Trucker News

In a show of support for their union siblings, longshore workers at the two busiest ports in the U.S. -- Los Angeles and Long Beach -- walked off the job Tuesday.

Dozens of longshore workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been ordered back to work after they walked off the job Monday to show support for striking truck drivers.

Abdi Tekin used to spend days waiting to clear this customs post on the border with Iraq, his truck among the hundreds lined up to ferry some $1 billion worth of goods a month to Turkey's second-biggest export market.

With West Coast longshoremen still negotiating a new contract, retailers are bringing holiday merchandise into the country at record levels to protect against potential supply chain disruptions, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released Wednesday by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates, a maritime research and ... (more)

N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the designation of Route 15 as Interstate 99 between Corning, Steuben County, and the Pennsylvania border.

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello gave his support to striking truck drivers by singing protest songs in front of the Evergreen terminal on Terminal Island, CA, on Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

Bobit Business Media CEO Ty Bobit delivers a eulogy celebrating Ed, his father and company founder.

The Truckers Jamboree is hosted every year at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, I-80 Exit 284, Walcott, Iowa.

A century-old California law requires employers to provide paid time off during extended work shifts - under current law, a 10-minute rest break every four hours and a 30-minute meal period every five hours.

More than 120 truck drivers continue their strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

About three-dozen independent drivers rallied outside of the Port of Savannah on Tuesday to protest their working conditions.

Lawyers for trucking companies have filed lawsuits in three states against the parent company of International Trucks, claiming Navistar failed to disclose known defects and problems with its EPA 2010 MaxxForce engines.

Mercedes-Benz is already one of the leaders in developing autonomous driving technology for passenger cars, and now the company is extending this technology to a new segment: semi trucks.

Members of the Teamsters Union picket at LBCT in the Port of Long Beach, Calif., in support of a strike by port truck drivers Tuesday, July 8, 2014.

Chassis-reservation website Chassisfinder.com said it has developed the first app to allow truck drivers and logistics companies to find and reserve chassis.

That morning, Eno had cycled downtown to the Secretary of State's office to replace a stolen ID and was returning to her home on the 4800 block of West Addison, DNAinfo reported .

Port truck drivers from three of Los Angeles' leading drayage firms began indefinite strikes on Monday morning over claims of unfair labor practices at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

When most of us get off work, we drive home and park curbside or in a driveway or garage.

American Trucking Association President Bill Graves traded in the trappings of the Kansas governorship for gridlock in and around Washington, D.C. "The most interesting transition was from having spent eight years not having to drive yourself anywhere to finding yourself in Beltway traffic," quipped Graves, who has been leading the D.C. lobbying ... (more)

Independent truck drivers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are on strike against three large trucking firms that operate at the ports.