Mack Adds New Dealer in Alaska
Construction Machinery Industrial, LLC, the leading construction equipment dealer in Alaska, has expanded its business by becoming a Mack Trucks, Inc.
DOE finalizes $96.8M loan guarantee for Oregon Geothermal Project; supercritical binary geothermal cycle
The US Department of Energy (DOE) finalized a $96.8 million Recovery Act supported loan guarantee to a project sponsored by US Geothermal, Inc. to construct a 23 megawatt (net) geothermal power project in Malheur County, in southeastern Oregon. DOE ini…
Port of Los Angeles provides AMP Mobile shore-side power to three different cruise lines
The Port of Los Angeles this month became the first port worldwide to provide Alternative Maritime Power (AMP)—shore-side electric power, also called “cold ironing” (i.e., shutting down all combustion)—to three separate cruise lines. In…
United Parcel Service (UPS) driver Paul Musial lifts an Amazon.com box in Palo Alto, Calif.
Online shoppers subscribing to Amazon.com’s premium membership are getting a new entertainment feature that will allow them to watch movies over the Internet, just as they can through Netflix’s rapidly growing video subscription service.
ATP making strategic expansion into deepwater Israel
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation, an international offshore oil and gas development and production company with operations in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea, is expanding its deepwater operating and infrastructure expertise to offshore Israel. Subject t…
National Trailer Dealers Association to Co-Host National Transportation and Infrastructure Conference
The National Trailer Dealers Association will serve as an International Co-Host Organization for the 4th Annual Transportation & Infrastructure Convention, March 9−11, 2011, in Washington, DC.
FMCSA Fleet Field Tests Show Promise for ATIS, TPMS
A 12-month fleet field test conducted by FMCSA shows tire pressure monitoring and automatic tire inflation systems can influence tire maintenance intervals and improve performance and safety.
ATA Supports Proposed Ban on Hand-Held Phone Use by Drivers
The American Trucking Associations announced its support of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed prohibition on the use of hand-held mobile phones, though it urged the agency to allow the use of hands free devices, citing agenc…
Oil Prices Top $100, Settle at $98.10 on Wednesday
The price of oil topped the $100 mark in mid-day trading on Wednesday as supply concerns worsened with the advancing strife in Libya.
ATA: Truck Tonnage Index Surged 3.8 Percent in January
The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 3.8 percent in January after rising a revised 2.5 percent in December 2010.