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Continental Raises Tire Prices (TruckingInfo.com) 8/29/2008 Continental Tire North America announced a price increase of up to 10 percent on all Continental, General, Semperit and Private Brand Truck tires. us.rd.yahoo.com
IANA Declares Support for ATA Lawsuit Against SoCal Port Concession Plans (TruckingInfo.com) 8/29/2008 The Intermodal Association of North America announced it will back the American Trucking Associations' motion for an injunction against the Concession Plans of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. us.rd.yahoo.com
T. Boone Pickens Plugs His Energy Plan at the Democratic Convention (US News & World Report) He has spoken with both Obama and McCain about his plan. us.rd.yahoo.com
Ritchie Bros. To Auction Performance Transport, Alvan Assets (TruckingInfo.com) 8/27/2008 Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will be selling approximately 1,000 specialized car carriers on behalf of the trustee for Performance Transportation Services (PTS). us.rd.yahoo.com
Two Major Fleets to Work Drayage at LA Port (TruckingInfo.com) 8/25/2008 Swift Transportation and Knight Transportation have notified the Port of Los Angeles that they plan to become port drayage concessionaires under the port's Clean Truck Program. us.rd.yahoo.com
Knight, Swift Transportation vow to help clean port air (The Arizona Republic) Firms signed letters expressing intentions to help clean up Southern California's smoggy skies. us.rd.yahoo.com
ICE: Nearly 600 detained in Mississippi plant raid (Boston Globe) The largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history has caused panic among Hispanic families in this small southern Mississippi town, where federal agents rounded up nearly 600 plant workers suspected of being in the country illegally. us.rd.yahoo.com
Fear grips immigrants after Miss. plant raid (The Charlotte Observer) A day after the largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, Elizabeth Alegria was too scared to send her son to school and worried about when she'd see her husband again. us.rd.yahoo.com
BNSF Thanks Truckers for Helping Deliver America (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) BNSF Railway Company says thank you to the nation's truck drivers this week by hosting events at its intermodal facilities in Fort Worth, Texas; Chicago and Willow Springs, Ill.; and San Bernardino and Los Angeles, Calif., in celebration of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. us.rd.yahoo.com
Knight, Swift vow to help clean port air (The Arizona Republic) Trucking firms to clean California's smoggy skies. us.rd.yahoo.com
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