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, 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.

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 ...

Legislation that would ban the transportation of horses in double-decker trailers would cost the nearly 80 contractors who transport livestock to rodeos all over the U.S. more than $4 million in extra ...

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 ...

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 ...