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AUTONOMOUS TECHNOLOGY on TRUCKS * USA: Increases fuel economy

* DC - Autonomous truck study predicts major fuel savings

--- A new report by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical and analytical agency within the US Department of Energy, has found that autonomous technology could deliver fuel economy increases as early as this year... According to the report, vehicles equipped for assisted-platooning technology could almost instantly result in fuel savings for the industry, with 4.5 per cent increases possible by 2030 and 13.9 per cent by 2040, and 18.6 per cent by 2050 “due to Level 1-3 technology alone”... The report noted, however, that it is also likely that as autonomous technology increased overall vehicle safety and reduced accidents, speed limits may increase to around 80 mph (ca. 130 km/h), which could reduce the predicted fuel economy numbers somewhat... The report also found that most insurance industry executives in the US currently do not believe autonomous technology will have an impact on their businesses in the short term...
Washington, DC, USA - Prime Mover (Australia) - 27th, April 2017

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ELECTRIC TRUCKS & BUSES * USA: A Yale's report

* Connecticut - As electric cars stall, a move to greener trucks and buses

--- Low gasoline prices and continuing performance issues have slowed the growth of electric car sales. But that has not stymied progress in electrifying larger vehicles, including garbage trucks, city buses, and medium-sized trucks used by freight giants like FedEx. But while the adoption of electric cars has been hindered by high prices, limited range, a lack of charging stations, and competition from cheap gasoline, heavier-duty models are undergoing rapid innovation for applications like battery-powered city buses, delivery trucks, freight loaders, and ferries. Experts say that these electric workhorses can play an important role in decarbonizing transport, and could spin off technologies that benefit electric cars, a far larger — and, from a carbon perspective, more important — market. The clang of garbage cans will still probably wake people way too early in the morning. But in Santa Rosa, California, at least, the roaring diesel engine will be quiet, replaced by a silent, electric motor. The electric garbage trucks scheduled to begin rolling there this summer may be less alluring than the sporty vehicles that engineer Ian Wright helped design as co-founder of Tesla Motors...

... And then there is the crucial issue of whether the electricity is being produced by fossil fuels or renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power. Overall, the electric grid is growing greener, according to latest International Energy Agency report, which states that around 90 percent of new electricity production in 2015 came from renewable energy sources. Even China has cut its coal use by more than 10 percent since 2011. Still, nearly 70 percent of that country’s electricity is produced from coal. So, while electric vehicles generally have significantly lower emissions than conventional vehicles in places with relatively clean grids, like much of Europe, that is not the case in areas still generating electricity primarily from coal, like China, India, and Australia...
(Photo by Josh Hittleman - 1. Wrightspeed’s new electric powertrain can be installed as a retrofit to a standard diesel garbage truck, doubling mileage and lowering emissions up to 68 percent) - (Photo - 2. BYD unveiled its first electric double-decker bus earlier this month) -- New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A. - Yale Enviroment 360, by CHERYL KATZ - MARCH 24, 2016

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TRUCKING INDUSTRY REPORT * USA: Shows strong year

* Washington - Annual reports spotlight industry trends and topics

--- The nation’s largest trucking association, which represents more than 35,000 truck drivers nationwide, this month released its annual “Trends” report on trucking trends, showing that the past year was one for the record books in terms of industry revenue and the total number of trucks on the road... Says ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. “While the first half of 2016 has been challenging for the industry, trucking is coming off two very strong years and we are optimistic about the future” ... Some highlights of the 2016 “Trends” report:
* Trucking collected $726.4 billion in gross freight revenues, 81.5 percent of the nation’s freight bill in 2015.
* Trucks carried 10.49 tons of freight in 2015, accounting for 70.1 percent of domestic freight tonnage.
* In 2015, there were 3.63 million Class 8 trucks in operation.
“In many ways, 2015 was a good year for our industry, and ‘Trends’ clearly demonstrates that,” says Chris Spear, president and CEO of American Trucking Associations, which is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry...
(Photo: YRC Freight) -- Seattle, WASH, USA - The Seattle Times - September 8, 2016

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TRUCKING INDUSTRY * USA: Keeping up with the economy

* Ohio - Truckers plan to expand capacity as freight demand rises by buying more trailers, survey shows

