28 Apr China Merchants Group Explores Taking $4 Billion Port Unit Private China Merchants Group Ltd. is exploring taking China Merchants Port Holdings Co. private after shares of the state-owned conglomerate’s unit slid in Hong Kong this year, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Read more...
28 Apr CARB Approves Amendments to Reduce NOx Emissions in B20 Biofuels The California Air Resources Board has conditionally approved a slate of regulatory amendments intended to more closely monitor the additives blended into B20 biodiesel that so far have not been deemed effective at mitigating oxides of nitrogen in the alternative diesel fuel. Read more...
28 Apr Caterpillar Sees Virus Pain Intensifying After Profit Trails The world’s biggest maker of mining and construction equipment is predicting that the pain from the coronavirus crisis is far from over. Read more...
28 Apr Efforts to Prevent Clogged Diesel Particulate Filters Include Low-Ash Engine Oil, Ensuring Fuel Quality As engine oil suppliers develop new formulations to protect diesel engines and enhance their efficiency, some are paying particularly close attention to the performance of exhaust aftertreatment systems. Read more...
27 Apr Average Diesel Price Falls 4.3¢ to $2.437 a Gallon The nationwide average price of diesel fuel continued its fall this past week, declining 4.3 cents per gallon. Read more...
27 Apr Transportation Leaders Say Thank You to Truckers After President Trump saluted America's truckers at the White House, congressional transportation offered their own words of thanks. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
27 Apr Tesla Rolls Out Feature Designed to Detect Stop Signs, Traffic Lights After testing on public roads, Tesla is rolling out a new feature of its partially automated driving system designed to spot stop signs and traffic signals. Read more...
27 Apr FMCSA Proposes to Plug ‘Information Gap’ in Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse Rule The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a proposed rule that would plug an existing “information gap” to ensure that state driver licensing agencies are prohibited from issuing, renewing, upgrading or transferring a commercial driver license or learner permit to truck drivers with drug and alcohol violations. Read more...
27 Apr NCDOT Looks to Drones as Coronavirus Relief Tool The North Carolina Department of Transportation is preparing to launch a public-private partnership that will use drones in coronavirus-related relief efforts. Read more...
27 Apr Virus Is Expected to Reduce Meat Selection, Raise Prices Meat isn’t going to disappear from supermarkets because of outbreaks of the coronavirus among workers at U.S. slaughterhouses. But as the meat plants struggle to remain open, consumers could face less selection and slightly higher prices. Read more...