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…
Colombia: Road Chaos in Bogota because of Truck Driver Strike
EspaA ol Colombia: Caos vial en BogotA por paro camionero Since February 2nd Colombian truck drivers [es] decided to call a national strike due to government reforms that aim to remove the table of cargo chargesA that, according to the internet news si…
Speakers support hours status quo
Most in trucking favor keeping current hours of service rules. Trucking industry executives and drivers speaking at a meeting to discuss proposed hours of service changes today, Feb.
Internal charges filed for faking MTA signal inspections
Internal disciplinary charges have been filed against MTA employees accused of faking signal inspection reports.
North Carolina trucker hurt in crash on I-70 Wednesday
A truck driver from Candler, N.C., suffered minor injuries Wednesday, Feb. 16, when his rig went off the right side of the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 shortly before 1:30 p.m. Kenneth D. Cooker, 58, was taken by ambulance to University Hospital in…