China’s New “Gas Guzzler” Tax Based on Engine Size
Here’s a fascinating experiment in the arena of social economics: imagine your country cuts the sales tax rate on fuel efficient vehicles in half, from 10% to 5%. You’d figure the average consumer would be lining up to buy one of these subsidized, …
Envergent Technologies designing RTP plant to convert palm biomass to renewable fuels in Malaysia
Premium Renewable Energy (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. has selected Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell company, to perform the engineering design for a project that will use Envergent’s RTP Rapid Thermal Processing technology (earlier post) to convert pa…
Total installs first subsea gas/liquid separation in 800 meters of water in Angolan deep offshore for heavy oil
Begun in December 2007, development of the Pazflor oil field 150 kilometers (93 miles) offshore Angola is one of the biggest projects currently operated by Total. A number of technological challenges—including subsea gas/liquid separation, a first—…
Ports react to Japan quake tsunami
By eTrucker Staff Two Southern California ports on March 11 took precautionary measures in response to the tsunami advisory issued after a major earthquake struck Japan.
9/11 memorial plans more forward in Birmingham
Birmingham moved a step closer Monday to adding a 9/11 Memorial at the Adams Road fire station.
NDOT Offers Free Training from Stimulus Funds
Can you picture getting into a semi-truck cab to start your workday? Wesley did.
Truck driver helps capture suspect
A U.S. Xpress driver chased and subdued a man police say tried to attack a woman.
Delta cancels nearly half of Japan flights due to earthquake
Delta canceled 29 Japan flights due to the earthquake. Delta Air Lines Inc. said it canceled 29 of its 60 flights to and from Tokyo Friday due to the earthquake that hit Japan.
OOIDA challenges ‘unusable’ proposed changes to HOS regs
OOIDA filed its comments to the hours-of-service regulations proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Friday, March 4. The Association’s leadership laid out opposition to reducing the driving time to 10 hours; restricting the 34…
DeFazio ‘skeptical’ of DOT’s authority to open border, fund program
The Obama administration is launching a pilot program that would allow access to long-haul trucks from Mexico. U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-OR, is concerned that it’s actually the start of a full-fledged opening of the border. He sent a letter to U.S. …