Hirschbach Motor Lines (CCJ Top 250, No. 64) has acquired Eagan, Minnesota-based Lessors, Inc., a nearly 300-truck reefer fleet. The Dubuque, Iowa-based temperature-controlled carrier has a current driver/operator base of 2,200 and that is expected to exceed 2,400 after completing integration with Lessors. “We’re very excited to welcome the Lessor drivers along with their mechanics and office […]
The term “nuclear” joined the lexicon of the transportation industry in the last decade as insurance costs have been rising from runaway jury verdicts. In a June 2020 report, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) counted a 967% increase in the average size of verdicts, from $2,305,736 in 2010 to $22,288,000 in 2018. The Reptile Theory approach is often […]
Attorney enters guilty plea for role in staged-accident fraud scheme Just days after two guilty pleas in the widespread staged-accident fraud scheme in New Orleans, an attorney who played a role in the scheme also entered into a guilty plea, according to U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. According to Evans, attorney Danny Patrick Keating Jr. pleaded guilty […]
The California Trucking Association said it plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent California’s restrictive AB 5 law from being enacted after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday denied the group’s request for an en banc rehearing. The petition for a rehearing was denied in a 2-1 decision Monday.
System Transport, the flatbed division of Trans-System, Inc. (CCJ Top 250, No. 100), has been selected to transport the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree to Washington, D.C. in 2021. The 2021 tree will make its way to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol building from the Six Rivers National Forest in California. System Transport was selected […]
More guilty pleas in New Orleans staged accident scheme United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced two more guilty pleas in the widespread staged accident fraud scheme in New Orleans. Doniesha Gibson and Erica Lee Thompson entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their roles in staging crashes with tractor-trailers. According to […]
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While reported cargo theft numbers were down in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period a year ago, theft incidents are still higher than what was considered normal before 2020 – a record year for theft. “For the first quarter of 2021, cargo theft is down a little bit over 2020, but in 2020, […]
This question should be banned. It is an idea killer. I have received a lot of positive feedback from my first exclusive column for CCJ about transportation research and development projects at Auburn University. In talking to some prospective participants in a future project, they asked the seemingly innocent and reasonable question, “What’s in it for […]
