This story appears in the Aug. 16 print edition of Transport Topics. Federal legislation that would ban the use of double-decker trailers to transport horses has drawn the ire of trucking and other ...
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 ...
Imagine not being able to lift your head for hours on end in a moving vehicle. For horses forced to travel in double-deck trailers, this is the reality. While experts agree that the proper ceiling ...
“Double-decker trailers are designed for cattle and hogs, not horses,” Menendez said Monday. “This legislation would put a much needed end to the inhumane and unsafe practice of transporting horses in ...
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 ...
Some custom projects are so out there, so out of the ordinary, so wild, that we just can't resist bringing them to light. This is the exact case with the results before us today, this luscious and "no ...
Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the US House of Representatives for passing the Horse Transportation Safety Act (HTSA) today as part of a massive infrastructure bill. The ...
[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 ...
Asda has added 55 dual-temperature refrigerated double-deck trailers from Winsford-based Tiger Trailers, boosting chilled and ...
Asda's fleet is set to gain 55 temperature-controlled step-frame moving-deck double deck trailers, manufactured by Tiger, ...
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for passing the Horse Transportation Safety Act (HTSA) June 10 as part of surface ...