Business

This is an excellent time to stop and remember all of the people who work together to make trucking the thriving, core industry that is so vital to keeping the nation’s economy humming along.

When a motor carrier uses the services of an independent contractor, the latter generally is covered by the motor carrier’s liability policy when a claim occurs while operating for business.

A federal judge has put the final touches on a long-running battle over employee status at the Port of Los Angeles, where drivers for Green Fleet Systems LLC last week staged a 24-hour strike as the Teamsters union intensifies organizing efforts.

SALT LAKE CITY — Wal-Mart Transportation driver Gary Harms and his wife, Roni, never figured they would need to schedule time for late-night celebrating after an awards banquet honoring contestants in the National Truck Driving Championships here ended.

SALT LAKE CITY — Arkansas Highway Police Cpl. Derek Canard won the North American Inspectors Championship, claiming not only the Jimmy K. Ammons Grand Champion trophy but also four individual first-place trophies and a team award.

Qualcomm Inc. said it would sell its trucking technology business, Omnitracs Inc., to a private equity firm for $800 million in what is believed to be the largest deal in the commercial-vehicle telematics industry.

A few fleets made modest increases in driver pay in the second quarter as they and compeitors refine standards for performance-based compensation and sign-on bonuses, according to industry experts and officials.

Members of Congress are asking Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx for a timeline for when the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will complete a study on the changes to the hours-of-service restart provision.

Trailer manufacturers received the lowest total of new orders in nearly three years during July, blaming an economy that has failed to give customers enough confidence to add equipment, ACT Research reported.

Electronic logging device makers said the federal government’s plan to require almost all truckers to use the devices will cost the industry far less than the $2.4 billion the government estimated in 2011.