Safety

Natural gas is not a viable alternative fuel for most longhaul trucking operations, but it could be an acceptable alternative fuel for some shorthaul carriers, American Trucking Associations told the Senate Energy Committee.

Your weekly articles about rail-car loadings and truck traffic tend to make the same year-over-year comparisons.

Welcome aboard Anne Ferro as the fourth-ever administrator of trucking’s chief U.S. regulator, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Curtis Whalen, executive director of American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference, said his members share many of the same concerns about reauthorization as other trade groups.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week formally approved selective catalytic reduction to meet its 2010 emissions standard.

Gainey Corp.’s future owner is expected to be decided this week, following a three-way contest for the bankrupt carrier, CEO Harvey Gainey said.

Politicians’ fixations on issues such as health care are deflecting attention from crucial restoration of the transportation infrastructure and impairing the ability of American businesses to cope with the recession and revive the freight industry, three industry leaders said during a recent roundtable discussion.

A House subcommittee was scheduled to hear testimony at a Nov. 16 field hearing in Baltimore on a controversial House bill that would prohibit the transportation of flammable liquids in unprotected product piping both on existing and on newly manufactured cargo tank trucks.

The Senate has unanimously confirmed Anne Ferro, the former head of the Maryland Motor Truck Association, to direct the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

American Trucking Associations has requested a meeting with Department of Transportation officials to discuss the agency’s intention to revise federal driver work rules issued during the Bush administration.