Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Monday that Congress should not halt efforts of a cross-border trucking program between the United States and Mexico.
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Survey Says 70% of Carriers Are Satisfied With 07 Engines
A survey of 87 trucking companies operating 2007-model engines showed 70% were satisfied with them, but fuel economy, soot filters and onboard computers were the top complaints of those that were not satisfied.
March 10, 2008Sen. Dorgan Tells Peters DOT is Arrogant for Refusing to Block Cross-Border Funding
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) told Transportation Secretary Mary Peters that her department was arrogant in its refusal to go along with what he said Congress intended when it prohibited funding for the DOTs controversial U.S.-Mexico border trucking program.
March 10, 2008Midwest Hit By Snowstorm
Highway and utility crews worked overtime Sunday to recover from a big storm system that buried Ohio and other parts of the Midwest in snow, the Associated Press reported.
March 10, 2008Trimac Reports Fourth-Quarter Profit
Canada-based transportation firm Trimac Income Fund said its fourth-quarter net earnings were C$2.2 million or about 9 cents per unit, compared with C$3.1 million or 8 cents a year earlier.
March 10, 2008Gas Jumps to $3.20 a Gallon
The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline at U.S. filling stations rose 9 cents in the past two weeks to $3.20 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations.
March 10, 2008Diesel Soars 16.1瞽 to $3.819; Gasoline Sets Record $3.225
The price of retail diesel fuel jumped 16.1 cents to a third straight record, reaching a national average of $3.819 a gallon, and gasoline hit a new record, the Department of Energy said Monday.
March 11, 2008CARB Set to Distribute $25 Million in Truck Retrofit, Replacement Grants
California environmental regulators said they will soon decide how to distribute early grants totaling $25 million for truck retrofits and replacements to help reduce diesel emissions at the states ports and intermodal facilities.
March 10, 2008ATA Seeks to Block Calif. Port Talks Over Clean Trucks Proposals
American Trucking Associations Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference has asked the Federal Maritime Commission to block the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles and terminal operators from discussing and entering into agreements related to the ports clean trucks program.
March 10, 2008Con-way Reducing Its Fleet Speed to 62 MPH
Less-than-truckload company Con-way Freight said Monday it has turned back the speed governors on its 8,400-tractor fleet to run at a maximum 62 miles per hour, down from a previous 65 mph, in an effort to improve fuel conservation and reduce carbon emissions.
March 10, 2008