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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, 2010

Letters: 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, 2010

Clerks 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, 2010

CARB 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, 2010

ISM 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, 2010

Massachusetts, 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, 2010

Letters: 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, 2010

An 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, 2010

DOT 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