oversized loads

Feds award trucker $30,000 in back pay and damages

A truck driver was awarded approximately $30,000 after a federal investigation found he was wrongfully terminated for refusing to haul an oversized load without the required safety escort.

The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered Hagerstown, Maryland-based Truestart Transport LLC to pay the driver – whom OSHA did not name – $9,698 in back wages and interest, $10,000 in punitive damages and $10,000 in compensatory damages.

“Our investigation found TrueStart...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/feds-award-trucker-30000-in-back-pay-and-damages

2 people killed after oversize load falls onto Texas highway

Authorities are investigating the cause of an accident that killed two people and critically injured a third Saturday when an oversize load from a passing flatbed truck came loose and fell onto their vehicle on a Texas highway.

The accident happened shortly after 11 a.m., and firefighters in Temple, Texas, responded to the reported collision along State Highway 36. 

“Upon arrival crews found an oversized load had come off of its trailer, pinning a vehicle beneath,” Temple Fire & Rescue said in a F...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2-people-killed-after-oversize-load-falls-onto-texas-highway

Airbus’ distinctive new airline ready to haul whale-size loads

Airbus Beluga Transport, a new cargo airline established by the European aircraft manufacturer to carry oversize shipments, is open for business and prospecting for customers.

An ultralarge BelugaST freighter will arrive Monday afternoon at Orlando Sanford International Airport in Florida with an Airbus-built Eutelsat E36D satellite, which will be trucked to the Kennedy Space Center for launch into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket later this month.

The delivery marks the inaugural North...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/airbus-distinctive-new-airline-ready-to-haul-whale-size-loads

Airbus markets specialized Beluga super freighter to outsiders

A funky bow-shaped Airbus Beluga jet lands at airport on a bright day.

The odd-looking super transport aircraft with a bulbous forehead long used by Airbus to ferry aircraft sections between manufacturing and assembly plants is increasingly being made available to commercial customers with outsized freight shipments, company officials said Monday.

An Airbus Beluga ST over the weekend delivered an Airbus-built Hotbird 13G satellite for Eutelsat to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, hours after the twin telecom satellite was successfully launched by...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/airbus-markets-specialized-beluga-super-freighter-to-outside-customers

Ascent acquires majority stake in Minnesota heavy-haul brokerage

Third-party logistics provider Ascent announced Tuesday it has acquired a majority stake in Central Minnesota Logistics (CML), a full-service brokerage focused on transportation solutions for overdimensional and heavy-cargo freight.

St. Cloud, Minnesota-based CML is now part of the Ascent Specialized business segment, which focuses on the transportation of oversized, heavy-haul and super loads across North America.

“CML supports our strategy of expanding service offerings to new customers across...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ascent-acquires-majority-stake-in-minnesota-brokerage

Airbus launches cargo airline with whale-shaped super transporter

Funky Airbus Beluga cargo jet soars into the air, view from below

Airbus said Tuesday it is commercializing its in-house fleet of Beluga supersize jets used to transport large aircraft components between manufacturing sites to offer logistics companies and other organizations airlift for outsized shipments.

The iconic planes are designed in the image of the beluga whale, which has a distinctive bulbous forehead.

The new service — Airbus Beluga Transport — will serve commercial customers with large cargo transport needs in a variety of sectors, including space,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/airbus-launches-cargo-airline-with-whale-shaped-super-transporter

James Webb Telescope’s path to deep space goes through Panama Canal

A blue cargo ship prepares to dock at a small river port.

The James Webb Telescope that NASA plans to launch on Christmas day will travel about 1 million miles into orbit, where it will look into deep space in hopes of solving mysteries about the origins of the cosmos. The most expensive, complex space observatory ever built has already taken a 5,800-mile terrestrial trip by truck and vessel, through the Panama Canal, to the launch site on the northeastern coast of South America under some of the most stringent requirements the logistics industry has...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/james-webb-telescopes-path-to-deep-space-goes-through-panama-canal

Texas jury awards $730M in fatal crash involving nuclear sub propeller

A Texas jury awarded $730 million on Monday to the family of a 73-year-old woman who was killed in a 2016 collision with a tractor pulling a flatbed trailer carrying an oversized load.

Toni Combest was killed Feb. 21, 2016, in Titus County, Texas, near the town of Mount Pleasant, when her vehicle collided with a truck operated by Landstar Ranger Inc. hauling a 197,000-pound propeller for a Navy nuclear submarine across a bridge. 

According to court documents, the propeller was being transported...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/texas-jury-awards-730m-in-fatal-crash-involving-nuclear-sub-propeller

ZMac acquires Mid-Pacific Transportation, increases open-deck capacity

ZMac Transportation Solutions, a third-party logistics company out of Racine, Wisconsin, announced Monday it has acquired Mid-Pacific Transportation, a full-service transportation brokerage located in Vancouver, Washington. The deal will give ZMac access to more open-deck capacity, continuing to solidify it as a large player in flatbed and other specialized trailers within the third-party logistics industry.

“We are very excited about adding Mid-Pacific to our rapidly expanding business....

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Two oversize trucks hit same Texas bridge

Two different tractor-trailers carrying oversized loads in West Texas struck the same bridge on Interstate 20 Thursday, forcing a temporary closure of the roadway.

One truck driver reportedly fled the scene of the accident, but was quickly caught, according to the Midland Police Department.

The first incident occurred at 3:09 p.m. Thursday, when a tractor-trailer carrying an oversized load traveling westbound on I-20 struck the Cotton Flat Road bridge.

Police said the driver, identified as Ray...

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