WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s newly unveiled standards aimed at drastically reducing carbon emissions from heavy trucks would boost equipment costs for manufacturers, fleets and owner-operators. In a 717-page preamble to the proposed rule released on Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency’s new greenhouse gas standards for heavy trucks would begin in model year (MY) 2028…
On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking to FreightWaves Editorial Director Rachel Premack about her coverage of this past chaotic year in freight. From trucking bloodbaths to the issues with big ships, they’re hitting on every major story that has impacted supply chains. SuperTrucker Justin Martin takes us on a trip to…
FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here. FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago. In this week’s edition, from the March 1977 issue of American Shipper, FreightWaves looks…
FreightWaves recently chatted with Matt Soule, co-founder and CEO of Parallel Systems, a company that seeks to build an autonomous rail option. The company’s goal is to develop autonomous rail vehicles that would be deployed in a platoon of rail vehicles. This platoon would not hook up with locomotives or conventional freight trains, although it…
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