Jill DunnBusinessMajor port terminal company implementing policy to keep drivers in trucks at terminalsBy the end of 2016, APM Terminals’ new safety campaign will require all truckers entering their facilities to remain in their trucks.May 11, 2015BusinessTrucker strike ends at three Southern Calif. drayage companies, continues at fourthSouthern California truckers demanding reclassification as employees have quit striking at three of the four non-union drayage firms they began picketing last Monday.May 4, 2015BusinessSoCal port truckers’ strike continues, drivers demand reclassificationA protest to reclassify truckers at four California drayage firms from contractors to employees was noted during an April 29 congressional hearing — while picketing at LA area ports has expanded to downtown Los Angeles.April 30, 2015BusinessTeamsters picket over contractor classification at Southern California portsOne Los Angeles area drayage firm has deterred a Teamsters strike while driver union members began picketing four other trucking companies serving LA’s and Long Beach’s ports demanding they be reclassified as employees and not independent contractors.April 27, 2015BusinessCanadian court sides with carriers on deal that ended port trucker strikeCanada’s federal court has ruled in favor of trucking companies that sued over Port Metro Vancouver’s process for licensing container trucking companies to serve the port.April 24, 2015BusinessCarriers want relief from fees caused by West Coast port gridlockSeventy to 100 trucking companies are pursing arbitration over late fees incurred in West Coast ports during the recent labor dispute that resulted in gridlock.April 17, 2015BusinessMaritime Commission looking at unreasonable port fees for carriers, approves West Coast agreementThe Federal Maritime Commission has released a report on detention and demurrage fees and is seeking documentation on such fees from its carriers and shippers nationwide. The FMC has also approved the Pacific Ports Agreement to allow efforts to reduce West Coast port congestion to continue.April 16, 2015BusinessPort update: Truck volume clogging East Coast ports, congestion eases on West CoastOn April 10, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey asked for a delay in truck dispatches because of very heavy truck volume in the terminal’s vicinity. Also, West Coast port workers have approved a five-year agreement with the Pacific Maritime Association.April 13, 2015BusinessFedEx plans to buy European-based TNT Express for $4.8 billionFedEx expects its proposed $4.8 billion purchase of TNT Express to expand its European market, after regulators blocked UPS from buying the Netherlands-based delivery service in 2013.April 7, 2015BusinessCarriers fight Oregon court decision classifying owner-ops as employeesTrucking associations have filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of a carrier appealing an Oregon decision that classified its owner-operators as employees.March 30, 2015Previous PagePage 13 of 32Next PageTop StoriesDriver coaching and scorecardingDrivers rank camera as top safety tech, as long as it faces outwardTruck drivers ranked a camera, depending on which way it faces, as having a good and bad influence on driver safety.Test DrivesQuick spin: Pete's electric Model 579Recruiting & retentionTrucking's youth movement lagging, but no retirement in sight for most driversTechnologyTransportation a top 10 target of cyberattackers, cases nearly triple last yearFeatured SponsorDownload the Heavy Duty Maintenance Checklist