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EPA Proposes Speeding Approval Process for Installing Multi-Fuel Systems in Trucks
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, noting “growing interest” in alternative-fuel conversion systems, recently proposed to streamline certification of aftermarket conversions that turn Class 8 diesel engines into engines that can burn diesel and natural gas.
July 12, 2010Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
How Good a Recovery?
While Wall Street continues to express its doubts about the strength of the U.S. economic recovery that is under way, most trucking companies say that business is continuing to improve.
July 12, 2010Letters: Intermodal Elephants, Flatbed Carrier Rates, Price Hike for Bonds
What does every intermodal shipment need that no one wants to really talk about? The answer — and the elephant in the room — is an intermodal chassis.
July 12, 2010Clerks Strike at Ports of L.A., Long Beach
Officials with the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach said shipping terminals were open and operating this week during negotiations between terminal operators and a striking shipping clerks union.
July 9, 2010CARB OKs $200 Million in Emissions Funding
The California Air Resources Board has awarded $200 million in Proposition 1B funds to help cut emissions from heavy-duty trucks and other sources in the state’s four busiest trade corridors.
July 6, 2010ISM Services Index Slips in June
The U.S. economy’s service sector expanded in June but its expansion rate fell to a four-month low, the Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday.
July 6, 2010Massachusetts, Iowa Enact Distracted Driving Laws
Massachusetts and Iowa enacted laws to combat distracted driving late last week, with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) signed legislation Friday outlawing texting while driving, making his the 29th state to outlaw the practice.
July 3, 2010Letters: Driving-Time Cuts, Rate-Setting Redux, Raising Broker Bonds
Safety advocate groups once again are pursuing their never-ending effort to reduce the driving time allowed commercial motor vehicle operators.
July 5, 2010An HOS Rule That Works
The proposal for revamping the federal government’s hours-of-service rule for truck drivers that a coalition of interest groups released recently illustrates just how little these political theorists understand about highway safety and the business of moving America’s freight.
July 5, 2010DOT Awards Five States $6.25 Million to Help Ease Shortage of Safe Truck Parking
The U.S. Department of Transportation in June awarded grants totaling $6.25 million to five states to “ease truck parking shortages on U.S. interstates.”
July 5, 2010