-- With the U.S. economy continuing to expand, trucking companies have had to keep up with ever-growing freight demand. They've been able to do so even with a significant shortage of licensed drivers in the country. Instead of putting more trucks on the road and hiring people to drive them, the industry is opting to add more trailers (the boxes holding the cargo) to increase the capacity each individual driver can haul. About 70 percent of those surveyed plan to expand capacity by buying more trailers, the highest level since 2007, according to CK Commercial Vehicle Research's most recent Fleet Sentiment Report... Hours of Service regulations, which came into effect on July 1, 2013, reduced the hours a trucker can drive while increasing how often he or she must take breaks. The aim was to mitigate driver fatigue and accidents, but it also meant that the amount a single driver could haul declined... There's been a trucker shortage since the middle of 2010, and the shortfall peaked at about 253,000 drivers at the beginning of 2014, according to FTR Associates. The U.S. economy still needed about 107,000 additional drivers as of the second quarter of this year, FTR's index shows... Adding more trailers improves productivity in one of two ways, Ubelhart said. In states where it's permitted, truckers "piggyback," attaching a second trailer to an existing tractor... In reaction to the driver shortage, trucking companies have also raised wages and given sign-on bonuses to attract drivers, Ubelhart said. Trucking company Knight Transportation Inc., boosted driver pay by 5 to 10 percent earlier this year...
(Photo: A Triples truck on the Utah road) -- Columbus, OH, USA - Bloomberg, by Anthony Feld - August 13, 2015

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ELECTRIC TRUCK SALES * USA: Prognosis to 2023

* California - Sales of electric drive commercial trucks & buses to expand & strenghten

-- A recent report predicts sales of electric-drive commercial trucks and buses to expand and strengthen more than 805,000 from 2014 to 2023. According to Navigant Research, the report probes and researches the global market for commercial vehicles that use electric-drive vehicle technology. The report contains world market forecasts for sales and the number of vehicles in use through 2023... Studying and analyzing the global market for commercial vehicles that use electric drive technology, the report, Electric Drive Trucks and Buses, composed of market forecasts for sales through 2023, notes fleet managers’ projections. Investment is the primary concern of most fleet managers. They estimate that the projected payback periods for alternative drivetrains is less than three years, with financial savings coming after that... Navigant Research suggests that medium- and heavy-duty vehicles represent a carbon footprint that is excessive in spite of their numbers being low compared to other traffic. It reports that medium- and heavy-duty vehicles represent just a fraction of all vehicles on roadways today. However, driving in an urban environment (or for that matter on the interstate) in the US, it seems there are quite a bit more, and one is in the wake of diesel fumes far too often. Thus, a hopeful reported transition to large electric-drive vehicles with “improved fuel efficiency, technological advances, and an alternative to gasoline and diesel fuels” will offset the fumes. Along with this local effect, the transition will offset broader air pollution and emissions causing global warming... Progress towards this segment of commercial and government fleet operators investing in greener vehicles is now...
(PRNewsFoto/Motiv Power Systems - Four new all electric community shuttle buses, funded by Google and the California Energy Commission, and use the Motiv Power Systems electronic powertrain technology are on the road in Mountain View, California) -- Mountain View, CAL, USA - Clean Technica, by Cynthia Shahan - May 18th, 2015

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REPORT * UK -Transport sector key to feeding world's record population

On October 27, 2011, the United Nations estimated that the world's population reached 7bn.

London,EN,UK -Eye for Transport (UK) -Oct 31, 2011: ... This landmark event was accompanied by many cataclysmic warnings of the impact of over-population. Wars, hunger, water shortages and disease have been forecast by many commentators should the number of people in the world continue to grow at its present rate... It should be noted that fears of population growth are not new and its impact is generally over-played. Developments in farming and technology have so far allowed food production to keep pace with the growth in the number of hungry mouths... However if the world is to keep feeding its ever-burgeoning population, more will have to be done. Over-looked by many, the transport and logistics sector will play an increasingly important role in these efforts... Although empirical evidence is scarce, it is estimated that in the developing world between a third and a half of food is lost post-harvest, between farmer and consumer... The problem is most acute in the perishable fruit and vegetable sector... Interestingly, it seems the priority given to increasing farming productivity, whilst ignoring the inefficiency of the overall supply chain, has clear parallels with the now discredited industrial production strategies of the 1970s... By focusing on reducing waste in the supply chain, rather than purely on production efficiencies, more food will arrive where it is most needed, at a lower cost to the consumer. This will not only increase farmer income but also alleviate poverty and hunger... Production levels are already sufficient to feed the world's population for many years to come. The real challenge is getting these products from farm to fork (or chopstick) with the minimum of waste...

