Biden’s EPA finalizes ‘strongest ever’ emission standards for freight trucks, buses
The Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency said Friday:Strongest in history Greenhouse gas standards for heavy vehicles, including cargo trucks and buses. Recent press release The agency explained that the new regulations affect vehicles from the 2027 to 2032 model years. “This standard will avoid 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions and provide $13 billion […]
Biden admin releases energy grid plan for electric-, hydrogen-powered freight trucks
On Tuesday, the Biden administration Announces energy grid plan For long-haul cargo trucks powered by electricity and hydrogen, according to press release From the Department of Energy. The administration’s 16-year power infrastructure plan would install charging and refueling stations along 12,000 miles of busy roads and highways. “For more than a century, petroleum-fueled cargo transportation […]
REPORT: Florida Mom Disappeared For Days, Found Stuck Inside Freight Container
A Florida mother was found Thursday inside a shipping container after being missing for three days, according to the New York Post. Marlene Lopez, 52, was found after police were alerted to the sound of a crash coming from a locked shipping container, the New York Post reported. The container she was found in was […]
Norfolk Southern Freight Train Derails Into Riverbank
A freight train in southern Norfolk derailed and fell onto a riverbank in Pennsylvania Saturday morning, according to CBS News. Three railroad cars derailed along the Lehigh River near Bethlehem in south Norfolk, releasing diesel fuel and some plastic pellets, authorities said. according to Go to CBS News. “The accident caused diesel fuel to spill […]
16 freight cars derail in rural Nevada; no hazardous spills or injuries reported
Sixteen corn-carrying railcars derailed under a critical railroad overpass in the northeastern Nevada city of Elko early Wednesday, but no injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were involved, authorities said. . Elko Police Lt. Rick Moore said the Union Pacific train derailed just before 5 a.m., crashing into a bridge support, colliding with stacks […]
Freight Through Suez Canal Down 45% After Houthi Attacks
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reported on Thursday that the volume of cargo passing through the Suez Canal has fallen by 45% in two months due to persistent attacks on Red Sea shipping by Iran-backed Yemeni terrorist group Houthis. . Anctad Said Ships passing through the Suez Canal have fallen by […]