Shortage of truckers ‘is impacting on economy’
After three years of driving on some of the worlds most dangerous roads, 20-year-old truck driver Moin Sheikh wants out of the gruelling job.
FAA Implements New Procedures Following Control Tower Incident
Following the midweek incident at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport where an air traffic controller fell asleep while on duty, the Federal Aviation Administration has implemented an interim plan to prevent similar incidents from happening i…
Oklahoma truckers learn how to stop human trafficking
OKLAHOMA CITY – It’s been nearly 30 years, but Mark Brown still remembers the face of the teenage girl who approached him at a truck stop in California.
Hyundai Heavy provides power generators for Japan
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.’s transportable power-generating equipment to be delivered to Japan is loaded onto a ship at a port in Ulsan on Saturday.
Southwest Airlines pilot saves the day – turns screaming boy into honorary pilot
That was the prospect facing passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Houston to San Antonio earlier this week.
MIT team claims development of first practical artificial leaf
In a presentation at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society today in Anaheim, Dr. Daniel Nocera of MIT said that his team has developed a practical “artificial leaf”—a type of solar cell that shows promise as an inexp…
Yale team estimates global rare earth metal flows
Global production of rare earth oxides. Credit: ACS, Du and Graedel. Click to enlarge.
A team at Yale has used published and unpublished information from China, Japan, the United
States, and elsewhere to estimate global flows into use and in-use s…
Finding sanctuary at a truck stop
Michael DeBay used to have it all: living in the million-dollar mansion, driving top-of-the-line cars and traveling the world.
Lanzatech, Baosteel and CAS begin construction of steel mill off-gases to ethanol plant
LanzaTech; Baosteel Group Corporation,China’s largest steel and iron conglomerate; and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have begun the construction of a plant that will use LanzaTech’s gas fermentation technology for the production of fuel eth…
Southwest betting on low cost at Manchester
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport needs to promote itself as the low-cost airport in the region, despite aggressive competition from Boston, Southwest Airlines Chairman Gary Kelly said.