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Report Highways * USA - Mixed grades: Good and Poor ratings for American roadways

(Video from YouTube, by mlpro75 -1 May 2010: MLs´ USA 2009 - Los Angeles Highways - Intersection 110/101 - Los Angeles Downtown)

Los Angeles,CAL,USA -Penton Media/Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Sep 7, 2010: -- The Reason Foundation’s 19th Annual Highway Report provides a mixed bag of good and poor ratings for American roadways on a state-by-state basis, with reductions in congestion and fatalities offset by uneven cost-effective management. But nationally, the group did find big improvements are being made... Based on 2008 data, the study determined that bridges are in their best condition as a group since 1984, with highway pavement in its best condition since 1993. Traffic congestion is at its lowest since 2000, according to the analysis, with fatalities down to levels not seen since the 1960s... According to the study, North Dakota, Montana and Kansas manage the most cost-effective state highway systems, while Rhode Island, Alaska, California, Hawaii and New York maintain the least cost-effective networks...

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GREEN REPORT * USA - Counting carbon bears careful watching

Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions

Arlington,VA,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Jun 16, 2010: ... The problem, however, according to a new report, is that there’s still too much variability in both the methods and the data being used to calculate carbon emissions... A new report on this issue by ATRI – dubbed “The Synthesis of Carbon Accounting Tools” – involved the collection and analysis of carbon models and formulas, and interviews with environmental assessment and reporting organizations... For example, quantifying the carbon emissions generated by office space and terminals, through metrics such as electricity use, could be misleading... Other areas of carbon emission calculation concern include: mobile equipment used at company facilities, such as yard tractors and forklifts; stationary equipment used at company facilities, such as furnaces, generators and other on-site fuel-burning equipment; and air conditioning and/or refrigeration systems used in trucks and trailers as well as at company facilities... “Emission factors for the various types of fuels and refrigerants used in this equipment are generally available; however, subtle differences exist among the various accounting tools,” the ATRI report stated... (Photo from okland-const: C. R. England headquarters front)

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Report * USA - Assesses methods for reducing medium, heavy-duty truck emissions

Washington,DC,USA -Bulk Transporter -Apr 7, 2010: -- The National Research Council and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have released Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles... This congressionally mandated report assesses and recommends different approaches to (for) improving fuel economy, increasing efficiency, and reducing emission of greenhouse gases from medium- and heavy-duty trucks... The report highlights the importance of alternative methods to reduce greenhouse gas emission from medium and heavy-duty trucks. These include training vehicle operators in efficient driving methods, adjusting size and weight restrictions on trucks, developing intelligent vehicles, and improving the nation’s highway systems... The report assessed the carbon reduction through an array of technologies that improve fuel efficiency. These include aerodynamics, tires and wheels, accessory electrification, idle reduction strategies, weight reduction, engine efficiency, waste heat recapture, hybridization, transmission, and driveline...

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Report * USA - Finds Greener, Cheaper Alternatives to “Free” Parking

Report Examines High Costs of Parking, Offers Sustainable, Better Practice, Alternatives for U.S. Policy Makers

New York,NY,USA -Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (PR), by Claudia Gunter -February 23, 2010: -- Ninety-nine percent of all U.S. driving trips end in a free parking space, but when the economic and environmental consequences are considered, these parking spots aren’t really “free” after all. Smarter parking management can benefit consumers and businesses in time and money saved, according to a report released today by Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP)... (Click here to download the report) “U.S. Parking Policies: An Overview of Management Strategies,” cowritten by Professor Rachel Weinberger of the University of Pennsylvania, John Kaehny, and Matthew Rufo, illustrates how parking management in most U.S. cities creates additional traffic and air pollution, and feeds auto-dependence. As long as parking is considered independently of transportation policy, parking demand and traffic will continue to increase in the form of excess auto trips, on-street parking shortages, and a decline in the overall pedestrian environment. Traditional parking policy prioritizes private automobile use, undermining the use of public transit, walking and bicycling as travel modes, spurring significantly higher household travel costs for Americans... Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and other U.S. cities are experimenting with new parking policies and other cities can learn from them. Through more sensible parking management, the authors assert, we can improve our cities, the environment, the economy, and overall quality of life...

