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Shell to Build New Lubricants Plant in China

Shell Limited, part of Shell Oil Co., broke ground late last month on a lubricants blending plant in southern China.

July 9, 2007

EPA Proposes Tightening Ozone Standard

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed reducing the amount of ozone in the air, which trucking industry and manufacturing officials said could lead to retrofits of older trucks.

July 9, 2007

May Factory Orders Dip 0.5%

U.S. factory orders fell 0.5% in May, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

July 3, 2007

Clarification: Werner Gains C-TPAT Validation

Truckload carrier Werner Enterprises said late Monday it has become a validated member in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, or C-TPAT, federal cross-border trade program.

July 2, 2007

Ontario to Introduce Legislation on Speed Limiters

The Ontario government will introduce legislation this fall to adopt a proposal put forward by the Ontario Trucking Association almost two years ago to make 65-mph speed limiters on trucks mandatory, OTA said last week.

July 9, 2007

DOT, California at Odds Over Emissions Plan

The U.S. Transportation Department believes that California’s plan to enact a program to cut global-warming emissions from vehicles is a state-level fuel-economy rule, Bloomberg reported.

July 2, 2007

CVSA Releases Roadcheck Results

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance released results from its Roadcheck 2007 truck safety inspection program held last month, citing higher levels of hours of service violations but improvements in safety belt use among drivers.

July 2, 2007

Letters to the Editor: Hours of Service, Hypermiling, EOBRs

The critics of a nonsynchronized hours-of-service application tend to be somewhat too closely affiliated with the providers of onboard solutions.

July 2, 2007

Diesel Dips 0.6¢ to $2.829

The average retail price of U.S. diesel fuel fell 0.6 cent to $2.829 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.

July 3, 2007