Regional Enterprises garners Norfalco award

Regional Enterprises Inc (Mid-Atlantic), Hopewell VA, has won the 2006 Level One Motor Carrier Performance Award from Norfalco LLC ...

Goodyear named EPA elite performer

The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co facility in Topeka KS and Eaton Corp's facility in Kearney NE are among the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) elite environmental performers ...

Schneider wins award for sleep apnea treatment program

Schneider National Inc, Green Bay WI, has received the 2007 National Sleep Foundation (NSF) Healthy Sleep Community Award for creating an obstructive sleep apnea detection and treatment program for its drivers...

ATA: HOS sleeper berth rules need adjusting

Commercial truck drivers need greater flexibility within federal hours-of-service (HOS) rules to allow them to select sleep times and duration based on individual need, according to a study released by the American Trucking Associations and sleep research firm Circadian International Inc. ...

Diesel price continues rising

The average price of on-road diesel across the nation continued to rise last week, showing a 7-plus-cent increase at the pump as it rang up $2.626 per gallon, according to information from the Department of Energy (DOE)....

Webinar to discuss lane departure warning systems

Lane departure warning systems will be the topic of discussion when several motor carrier safety directors share their real-world experiences with the systems in a webinar March 20...

Ice class tanker joins Concordia/Neste fleet

The product tanker Palva has been delivered from Brodosplit Shipyard to a jointly-owned project of Concordia Maritime and Neste Shipping in Sweden...

Time springs forward early this year

The Department of Transportation (DOT) is reminding everyone that springing forward an hour this year begins at 2 am Sunday, March 11, three weeks earlier than in recent years...

Committee to consider CDL program effectiveness

A commercial drivers license (CDL) advisory committee formed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is scheduled to meet March 20-22, April 17-19, and May 15-17 in Arlington VA...

NAFTA surface trade down in December

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico in December 2006, was 0.1 percent lower than in December 2005 ...

Broin, DOE to fund cellulosic ethanol plant

Broin Companies, Sioux Falls SD, a dry mill ethanol producer, and the Department of Energy (DOE) have agreed to jointly fund the development of a $200-million cellulosic ethanol plant ...

AmeriGas to sell Arizona LPG storage terminal

AmeriGas Propane Inc, Valley Forge PA, has announced that the company has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Bumstead liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage terminal near Phoenix AZ ...

DOT, administration target traffic woes

Traffic congestion continues to plague the trucking industry, but the Department of Transportation and the Bush administration have asked for $175 million in the 2008 budget to target the problem...

FMCSA sets session on electronic on-board recorders

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has scheduled what it calls a "listening session" March 12 so that it can obtain feedback from carriers and others interested in a proposal for new electronic on-board recorder standards...

Truck tonnage falls in January

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 3.6 percent in January after surging a revised 6.2 percent in December....

Diesel price rises 6 cents

The average price of diesel across the nation rose six cents last week to $2.551 per gallon, according to information from the Department of Energy...

ATA supports US/Mexico cross-border plan

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is supporting a year-long pilot program announced February 23 that expands US cross-border trucking operations with Mexico...

Advocacy group opposes NAFTA pilot program

Public Citizen and other advocacy groups are calling for congressional hearings after Mexican and US officials announced February 23 a pilot program that initiates NAFTA truck cross-border agreements....

ACC applauds hazmat rail transportation proposal

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) is applauding proposed rules for hazmat rail transportation and its opportunity to provide input into the action...

CTA cautious about latest environmental plan

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is giving a cautious thumbs up to an announcement from Canadian officials of a $61-million ($52.6-million US), four-year program to help reduce environmental and health effects of freight transportation...

Congressman wants to cap background check fee

A Missouri congressman has introduced a bill (HR 1079) to cap the fee at $50 for hazmat drivers' background checks, according to information from the politician's office...

Kenworth names managers to Service Council

Kenworth Truck Co, Kirkland WA, has named its 2007 Kenworth Service Council comprised of leading Kenworth service managers in the United States and Canada...

Burke testifies about biofuels

Ed Burke of Dennis K Burke Inc, Chelsea MA, discussed home-grown, biologically derived fuels and their utilization in the nation's transportation fuel mix at a US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing February 1...

ATA wants tougher standards for new drivers

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is calling for tougher driver training standards in efforts to raise the safety bar for new drivers entering the industry....

MI, NY ports of entry set for ACE processing

Electronic presentation of cargo information will be required to be transmitted through ACE truck manifests at ports of entry in Michigan and New York...