Goodyear Names Four Finalists for North America Highway Hero Award
Goodyear has narrowed the field of nominees for the North American Highway Hero down to four.
Boyd Bros. Honors 3-million-mile Driver
Boyd Bros. Transportation of Clayton, Al. has extended honors to 22-year veteran, Isaiah “Ike” Hamilton, staying safe on the road for more than three million miles.
DeFazio Bill Would Mandate Pay for Excessive Detention Time
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., introduced a bill that would require the Department of Transportation to study industry detention practices and establish a maximum number of hours that drivers may be detained without being paid.
Abengoa cellulosic ethanol pilot plant targeting 79 gallons/tonne
Since its was launched, Abengoa’s cellulosic ethanol pilot production plant in Babilafuente, located in the Biocombustibles de Castilla y León (BCyL) plant in Salamanca, Spain, has completed more than 5,500 hours of operations with a yield of 20…
TruckStrike
A protester dances with a mock weapon during a strike by truck drivers in Johannesburg Picture: Werner Beukes/SAPA. The four striking freight unions would announce their decision on a revised wage offer at a press briefing in Boksburg on Friday, the Pr…
2011 North American Standard O-O-S Criteria Handbook & Pictorial is now Available from CVSA
The new 2011 North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria Handbook & Pictorial is now available for purchase.
Boyd Bros. Honors 3-million-mile Driver
Boyd Bros. Transportation of Clayton, Al. has extended honors to 22-year veteran, Isaiah “Ike” Hamilton, staying safe on the road for more than three million miles.
Senate passes broad aviation bill
A broad aviation bill that would advance modernization of the nation’s air traffic control system and boost airport construction was approved Thursday by the Senate.
California Dump Truck Owners Association sues ARB to overturn Truck Bus emissions rule
The California Dump Truck Owners Association (CDTOA) is suing the California Air Resources Board (ARB), challenging the legality of ARB’s Truck and Bus Regulation. (Earlier post.)
The lawsuit, California Dump Truck Owners Association v. Air Resources…
Discovery of new catalyst enables plastic manufacturing with captured CO2; Bayer brings pilot plant online
Bayer has brought a pilot plant on stream at Chempark Leverkusen to trial the new process for the production of plastics using CO2 from the energy sector. The plant produces a chemical precursor into which CO2 is incorporated and then processed into po…