Maharashtra spreads red carpet for Tata's 'Nano' project. Mumbai, August 23: Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has invited Tata Motors Chairman Ratan Tata to set up the `Nano' small car project in the state is it decides to move out from West Bengal, where..

UAW & Mitsubishi Continue Negotiations. Representatives of the UAW and Mitsubishi Motors North America continue to meet to negotiate a new labor agreement.

GM, Ford Seek $50 Billion in U.S. Loans. General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Chrysler LLC and U.S. auto-parts makers are seeking $50 billion in government-backed loans, double their initial request, to develop and build more fuel-efficient vehicles.

Ripon man dead after two-car crash with Oshkosh Corp. vehicle. A 92-year-old man from Ripon is dead after his car collided with a firefighting apparatus from Oshkosh Corp.

Big Party Planned For Harley-Davidson Anniversary. Few companies have customers as dedicated as those of Harley-Davidson. That's why the motorcycle maker can put on a four-day 105th anniversary celebration, and expect more than 100,000 people to show up and..

Soaring Fuel Prices Are Driving Shippers to Embrace The Intermodal Option. But all transportation modes are facing problems of rising energy costs and a network that can't support the projected growth in traffic, according to a top executive of J.B. Hunt.

Spotlight on diesel prices. The group representing the trucking industry wants attention turned to the price of diesel, after most of the major fuel retailers dropped prices a further six cents a litre yesterday.

UPS opens training facility in Alaska. United Parcel Service Inc. on Wednesday opened a flight training facility in Anchorage, Alaska.

Brown Aviation Tool Named One of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies for Second Year. NEW YORK, August 20, 2008 Inc. Magazine today ranked Brown Aviation Tool Supply Co.

BeaconEquity.com Issues Trade Alerts on Trucking/Transport Stocks: FDX, UPS, CHRW, UTIW, EXPD, JBHT. DALLAS, Aug. 21 TX-BeaconEquity.com DALLAS, /PRNewswire/ -- BeaconEquity.com announces the availability of Trade Alerts on stocks making news today.

TCA and CarriersEdge kick off Best Employer Survey. WASHINGTON, D.C. / MARKHAM, ON -- The Truckload Carriers Association, a truckload carrier interest group, and CarriersEdge, an industry leader in online driver improvement programs, today announced the launch..

Trucking firms move into L.A. Port. Two major national motor carriers are scheduled to begin operations at the Port of Los Angeles in October as part of the Clean Trucks Program, officials announced Thursday.

Province asked to stop insurance company gouging. They're tired of their pain becoming insurance companies' gain. Like Stephen Nelson of Woodstock, whose mother Glenna Nelson was killed in a 2004 crash on Hwy 400 near Muskoka when a trucker crashed into the..

Trucker rescues motorist from flaming vehicle. Police have dubbed a trucker who was involved in a fiery accident over the weekend a "hero." According to a report in the Windsor Star, OPP Const.

Semi-trucker driver dies after crash with school bus. Fifty-eight-year-old Tommy Thomas died at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Sunday afternoon.

Skidding truck tears up road. The driver was at a stop sign when a loud noise sounded. The next second the motorist saw an overturned truck carrying a crane skidding through the intersection, just feet away.

ATA announces support for bipartisan comprehensive energy bill. The American Trucking Associations Thursday announced its support for a bipartisan comprehensive energy bill that calls for domestic oil drilling, tax incentives and alternative energy research to lower the..

Truckers Talk Highway Dangers After Fatal Accident. Franklin County, IA- Truckers are talking about daily roadside dangers. Distractions, other vehicles and people on the side of dark highways, the Iowa State Patrol says Thomas Barker crashed his car into the..

Freightliner will cut jobs at chassis plant in S.C. A heavy-truck subsidiary of German automaker Daimler AG said Tuesday that slipping customer demand is behind its plans to cut 100 jobs at a South Carolina plant.

Ford executive says firm can weather downturn. Despite the headwinds of a slumping US economy, tight credit, high gasoline prices and declining home values, a top Ford Motor Co executive said he was confident the company had enough cash to weather losses..