A lawsuit that alleges Harbor Express Inc. — one of the largest trucking companies servicing Southern California ports — misclassified hundreds of truck drivers as independent contractors to avoid providing rest breaks and overtime pay was filed this week on behalf of two truck drivers who are seeking class action status. Lawyers for the plaintiffs said it could affect as many as 400 truck drivers who worked for the Wilmington-based company since May 2009....More

Washington State Patrol troopers will team up with the trucking industry May 20-24 to nab four-wheelers driving aggressively around big rigs as part of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks Project. Troopers will ride along with truckers to look for motorists who are driving unsafely around big trucks. When a trooper spots a car speeding, cutting others off or driving aggressively around a truck, the trooper will radio ahead to fellow officers to stop the motorist....More

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Truck Safety Coalition, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and representatives of several families who have suffered death and injury as a result of truck crashes, recently held a news conference in Washington, DC, to mark the re-introduction of legislation that would prevent an increase in size and weight allowances for trucks....More

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered four Olathe, KS-based trucking companies – Royal Transport, Inc.; Nationwide, Inc.; Freight, Inc.; and Midwest A, Inc. – to immediately cease all interstate transportation service based on evidence that they are reincarnated “chameleons” for an unsafe truck company previously shut down by the agency....More

The nomination of Charlotte NC Mayor Anthony Foxx by President Obama to be the next U.S. Secretary of Transportation is initially garnering praise from all sides of the transportation industry. On Capitol Hill, Bill Shuster (R-PA), chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA), stressed that he’s “pleased” President Obama nominated Foxx to be the next U.S. Transportation Secretary....More