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Report * USA - Vehicle demand stabilizing

Nashville,IN,USA -eTrucker -30 June 2009: -- Orders for heavy-duty commercial vehicles are coming in as anticipated, according to the latest edition of FTR Associates’ North American Commercial Truck & Trailer Outlook... As a result, FTR’s forecast for 2009 calling for a decline of almost 47 percent in Class 8 truck production remains unchanged. The firm calls for a slow recovery to begin in 2010 that will regain some of the ground lost this year, but that 2010 production is still anticipated to be about 30 percent below 2008 levels...

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REPORT * USA - Trucking embraces technology

Palo Alto,CAL,USA -Fleet Owner, by Brian Straight -Jun 8, 2009: -- A new report by Frost & Sullivan suggested that last year's dramatic rise in diesel prices has brought "about tectonic changes in the priorities of the trucking industry."... That is just one of the conclusions in the analysis, entitled "North American Fleet Managers Desirability and Willingness to Pay for Advanced Heavy-Duty Truck Technologies."... The report suggested that "heavy-truck technologies are expected to drive most revenue growth opportunities for truck makers and their suppliers over the next five years," concluding that fleet managers will seek out more benefits and attributes from advanced technologies to enable them to reduce operating expenses while improving driver and vehicle productivity... The report also indicates that most fleets (71%) plan on making purchases within the next year. Only 7% said they will not be purchasing in the next two years... The survey was conducted from December 2008 through January 2009...

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REPORT * USA - Truck lease-finance sector hurt by economic crisis

Washington,DC,USA -Today's Trucking -15 Dec 2008: -- The world of truck and trailer leasing and financing is being impacted by the low demand for new trucks and trailers, according to the latest report by the Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation... In the report by Global Insight, "2008-2013 Transportation Outlook Series: Truck and Trailer Financing Trends," the authors explain that while the transportation leasing and financing business is looking decent, the truck and trailer equipment sale markets are not, and this is negatively impacting the number of leases made and the financing for those leases... While the leasing and financing industry avoided getting into the subprime mortgage mess in the U.S., tightening credit standards and lower tolerance for risk are preventing many companies from expanding their fleets... The credit crunch, however, has reduced the availability of financing and increased the cost of capital, causing companies that would previously have bought or leased more expensive new vehicles to choose cheaper used equivalents... In this environment, the authors note, some carriers are opting for full-service complete fleet management solutions, to transfer some of the risk to the lessor. If this trend continues, banks, which are already pulling back from leasing trucks and trailers, could surrender even more market share... (Photo: Carriers are opting for full-service fleet management solutions from lessors)

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REPORT * USA - Trucking failures continue at record pace

The economic downward spiral has taken a deeper toll on the trucking industry than ever before with a record number of companies failing in the first three quarters of 2008

Nashville,TN,USA -Land Line Magazine -Oct. 28, 2008: -- ... Donald Broughton, a longtime trucking analyst and managing director of Avondale Partners LLC, reported that 785 companies with approximately 39,000 trucks, or 2.0 percent of the nation’s over-the-road heavy-duty trucks, closed their doors in the third quarter... That brings the total number of trucks pulled off the road in 2008 to more than 127,000 trucks or 6.5 percent of the trucks in the industry... If the pace continues through the fourth quarter, Broughton says 2008 will be “the worst year to be a marginal trucker”... But, he acknowledges, it could be the “best year to have survived”... A total of 2,690 companies with five or more trucks went out of business between January and September. Broughton notes that more companies failed in the 2000-2001 trucking downturn, but they were smaller companies than are failing in 2008... In 2000-2001, the average size of companies that failed was companies with between 20 and 35 trucks. This year, it’s companies with more than 45 trucks...

