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In the news this afternoon: Y2K anxiety drives industry to raise prices; UPS turns to Xatas technology; and the NationsWay selloff gets into high gear.

rimac Transportation prepared to expand its operations between the United States and Mexico by acquiring an 80% interest in Amer-Liquid Transport of Brownsville, Texas.

The opening of a new prototype truck stop just outside Denver is allowing TravelCenters of America to reposition itself in the marketplace.

In today's Executive Briefing: Oshkosh Truck expands into specialty markets; Tex. commission reroutes hazmat traffic around construction zone; Calif. board renews truck ban on stretch of I-580.

Contract talks between Overnite Transportation and the Teamsters union will resume on July 21 in Chicago, where three days of negotiations are scheduled, according to the union.

New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman used her emergency powers to ban interstate trucks with trailers of more than 48 feet long from thousands of miles of state, county and local roads.

The latest attempt at a long-haul trucker strike, which began with a bang July 5, ended with a whimper two days later, as organizers called it quits in the face of general driver indifference.

Overnite Transportation continued to operate late last week, after some Teamsters drivers and dock workers at seven company terminals walked off their jobs.

American Trucking Associations Chairman John Wren and more than 100 of ATA's members are on a whirlwind tour of the country, pitching membership in trucking’s largest trade group.

Julie Cirillo, the federal government’s top trucking regulator, wants the industry to know that when it comes to safety, she’s less interested in public perception than in saving lives.