Fresh from a $5.25 billion, nine-year expansion that鈥檚 upending decades-old trade routes, it turns out the Panama Canal is also doing a little good for the planet.
July 7, 2017Business
New Rule Might Force Global Shipping Industry to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The trillion-dollar global shipping industry may soon be forced to curb greenhouse gas emissions under new rules backed by the European Union and China.
July 7, 2017BusinessEquipment
Strick to Add Its Own Features to Trailers to Comply With Phase 2 GHG Mandates
FORT WAYNE, Ind. 鈥 Strick Trailers will begin offering trailers that it has loaded with features that comply with Phase 2 greenhouse gas mandates intended to make trailers more fuel-efficient.
June 19, 2017EditorialBusinessGovernmentFuel
Editorial: Phase 2 Taking Hold
Updating the adage that the pen is mightier than the sword, we note that a PDF available online will come to shape truck and trailer manufacturing through the late 2020s, namely, the final version of Phase 2 of the federal greenhouse-gas rule.
August 22, 2016GovernmentBusinessFuel
OOIDA Asks Court to Review Calif. GHG Truck Regs
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked an appeals court to review a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency waiver allowing California regulators to proceed with enforcement of the state鈥檚 strict greenhouse gas-emissions reduction rule for heavy-duty trucks based or doing business in California.
October 7, 2014BusinessFuelGovernment
DTNA Concerned About Added Costs from Federal Greenhouse-Gas Rule
ORLANDO, Fla. 鈥 A senior compliance engineer for Daimler Trucks North America told a group of maintenance technicians and executives that the truck maker has concerns about the federal government鈥檚 possible added costs and testing plans that could be included in the Phase 2 greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency proposed rule due for publication next spring.
September 24, 2014BusinessFuelGovernment
Fleets Urge Standards Over Technologies With Next Federal Greenhouse-Gas Rule
WASHINGTON 鈥 Fleet executives told a National Research Council committee of their efforts to save on fuel consumption and what they would recommend to federal agencies that are writing the next rule on greenhouse-gas emissions.
May 5, 2014Special CoverageBusinessFuelGovernment
Greenhouse-Gas Rules to Include Study of Several Technologies, Officials Say
NASHVILLE, Tenn. 鈥 The next phase of the federal government鈥檚 greenhouse-gas regulations for trucks will include an examination of a 鈥渟uite鈥 of technologies that can lower emissions and increase fuel efficiency, an Environmental Protection Agency official said.
March 13, 2014GovernmentBusinessFuelEditorial
Editorial: A Next Generation Is Coming
President Obama took some time to talk about trucks and trucking last week, and while standing among some Class 8s, he observed: 鈥淭rucks like these are responsible for about 20% of our on-road fuel consumption, and because they haul about 70% of all domestic freight 鈥 70% of the stuff we use, everything from flat-screen TVs to diapers to produce to you-name-it 鈥 every mile that we gain in fuel efficiency is worth thousands of dollars of savings every year.鈥
February 24, 2014BusinessFuelGovernment
Navistar, Paccar Continuing Efforts to Achieve 2014 GHG Certification
Navistar Inc. and Paccar Inc. said they are still in the process of earning final certifications for their 2014 truck and engine lineups in order to comply with the federal greenhouse-gas standards that take effect Jan. 1.
November 11, 2013