The U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act, (H.R. 4213), which would reinstate the $1 per gallon biodiesel tax credit through the end of 2010
Read More →Fred Gegare, who has been a vice president at large for the Teamsters since 1998, has announced he will challenge James P. Hoffa for the union's presidency in the 2011 election
Read More →Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas has signed an anti-texting-while-driving bill into law for all drivers in his state
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The average price of a gallon of diesel dropped more than 4 cents over the past week, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Energy
Read More →Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico was 37 percent higher in March 2010 than in March 2009
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Illinois-based Prairie Farms is testing a "zero-carbon-footprint" cold plate refrigeration hybrid unit that will save on fuel and maintenance and drastically cut CO2 emissions
Read More →If a new public-private partnership has its way, you may see plants turning waste C02 into diesel fuel as soon as 2013
Read More →Trailer orders in April were down 13 percent from March, but 3 percent above the prior year, according to ACT Research
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The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased for the sixth time in the last seven months, gaining another 0.9 percent in April. This followed a 0.4 percent increase in March
Read More →Following on the success of the U.S. Department of Transportation's TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Discretionary Grant Program, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the availability of $600 million in TIGER II grants for capital investment in surface transportation projects
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