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REPORT * USA - Glut of trucks means carriers won’t pre-buy ’09 models

Orders for 2008 and 2009 model year tractor trailers won’t overwhelm engine manufacturers

Arkansas,AR,USA -Arkansas Democrat Gazette, by LAURIE WHALEN -October 12, 2008: -- ... Instead, most corporate carriers — the main buyers of heavy-dutyengine trucks — will continue normal buying cycles as the next EPA emissions deadline looms in 2010. That’s the conclusion one transportation analyst reached after surveying 88 carriers about their forthcoming buying behavior... Thom Albrecht, a transportation equity analyst with Stephens Inc. in Glen Allen, Va., said the findings of his report were good news for the trucking industry since “excess capacity” will be kept out of the market... The change in behavior is a reversal from a couple of years ago when carriers boosted the sales of trucks in 2005 and 2006 to avoid buying more expensive, but more fuel-efficient, 2007 models with “cleaner” burning engines. The trucks with the new engines cost as much as $ 10, 000 more than previous models, industry insiders said... (Photo: A Reynolds Nationwide 6,500-gallon Polar tank trailer and Peterbilt tractor hauling milk arrive at the San Antonio TX headquarters where the company has been since its inception in the early 1970s)

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REPORT * Denmark - City lorry ban falls through

A new report says plans for a lorry ban in the inner city will not make the streets safer for cyclists

Copenhagen,Sealand,Denmark -The Copenhagen Post -6 Oct 2008: -- Copenhagen City Council is dropping its plans to implement a ban on large lorries in the inner city after a new report found it would end up increasing the danger for bicyclists outside the area, reports Berlingske Tidende newspaper... According to the independent report, banning lorries over 18 tons from the inner city would result in truckers driving outside the area, having to make nearly 400,000 more right-hand turns each year to reach their destinations. Right-hand turns are the leading cause of deaths of cyclists in traffic...

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REPORT * USA - Dump Semi Trailer Manufacturing in North America

Dublin,Ireland -Research and Markets -Sep 11, 2008: -- The manufacture of dump semi trailers in North America is a unique segment of the semi trailer industry... These units can be very simple, such as end dump semi trailers made of steel or aluminum, to very complicated side or bottom dump units. A few manufacturers, such as Smithco and Side Dump Industries, focus on manufacturing side dump trailers, while most manufacturers primarily produce end dump trailers... Fifty-eight companies have been identified as manufacturers of dump semi trailers. Among these companies, dump trailers are the predominant product line for about half of the players. Based on the approximate number of final units, this segment represents an activity of around $567 million...

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REPORT * USA - Lack of investment could shrink trucking capacity

New report says trucking capacity could tighten in 2009

Newton,MA,USA -Purchasing.com, by Dave Hannon -3 Sept 2008: -- A new report on the trucking industry says that capital investment in the U.S. trucking sector is expected to fall in 2008, which will create an overall decline in trucking capacity heading into 2009... According to a new report from Global Industry Analysts the slowdown of truck-dependent industries such as housing and automotive in the U.S. has led many trucking firms to scale back on spending this year, which could create tighter trucking capacity when demand comes back... Market watchers such as Ed Wolfe of Wolfe Research don’t expect a rebound in trucking demand anytime soon. In a note to clients last week, Wolfe said, “We would not be surprised at this point to see ATA truck tonnage follow the recent Domestic Air Cargo Index with a double dip downwards over the next several months, as we approach more difficult comparisons and experience weaker import and export demand”...

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Report * USA - Trucking Industry Has High Rate of Workplace Injuries, Costs

Washington’s trucking industry experiences $265 million in claims each year for musculoskeletal disorders

WASH,USA -Occupational Hazards (Cleveland,OH), by Sandy Smith -August 29, 2008: -- Truck drivers experience some of the highest rates of workplace injuries in Washington state, according to a new report from the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I).The report, Preventing Injuries in the Trucking Industry Focus Report, includes information to help employers reduce common workplace hazards... The report covers the years 1997-2005 and concludes that Washington’s trucking industry experiences $265 million in claims each year for musculoskeletal disorders, the general term for injuries to muscles, tendons and joints. Vehicle-collision injuries also are expensive for the trucking industry, averaging $46,500 per claim, though the injuries occur far less frequently than musculoskeletal disorders...

Highlights from the report include:

* The trucking industry accounts for 10 percent of Washington state’s work-related fatalities. There were 63 fatalities among trucking industry employees between 1998 and 2005.

* Among Washington’s truck drivers, 1 in 13 is seriously injured on the job each year, resulting in a workers’ compensation claim for lost work time, as well as medical costs.

