Jill DunnBusinessDOT should look at uniforming oversize and overweight permitting practices, GAO saysThe GAO recommended last month that the DOT identify the best practices for states’ oversize and overweight permitting, including studying automated vehicle routing and escort driver certification.March 23, 2015BusinessTruckers, here’s a chance to rate shippersAmerican truckers may participate in Ontario Trucking Association’s survey that seeks to rate treatment from U.S. and Canadian shipper and receivers.March 18, 2015BusinessCDC: Hundreds of truckers die annually from not wearing seatbelt33 percent of truckers who died in 2012 crashes had skipped seat belts, but up to 40 percent would have lived if they had buckled up.March 13, 2015BusinessTrucker’s failed left turn leads to truck-train collision, crash still under investigationNorth Carolina troopers say a 164-foot tractor-trailer and a passenger train collided recently after the trucker failed to negotiate a left turn at an intersection preceded by a railroad crossing.March 13, 2015BusinessOwner-ops allege in lawsuit oilfield co. cheated them out of pay, seek class-action certificationOwner-operators are seeking class action certification in a lawsuit against an oilfield services company that allegedly provided misrepresentative settlement statements in order to underpay them.March 9, 2015BusinessWest Coast ports making moves to lower truck wait times in potentially months-long backlog clearanceSeveral of the 29 ports on the West Coast are taking measures to hasten the process of clearing the cargo backlog that’s built up in recent months due to strained and months-long labor negotiations between port managers and port workers.March 5, 2015BusinessLabor dispute at West Coast ports comes to an end, truckers ask for backlog fee waiversTrucking companies will spend months clearing the cargo, said the Intermodal Conference of the California Trucking Association, who has asked terminal operators and steamship lines to reduce or waive charges related to backlog.February 21, 2015BusinessObama sends Labor Secretary to aid in ongoing labor talks at West Coast portsU.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez joined West Coast labor talks after port gridlock was exacerbated by another suspension of weekend vessel work.February 18, 2015BusinessInvestigators targeted 193 carriers using CSA data in 2014 enforcement blitzInvestigators used driver performance data from the FMCSA’s CSA algorithm to target nearly 200 companies for on-site interventions. Officers also made contact with nearly 20,000 commercial drivers.February 13, 2015Business29 ports on the West Coast face shutdowns as labor dispute continuesPorts up and down the West Coast are in the midst of another partial shutdown for a five-day period, despite pressure from retail advocates, a mounting backlog of cargo and intervention by a federal mediator.February 12, 2015Previous PagePage 13 of 38Next PageTop StoriesPride & PolishLet your truck shine -- enter Overdrive's annual Pride & PolishThe entry period for the annual competition is now open through August 18. The five categories for the contest are: Working Bobtail, Working Combo, Limited Mileage/Show, Antique and Interior.Overdrive Radio4 million miles of increasing efficiency for owner-op's 1995 Kenworth T600Equipment'Long-haul with natural gas' possible: Tour new Cummins X15NCustom Rigs'His last ride': Illinois-based owner's '79 Freightliner COE goes to work after restoFeatured SponsorBlueParrott B350-XT