Sustainability

New hybrid refrigeration system developed

HINO and KARIYA, Japan — In what they are calling a world’s first, Hino Motors Ltd. and DENSO Corp. have co-operated on the creation of a new hybrid refrigerator system for heavy-duty trucks.

Driving for Profit: Changes to US regulations in a holding pattern

When is an update not an update? When there is no new information to report, but a report must be made anyway.

AN UPDATE ON COLD STAR’S VANCOUVER ISLAND NATURAL GAS PROJECT

Sticking with natural gas for a bit, in a recent edition of Hooked Up I wrote about Cold Star Freight’s plan to bring natural gas trucking to Vancouver Island. The company ordered 10 Mack tractors and was planning to open a CNG fuelling...

MARKET TO REMAIN DEVOID OF 15L NATURAL GAS ENGINE…FOR NOW

News came last week that Cummins was putting development of its 15-litre natural gas engine on “pause”, which means the market will be without one for the foreseeable future. Westport announced last fall that it would stop taking...

IN WHICH I SPECULATE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF A 15L NATURAL GAS ENGINE AND WHY WE MAY NOT SEE ONE FOR A WHILE

In October 2012, I wrote in Hooked Up about the foresight of Cummins in developing a natural gas engine market as far back as 2002, when natural gas wasn’t yet at the forefront of anyone’s mind. Most engine OEMs at that time were...

Bakken crude and train derailments: Ever tried wrapping a scalpel in a bubble pack?

Approving the XL pipeline is the best way to ensure against another train derailment disaster the magnitude of Lac Megantic, argues Roger McKnight, senior petroleum analyst with En-Pro International Inc.

UPDATED: Cummins to “pause” development of 15L natural gas engine, leaving void in marketplace

TORONTO, Ont. -- Cummins has confirmed to US trucking publication Commercial Carrier Journal that it will be putting development of its 15-litre natural gas engine on hold, leaving the market devoid of a 15-litre product after Westport...

Canada more receptive to LNG vehicles than US

HOUSTON, Texas -- As open as the Canadian market is to LNG vehicles, it still pales behind the reception China is giving the alternative fuel.

Pacific Coast Canola to truck canola oil to biofuel manufacturer

WINNIPEG, Man. — A special crop, pulse and canola processor has signed a major delivery contract, thanks to its trucking capabilities.

FleetSmart’s third Mark Dalton novel is now On Ice

Mark Dalton rides again in “On Ice”, the third and final full-length novel which is now available free from Natural Resources Canada's FleetSmart program  Mark Dalton is the trucker-private detective character created by author...

FedEx Express converts electric trucks to hydrogen hybrids

LATHAM, NY – FedEx Express is hybridizing some of its electric delivery trucks.

CONVERTING WASTE TO FUEL

Here’s an interesting tidbit that I picked up at the Natural Gas Vehicle Infrastructure Conference last October, and have yet to do anything with. One of the presentations at the conference was by Dan Pio, v.p. and COO of Progressive...

COLD SNAP IMPACTS TRUCKING

“Cold enough for ya,” said in my most obnoxious voice. Truckers and carriers (and truck writers) right across much of North America are currently coping with some unprecedented cold weather that’s doing more than just making...

Bringing gas to the Island

VICTORIA, B.C. – Cold Star Freight is breaking new ground with its purchase of 10 natural gas Mack tractors. The company is the first to bring natural gas fuelling infrastructure to Vancouver Island, and is also among the smaller Canadian...

A DUAL FUEL CNG SOLUTION

A neat arrangement between a truck rental chain, a natural gas distributor and a fuelling system developer is making it possible for fleet owners to benefit from the low cost of natural gas without the high up-front cost of the equipment....