TrailerTail Available in Europe, Pending Exemption, ATDynamics Says
By Tom Berg, Senior Editor HANOVER, Germany — ATDynamics says it’s introducing its TrailerTail and a shorter Eco50 product in Europe, pending a change in the European Union’s length limits which currently preclude their use.
Alternative Hydrogen Solutions Names CFO
Alternative Hydrogen Solutions named Christopher L. Franklin chief financial officer. Franklin brings more than 20 years of finance and public accounting experience in both the public and private sector to AHS.
Website, Appreciation Week Events Aim to Help Truckers Stay Healthy
EGears, which offers online and video-based education for truck drivers, is also launching a website and resource: TheHealthyTrucker.net.
EPA Increases Biodiesel Production Requirements to 1.28 Billion Gallons
The Environmental Protection Agency announced it will require 1.28 billion gallons of bio-based diesel production in 2013, finalizing a standard it proposed more than a year ago.
Court rejects death sentence appeal in 1998 road rage killings of two truckers
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected an appeal to get Douglas Feldman, 54, off death row for the road rage slayings of two truck drivers in 1998 in Texas.
Utility Expands Refrigerated Trailer Plant in Virginia
Utility Trailer Manufacturing announced the expansion of its refrigerated trailer manufacturing plant in Marion, Va.
I-44 to Close in Springfield, Mo., for Bridge Demolition this Weekend
Interstate 44 at West Bypass (Route 160) in Springfield, Mo., will be closed starting at 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21 and will remain closed until as late as 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22 to allow contractor crews to remove half of the West Bypass bridge…
ATRI Looking for Comment on Truck Parking
The American Transportation Research Institute recently launched a survey on truck parking information needs and system requirements.
Website, Appreciation Week Events Aim to Help Truckers Stay Healthy
EGears, which offers online and video-based education for truck drivers, is also launching a website and resource: TheHealthyTrucker.net. The website is a partnership project with Driver Solutions, a company that trains inexperienced truck drivers and …
FMCSA Shuts Down Kansas Trucking Company for Extreme Hours of Service Violations
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered Kansas-based commercial truck company HP Distribution LLP and an affiliated company, HP Distribution LLC, to immediately cease all transportation services based on serious hours-of-service and …