emissions regulations

Here’s why truck manufacturers’ current order discipline won’t last

Two blue and one orange Volvo sleeper cabs on a highway

Order-taking discipline by truck manufacturers continued in June, but don’t expect it to become permanent. OEMs depend on making engines, transmissions and aftermarket parts as well as new trucks..

“No one ever got rewarded for not selling trucks,” Kenny Vieth, ACT Research president, told FreightWaves on Wednesday. “Sales have historically been a battle for market share. If I’m vertically integrated, I’m not just selling a truck. I’m selling an engine and a transmission.”

New truck builds are...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/heres-why-truck-manufacturers-current-order-discipline-wont-last

Net-Zero Carbon recap: Impacts of regulations on trucking

FreightWaves' Thomas Wasson and the new president of the Truckload Carriers Association discuss the impacts of environmental regulations on the trucking industry.

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Net-Zero Carbon Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How regulations and environment impact trucking

DETAILS: Jim Ward and Thomas Wasson, enterprise trucking carrier expert at FreightWaves, discuss how regulations on nitrogen oxides (NOx) and other emissions impact the trucking industry. They also dive into how companies want to thoroughly test alternative fuels before switching over their fleets.

SPEAKER: Ward is president of the Truckload Carriers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/net-zero-carbon-recap-impacts-of-regulations-on-trucking

Trucking coalition wants way around looming CARB emissions rule

A diverse coalition of trucking groups is urging the California Air Resources Board to consider alternative solutions to an emissions rule that would require owners that operate in the state to upgrade their aging equipment to include 2010 model year or newer diesel engines by the end of the year.

In the letter to Richard Corey, executive officer of the California Air Resources Board, 26 trucking organizations, including the American Trucking Associations, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucking-coalition-wants-way-around-looming-carb-emissions-rule

How can zero-emissions shipping be commercially viable?

The Getting to Zero Coalition released a report about how to make zero-emissions shipping commercially viable.

The Getting to Zero Coalition, with a goal to decarbonize the shipping industry, released a report Tuesday about how different policy measures could aid in making zero-emissions shipping commercially viable.

The World Economic Forum, the Global Maritime Forum and Friends of Ocean Action are members of the Getting to Zero Coalition. The report was created in partnership with maritime consultancy UMAS.

On its current path, projections estimate that shipping-related greenhouse gas emissions will...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-can-zero-emissions-shipping-be-commercially-viable

Daily Infographic: US Releases First-Ever Comprehensive Aviation Climate Action Plan to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions by 2050


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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/daily-infographic-us-releases-first-ever-comprehensive-aviation-climate-action-plan-to-achieve-net-zero-emissions-by-2050

Environmental, freight policy experts seek ‘bold commitments’ ahead of climate summit

Environmental regulations experts weigh in on the upcoming COP26 climate conference.

Transportation was responsible for about 26% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2018 and nearly 29% of U.S. emissions in 2019, according to International Energy Agency and Environmental Protection Agency data. 

Moving goods around the world has become the norm, and considering the demand for freight is expected to rise drastically by 2050, the path to net-zero emissions will not be easy.

Commitments made at an upcoming climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, could “drive change and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/environmental-freight-policy-experts-seek-bold-commitments-ahead-of-climate-summit

Why is reducing emissions in freight so hard?

AskWaves dives into why transportation and freight is such a difficult sector to reduce emissions.

Experts often say greenhouse gas emissions are “hard to abate” in the transportation, freight and supply chain industries. The sector’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels means that substantial investments in infrastructure and technology are necessary to get to net-zero emissions.

Issues that make decarbonizing freight difficult include the:

  • Higher upfront costs for some sustainable solutions, even if the total costs of ownership are lower.
  • Scalability, range, weight and other technological...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-is-reducing-emissions-in-freight-so-hard

Generations divide over role of fleets, governments in sustainability regulations

The implementation of stricter environmental regulations is a topic of hot debate within the transportation industry ⁠— one with a fairly distinct generational divide. 

Convoy’s Sustainability in Trucking Snapshot Report, released in August, gathered feedback from 593 carrier respondents, 43% of which expressed neutrality regarding the tightening of government regulations for sustainability initiatives. However, twenty-five percent of those drivers with 20-plus years of experience claimed...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/generations-divide-over-role-of-fleets-governments-in-sustainability-regulations

How much carbon does the transportation industry emit annually?

AskWaves explores the CO2 impacts of transportation globally.

The almost exclusive reliance on fossil fuels to power vehicles, vessels, trains and aircraft puts the transportation industry on a collision course with regulators around the world seeking to slow climate change from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

FreightWaves and Commercial Fleet data recently estimated that one truck has the same carbon footprint as 14 people in a year: 223 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. 

But what about the entire transportation industry?

Transportation was...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/how-much-carbon-does-the-transportation-industry-emit-annually

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