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Eight renewable natural gas trucks are hauling freight for Graphic Packaging, part of Paper Transport’s growing mix of alternative-fuel transportation options that also includes a Tesla Semi pilot.
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In a contentious session yesterday, the Senate Commerce Committee cleared the truck safety section of the pending highway bill. The committee cleared the bill 13 to 11 on a party-line vote, not because the Republican minority opposes the safety provisions, but because the measure includes an amendment concerning freight planning that the minority does not like
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Tucked away in the same document in which the National Transportation Safety Board recommended cell phone bans for all drivers was a reiteration of previous recommendations to require video event recorders in heavy trucks, look at mandating collision avoidance systems, and other truck-specific issues
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After investigating a 2010 multi-vehicle highway accident in Gray Summit, Mo, the National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday called for the first-ever nationwide ban on driver use of "personal electronic devices," such as cell phones, while operating a motor vehicle
Read More →A new rule proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would make it tougher for carriers that have been sanctioned to reincarnate themselves under a new identity. The agency is proposing to change its procedures in several areas affecting truck lines, intermodal equipment providers, brokers, freight forwards and hazmat proceedings
Read More →The recommendations follow more than 12 months of study on the subject and are outlined in a 66 page Position Paper released by the association last week
Read More →The national average price of a gallon of diesel dropped nearly 4 cents this week to $3.894, falling for the third week in a row, according to weekly figures from the U.S. Department of Energy
Read More →Tesoro Corp. says it will increase diesel production at its Mandan North Dakota refinery to 22,000 barrels a day
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Diesel fuel should hold pretty close to $3.85 per gallon for 2011 and 2012, according to the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration
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In an unusual display of bipartisanship, a large group of House members from both parties pledged to work with President Obama on a six-year highway reauthorization bill. Sixty-two Democrats and 49 Republicans signed a letter asking Obama to support a six-year, fully funded bill
Read More →Trucking moved a small step closer to a sleep apnea regulation yesterday, when advisors to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recommended that the agency toughen up its approach to the disorder. Two advisory panels, one from the medical community and one representing industry, enforcement, labor and safety advocacy interests, said the agency should tell medical examiners that drivers with a body mass index of 35 or more must be evaluated for sleep apnea
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