* From 1997 to 2005, there were more than 21,000 claims for lost work time and almost 38,000 medical-only claims in Washington’s trucking industry.

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Delivering Report * USA - Condemning Mercedes-Benz/Daimler Finance Scheme

Consumer, Immigrant & Civil Rights Groups to Deliver to German Embassy and MB/D's Mich. Corporate Headquarters

Washington,DC, and Farmington Hills,Mich.,USA -Market Watch -Aug 18, 2008: -- "Foreclosure Crisis on Wheels" National Day of Action Set for Wed; Features NAACP, LULAC Officials... On Wednesday, August 20, as a part of a nationwide day of action to call attention to a Mercedes/Daimler truck finance scheme that has been likened to the next generation of subprime loans, a delegation of high-ranking representatives from consumer, immigrant, and minority rights groups including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) will protest and then deliver a report to the German Embassy in Washington, DC and Mercedes-Benz' parent company in the Detroit-area entitled "Foreclosure on Wheels: Long Beach's Truck Program Puts Drivers at High Risk for Default." ... Daimler Truck Financial was awarded a contract by the Port of Long Beach to finance its "Clean Trucks Program." Under the terms of the lease-to-own scheme, Daimler will back the funding for a low-emissions vehicle to any independent port truck driver whose dirty diesel rig is banned by the port, regardless of his/her credit worthiness and ability to pay. Discounted for volume, clean diesel and alternative fuel trucks cost $100,000-$200,000. A Daimler official publicly told the Long Beach officials that the company expects "over 40%" of port drivers to have "high difficulty meeting the payments" and that the company's strength is "managing collections," i.e., repossessing trucks... Some 16,800 mostly immigrant drivers who haul goods for the Port will be expected to pay between $500 and $1,000 per month for seven years, with a balloon payment of $7,000 to $15,000 at the end of the lease term. U.S. port truck drivers' precariously live on the edge of poverty, toiling in what has been widely-chronicled as a "Sweatshop on Wheels." Press accounts reveal they can scarcely afford new tires for their existing rigs, much less manage a new truck payment and high-tech maintenance required of the new, environmentally-friendly vehicles -- particularly with skyrocketing diesel costs and shrinking trade volume. A coalition of air-quality advocates have lobbied instead for the shipping industry -- not underpaid workers -- to take responsibility for cleaner commerce...

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Apr 28, 2017

AUTONOMOUS TECHNOLOGY on TRUCKS * USA: Increases fuel economy

Jan 26, 2017

ELECTRIC TRUCKS & BUSES * USA: A Yale's report

Sep 11, 2016

TRUCKING INDUSTRY REPORT * USA: Shows strong year

Aug 17, 2015

TRUCKING INDUSTRY * USA: Keeping up with the economy

May 19, 2015

ELECTRIC TRUCK SALES * USA: Prognosis to 2023

Nov 5, 2011

REPORT * UK -Transport sector key to feeding world's record population

Sep 8, 2010

Report Highways * USA - Mixed grades: Good and Poor ratings for American roadways

Jun 19, 2010

GREEN REPORT * USA - Counting carbon bears careful watching

Apr 8, 2010

Report * USA - Assesses methods for reducing medium, heavy-duty truck emissions

Mar 7, 2010

Report * USA - Finds Greener, Cheaper Alternatives to “Free” Parking

Jul 2, 2009

Report * USA - Vehicle demand stabilizing

Jun 8, 2009

REPORT * USA - Trucking embraces technology

Dec 15, 2008

REPORT * USA - Truck lease-finance sector hurt by economic crisis

Oct 29, 2008

REPORT * USA - Trucking failures continue at record pace

Oct 13, 2008

REPORT * USA - Glut of trucks means carriers won’t pre-buy ’09 models

Oct 7, 2008

REPORT * Denmark - City lorry ban falls through

Sep 12, 2008

REPORT * USA - Dump Semi Trailer Manufacturing in North America

Sep 4, 2008

REPORT * USA - Lack of investment could shrink trucking capacity

Aug 30, 2008

Report * USA - Trucking Industry Has High Rate of Workplace Injuries, Costs

Aug 19, 2008

Delivering Report * USA - Condemning Mercedes-Benz/Daimler Finance Scheme