo ship, The city maintains that...
#14 Trucking Firm Yellow Files for Bankruptcy, Blasts Teamsters
Aug 8 2023 // Some 30,000 workers at Yellow Corp were looking for jobs on Monday after the major trucking company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, potentially saddling U.S. taxpayers with losses from a government rescue of...
#15 Trucking Company Fined $65K for Refusing to Give Ohio Employee the Sabbath Off
Jun 21 2024 // Nationwide automotive hauling and logistics company Wheeler Trucking, doing business as Wheeler Trucking Inc. and Wheeler Logistics, Inc. will pay $65,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle a race and religion lawsuit...
#16 Markets/Coverages: Amwins Underwriting, Lancer Partner on Trucking Programs
Feb 6 2024 // Amwins Underwriting recently said it has partnered with Lancer Insurance Company, the commercial auto division of Core Specialty, for a new carrier relationship to enhance two key trucking programs provided through...
#17 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...
#18 Two New Jersey Firefighters Died Battling Fire on Cargo Ship Carrying 5,000 Cars
Jul 7 2023 // Two firefighters were killed battling a blaze that began when cars caught fire deep inside a cargo ship carrying 5,000 cars at a New Jersey port, Newark`s fire chief said Thursday. Responding firefighters found five to...
#19 Driver Injured, Dog Dies After Tractor-Trailer Hits Freight Train in Maine
Apr 8 2024 // A tractor-trailer in Maine crashed into a freight train, causing two cars to derail and injuring the truck’s driver and his dog, which had to be put down. The crash happened shortly before 1:30 p.m. Wednesday on...
#20 Illinois Appellate Court Rules Freight Broker Not Liable for $18M Jury Award in Teen’s Brain Injury Case
Sep 28 2023 // A freight broker is not liable for an $18 million jury award to the mother of a teenage boy who suffered a brain injury when he was struck by a truck, an Illinois appellate court ruled Wednesday. A panel of the 1st...
