The transport of horses in double-decker trailers is dangerous and inhumane. Double-deck trailers are designed for smaller livestock, and the USDA has prohibited their use in the transport of equines ...

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 ...

[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 ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends lawmakers from the US House of Representatives for including the Horse Transportation Safety Act (HTSA) in transportation legislation ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...