Trucking Industry Moves From Proprietary Hardware to Open-Systems Approach
Historically, trucking companies have relied on information technology systems — both in the cab and in the office — that run proprietary software on proprietary hardware, effectively making it impossible for one manufacturer’s system to access data gathered by another service.
March 17, 2008Diesel Jumps to $3.819 a Gallon
The U.S. average retail diesel price broke its record high for the third straight week, surging to $3.819 a gallon and topping $4 a gallon in some places, pushed by soaring crude oil prices that also set all-time highs and closed above $110 a barrel for the first time in history.
March 17, 2008EPA Sets Emissions Standards for Trains, Ships
Railroad locomotive engines and marine vessels will be subject to new clean air standards that would sharply reduce particulate and nitrogen oxide emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday.
March 14, 2008EPA Sets New Ozone Standard
The Environmental Protection Agency reduced its primary eight-hour ozone standard to 0.075 parts per million from 0.084 ppm to comply with the requirements of the Clean Air Act.
March 14, 2008Intermodal Traffic Drops 15.1%
Rail carload traffic fell and intermodal traffic dropped sharply for the week ended Saturday compared with a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday.
March 13, 2008DOT’s Freight Transport Index Rises
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index for January rose 2.7% from a year earlier, DOT said Wednesday.
March 12, 2008Senators Question DOT on Mexican Trucks Program
Senators and Bush administration officials clashed at a hearing Tuesday about the legality the Department of Transportation’s pilot program allowing Mexican trucks into the United States, the Los Angeles Times reported.
March 12, 2008NAFTA Truck Trade Rises for 2007
Surface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 4.9% last year compared with 2006, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.
March 11, 2008Mexican Trucks Program Showing Few Trips
A government report on the Department of Transportation’s program to allow Mexican trucks into the United States said that too few trips have been taken to be statistically valid.
March 11, 2008Diesel Soars 16.1¢ to $3.819; Gasoline Sets Record $3.225
The price of retail diesel fuel jumped 16.1 cents to a third straight record, reaching a national average of $3.819 a gallon, and gasoline hit a new record, the Department of Energy said Monday.
March 11, 2008