accident

Recovery efforts for an Amazon Air freighter at Vancouver airport in Canada are underway.

An Amazon charter flight operated by Canadian partner Cargojet overshot the runway at Vancouver airport, impacting flight operations.

Canada-based carrier Chohan Freight Forwarders has been ordered to cease operations after multiple overpass collisions in two years.

CFI driver Zach Yeakley “wasn’t really expecting anything out of it” when he was recognized for helping pull six crash victims from fiery cars.

A few more feet of snow with whiteout conditions are likely this week in the Sierra Nevada (video forecast included).

The driver of a tanker truck died Tuesday afternoon when his vehicle burst into flames after crashing on a Houston highway.

A massive ramp freighter — you can literally drive trucks right on board — suffered damage in an emergency landing in Russia on Friday.

Video shot by another motorist shows the driver of a tractor trailer trying to wiggle the unidentified man off its hood as it sped down the highway.

Universal Logistics reported that it has agreed to a $36 million settlement for an accident that involved a “marginal driver.”

Landstar System warns on earnings due to a “tragic vehicular accident” and weaker than anticipated market conditions.

A truck driver who was convicted and sentenced for dangerously driving his truck in a way that caused grievous bodily harm and severe brain damage to a young woman has escaped a much more severe sentence owing to bureaucratic failings.

Deadly crash treated as a potential murder/suicide; Mainfreight reports US$1.93 billion of revenues; druggy truckie gets 14 months; freight costs revealed.

A second seafarer was yesterday found dead following the collision of two cargo ships in the early hours of Sunday morning.

A deadly maritime accident has killed several people during a ship repair job in China. Accounts differ but it is clear that either eight or ten people are dead. A further 19 were hospitalized and are believed to be in a serious condition, but stable.

Autonomous truck technology has the potential to change the cost structure of the carrier industry. A McKinsey & Company report said that a fully autonomous trucking market would cut operating costs by 45 percent, saving carrier companies between $85 billion and $125 billion annually.

Crash scenes have dotted landscapes in parts of Northeast this week. Snow, wind, extreme cold all factors.

A former NTSB executive tells FreightWaves that “perishable information” critical to freight accident investigations is at risk of disappearing.

Australian trucking continues to prove fatally dangerous to drivers with a death rate in Australian road transport nearly six times greater than the national industrial average.