The owner of three Washington trucking companies pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to violate Clean Air Act emissions controls and to fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief money.
Pavel Ivanovich Turlak pleaded guilty Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. From August 2017 through November 2023, Turlak removed the required air pollution control equipment and tampered with federally mandated monitoring devices on diesel trucks. He admitted to...
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As part of the visit, the so-called US/CSG dialogue meeting is being held on Wednesday, which is a meeting between the American authorities and members of the Consultative Shipping … |
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Jacksonville, Florida-based Patriot Rail has completed its acquisition of Delta Southern Railroad (DSRR), which operates two line segments in Louisiana.
DSRR operates over 40 miles of track between two lines and it serves two port facilities on the Mississippi River, Lake Providence Port and Madison Parish Port. The short-line operator first announced plans to acquire DSRR in September.
DSRR interchanges with Kansas City Southern and Union...
Several U.S. soybean producer groups are planning to help fund the construction of a Pacific Northwest terminal that would be used to ship soybean meal exports.
The Iowa Soybean Association, the Kansas Soybean Commission, the Nebraska Soybean Board, the North Dakota Soybean Council, the South Dakota Soybean Research and Promotion Council and the Soy Transportation Coalition say will they collectively provide $900,000 toward pre-engineering, design and site development costs for AG Processing’s...
Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting images in trucking, transportation and weather. This week features blizzards in the Plains and Mountain West, snow and tornadoes (on separate days) in the South and flooding in the Pacific Northwest.
Related: Mountain passes closed in Washington due to snowstorms
Blinding blizzardsWell…the tow operators have been busy today on I-84. Here's what we're dealing with out in #easternOR today. #ChainUp...
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Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting images in trucking, transportation and weather. This week features washed out roads and rails in the Pacific Northwest, rare horseshoe clouds, 18-wheelers tipped over by winds in Montana and more.
Water, water everywhereRelentless rounds of heavy rain have recently soaked the Pacific Northwest, from Washington to British Columbia. It was the culmination of a series of storms that hit the region over...
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A massive wind and rainstorm that began Friday triggered flooding and mudslides in the Pacific Northwest near the Canada border, leading to evacuations, power outages and the closure of several highways.
British ColumbiaThe storm slammed parts of Canada, where wind and storm warnings were issued Monday in British Columbia.
Please avoid all travel to #Abbotsford and the surrounding areas. Emergency crews dealing with extensive flooding and any additional traffic volume will hamper their...
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Fall officially began Wednesday afternoon in the continental U.S., ushering in the season of football, fun and foliage. For truckers on the road, it’s a chance to enjoy the beauty of the leaves changing colors across the country. In a FreightWaves Twitter survey, this is how they ranked the following four places that feature some of the best fall foliage in the country.
Great Smoky MountainsTruckers said the Great Smoky Mountains straddling the Tennessee-North Carolina border is the best place...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/most-dazzling-fall-foliage-spots-for-truckers
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