EPA delays new Source Review rule

To allow time for further review, a New Source Review final rule specifically regarding the air permitting program’s “aggregation” policy will not take effect before May 18, 2009, according to information from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ...

OSHA to revise respirator fit tests

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed revising fit tests to determine the effectiveness of respiratory protection facemasks, according to OSHA information. ...

Drumm Tank Wash completes dairy certification

Drumm Tank Wash Inc in Cincinnati OH has completed its dairy certification requirements by the Ohio Department of Agriculture, says Eric Drumm. ...

ATA Road Team delivers goods
for Operation Interdependence

Two Captains of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) America's Road Team rolled up right on time to the Operation Interdependence office in Houston TX March 7, delivering pallets of supplies that eventually would make their way to troops serving in the Mideast and other out-of-the-way assignments...

NTTC meetings
set March 30-April 2

The National Tank Truck Carriers Tank Cleaning and Environmental and Safety Councils meetings March 30-April 2 in Savannah GA will feature topics relevant to today's bulk trucking climate...

OPW streamlines
business units

OPW Fueling Components, Cincinnati OH, has streamlined six OPW business units into three: OPW Fueling Components, OPW Fueling Containment Systems, and OPW Fuel Management Systems...

SAF-Holland
ramps up production

SAF-Holland, Holland MI, has shipped drum and disc braked axles from its Warrenton MO facility where the plant plant will continue to ramp up production throughout 2009, according to company information...

Agility to handle Pacific/Far East military fuel

Agility Defense and Government Services, Alexandria VA has won a US Defense Energy Support Center contract to handle storage and distribution of more than 1.2 million barrels of jet fuel for the Pacific and Far East, according to Agility information...

Dupre wins Dow Gold Washer award

Dow Chemical Co, Midland MI, recently presented Dupre Logistics, Lafayette LA, with its Gold Washer award for 2008...

Class 8 orders
down in February

FTR Associates, Nashville IN, has released preliminary data showing Class 8 total net orders for all major North American OEM’s fell to 6,167 units in February...

Goodyear names
Highway Hero finalists

A team of two truck drivers from Illinois and individual drivers from California, Tennessee, and Colorado have been named finalists in the 26th annual Goodyear North America Highway Hero award program...

FMCSA Web site
lifts driver awareness

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has developed a Web site designed to raise truck driver awareness about common driving errors and to provide valuable driving tips...

PHMSA clarifications
on Web site

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Web site contains written clarifications of the hazardous materials regulations (49 CFR Parts 100-185)...

NAFTA trade falls in December

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, was 13.1 percent lower in December 2008 than in December 2007, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation...

Mexico truckers protest taxes, diesel price

Mexican truckers on February 24 called for federal government relief from a new business tax, rising diesel prices, and the growing threat of hijacking during a day of protest rallies across Mexico...

FMCSA delays decision
on Boston hazmat routes

A decision on hazardous materials routing in Boston MA has been delayed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), according to a notice published in the Federal Register March 3...

Diesel price down 4.3 cents

The average price of diesel fell 4.3 cents last week to $2.087 cents per gallon, according to information from the Department of Energy...

Daimler Trucks opens second Mexico plant
, By Jim Mele

While some might call the decision to open an all-new $300-million truck plant in this economic environment “muy loco,” it is “the right investment at the right time in the right place,” according to Andreas Renschler, the head of Daimler Trucks and board member of parent Daimler AG. ...

Dual driver checks
to get SBA review

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is applauding the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) effort to review a requirement for duplicative background checks for commercial truck drivers...

CTA argues against
multiple driver checks

Reducing duplication in new Canadian security-related legislation, particularly that involving truck driver background checks, is being urged by the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA)...

ACC calls for
rule modernization

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) is calling for improvement and modernization of the US chemical regulatory system and pledging a leadership role in what the council said is a critical initiative...

Volvo announces surcharge for 2010 green trucks

Volvo trucks with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions reduction technology will now include a surcharge of $9,600, according to information from Volvo Trucks North America...

OIG wants better data for cross-border program

The minimum number of Mexican carriers that must participate in the NAFTA cross-border trucking program must be determined by valid statistical results...

ATA reports truck tonnage climb

The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index climbed 3.0 percent in January 2009, marking only the second month-to-month increase in the last seven months...

DOT unveils 2010 budget

A proposed 2010 fiscal year budget of $72.5 billion and an additional $48.1 recovery infusion has been unveiled for the Department of Transportation (DOT)...