PowerTrain to pay $2M penalty for selling nearly 80K engines that failed to meet Clean Air Act standards
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Justice Department (DOJ) announced that Mississippi-based PowerTrain, Inc. will pay a civil penalty of $2 million to resolve claims that the company imported and sold nearly 80,000 nonroad engines…
Continental Airlines stop Cairo service plan
Continental Airlines, recently bought by United Airlines to form United Continental Holdings Inc, has scrapped plans to launch new service to Cairo, because of declining travel demand to Egypt, which is grappling with political unrest.
Opel adding Start/Stop to more ecoFLEX models
At the Geneva Motor Show, Opel is highlighting two enhancements to its lower fuel consumption ecoFLEX family of vehicles:
The Corsa 1.3 CDTI ecoFLEX now combines its 70 kW/95 hp powertrain with Start/Stop technology, offering combined fuel consumption…
Trucking Group Says FMCSA ‘Misused’ Sleep Data
The American Trucking Associations is raising the ante in its challenge to the science behind proposed new truck driver hours of service rules with a statement that studies linking length of sleep time and untimely death were “misapplied.” The ATA obta…
Southwest reaches AirTran pilots deal
Southwest Airlines Co. said it reached a deal for integrating AirTran pilots as the two companies merge.
Agency updates driver safety data
By eTrucker Staff The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Feb.
Diesel prices increase for 13th week
Diesel prices have increased for the 13th week in a row, and Monday’s increase is not going to ease anyone’s concerns. In fact, diesel jumped another 14 cents to $3.716 a gallon for the week ending Monday, Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Energy Info…
Eight rest areas on chopping block in New Hampshire
Truckers can add New Hampshire to the growing list of states thinking about closing rest areas as a way to save money. In his recent budget address, Gov. John Lynch is proposing the reduction of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation’s operat…
Design chosen for Interstate 5 bridge
State officials in Oregon and Washington have chosen a design for a proposed new Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River. They say a deck-truss design would be the most cost-effective and least damaging to the environment of the submitted proposals.
New Mexico bill would affect certain cross-border loads
The New Mexico House approved a bill that is intended to boost commercial activity coming from Mexico. New Mexico law now limits special permitting for overweight vehicles to non-reducible loads.