..."in part because low sulfur diesel fuel is not available in Mexico"
Mexico City,DF,MEX -Fleet Owner, by Brian Straight -January 24, 2011: -- While the U.S. has offered up a preliminary document that it says will satisfy its requirements under NAFTA to allow Mexican trucks to operate inside the borders of this country, the head of Mexico’s largest trucking association says not so fast... Speaking to reporters after meeting with Mexico’s transportation secretary, Juan Carlos Muñoz, president of National Chamber of Motor Transport of Freight, said that Mexican trucks would be unable to meet EPA environmental standards ... Oil companies in Mexico “do not have sufficient capacity to supply the diesel suitable for these new technologies,” Muñoz said... That, if true, should alleviate fears of many in this country and could be a major sticking point as U.S. and Mexican negotiators debate the fine points of any new program... (Photo from aftermathnews.files.wordpress: mexican trucks at border in Nogales,MEX )
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