Eagle Rock Aggregates has been in legal wranglings with environmental groups and California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta on the terms and conditions necessary to build and operate an open-air sand and gravel terminal within the Port of Oakland. The facility will import, store and distribute sand and gravel in support of local construction. To move forward with terminal, Eagle Rock agreed to limit the environmental impact with watering piles, monitoring dust and using shore-power for berthed vessels.

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THANK YOU VETERANS, THANK YOU DRIVERS

In honor of Veterans Day on the 11th of this month, we want to highlight Freedom Haulers, a program spearheaded by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to help transition veterans into trucking jobs. Freedom Haulers is a great program deploying the DOT,...

EYES ON THE WATCHMEN

The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 26 representing the 250 security guards at eight terminals within the Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex have agreed to go on strike on November 4th if an agreement has not been reached. Such a strike...

SEEING RED

There has been quite a bit of talk about red-dye diesel. For those not in the weeds like we are, red-dye diesel is exempt from highway excise taxes and is intended for farm and off-road usage. It operates exactly the same as on-road diesel but is dyed red to make it...

TARIFF UPDATE

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NY/NJ TRUCKERS SAY NO

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