Bill would close loophole on trailer ban affecting livestock haulers. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) WASHINGTON — Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., has been advocating for more humane transportation of ...

WASHINGTON -- Unfortunately, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation recently included the double-deck trailer ban in S. 1950, the Commercial Motor Vehicle Enhancement Act of ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds Chairman James Oberstar (D-MN), of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for bringing the Horse Transportation Safety Act (H.R.

Belgian postal operator Bpost is investing in 19 new double-deck trailers, aiming to increase transport efficiency ahead of ...

Washington, DC—Late Monday night, Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced The Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2011 (S. 1281) to ban double deck trailer ...

Doleco's ConnectedDeck design allows workers to quickly and easily deploy and adjust an entirely decked, ready-to-load, two- or three-beamed cargo platform within seconds. Double-decking systems have ...

This story appears in the Aug. 12 print edition of Transport Topics. Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate last week would make illegal the interstate transportation of horses in double-decker ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Legislation that would ban the transportation of horses in double-decker trailers would cost the nearly 80 contractors who transport ...

A Mac Trailer aluminum drop deck’s transition area includes the 90-degree step (upper left) and a large curved “radius” beneath the upper and lower decks (center). The radius evenly distributes weight ...

John Mackirdy Limited, based in Bute, Scotland, recently took delivery of a new Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19 MT (multi-temperature) refrigeration unit, which the company mounted to its first double ...