February 1, 2010
Cover Story
GTM positions tank fleet operations for steady growth
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Charles E Wilson
EXECUTIVES at Grupo Transportes Monterrey (GTM) spent years building a robust fleet maintenance capability. That effort is helping the trucking conglomerate...
Features
Beall Corp expands tank repair capabilities during recession
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Charles E Wilson
ECONOMIC downturns are Opportunity Times, according to James Beall, president of Beall Corporation. The Portland, Oregon, company made very good use of...
Werts Welding earns 2009 Heil dealer service award
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM
HEIL Trailer International presented its 2009 Going the Extra Mile Service Award to Werts Welding & Tank Service Inc, Wood River, Illinois. Dwight Werts,...
Industry News
FMCSA raises safety requirements for new truck, bus companies
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Enforcement is now underway for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA's) New Entrant Safety Assurance Process rule, which requires...
West-Mark opens Fairbanks AK tank shop
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Open since mid-2009, West-Mark's new service center in Fairbanks AK can handle a full range of cargo tank repairs and modifications. The service center...
OSHA proposes
$1.47 million
in explosion penalties
Jan 12, 2010 2:41 PM
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued CES Environmental Services Inc willful and serious citations after an investigation into a fatal explosion at the company’s Griggs Road facility in Houston TX. Proposed penalties total $1,477,500...
Navistar launches first trucks
for India with partner Mahindra
Jan 8, 2010 2:30 PM
Navistar Inc recently celebrated the launch of its first commercial trucks for the Indian market...
PHMSA calling for 205% hike in hazmat registration fee
Feb 3, 2010 10:43 AM
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) says it needs a 205% increase in the registration and fee assessment program for persons and companies that transport and ship hazardous materials ...
Capacity of Texas, Vision join forces to build ZETT
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Vision Industries Corp, producers of the zero-emission plug-in electric/hydrogen fuel cell hybrid Tyrano truck, announced that Capacity of Texas Inc and...
Kinder Morgan announces
renewable-fuels venture
Jan 26, 2010 2:27 PM
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP announced a terminal venture designed specifically to handle renewable fuels. The transaction includes KMP’s acquisition of three unit train ethanol handling terminals in Linden NJ, Baltimore MD, and Dallas TX from US Development Group (USD), and the formation of a joint venture to coordinate access to these terminals, other assets KMP already owns and operates, and other projects under development...
Girard Equipment continues global expansion with a new FL manufacturing facility and corporate headquarters
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Girard Equipment USA has completed its move to new corporate headquarters and a manufacturing facility in Vero Beach FL. Girard locations now include...
Navistar acquires Holley EGR valve technology
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Navistar Inc has acquired from Holley Performance Products Inc certain assets including intellectual property rights to some of Holley's valve technology...
ATA Truck Tonnage Index
jumps 2.7% in November
Jan 5, 2010 11:55 AM
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.7% in November 2009, following a 0.2% contraction in October...
Fleet equipment purchase
plans stabilize: survey
Jan 6, 2010 11:37 AM
Transport Capital Partners’ (TCP) fourth quarter Business Expectations Survey shows carriers are stabilizing on fleet replacement, with a pre-buy unlikely and more interest in buying and selling shown by carriers...
USDG begins operations
at ethanol handling facility
Jan 5, 2010 11:51 AM
US Development Group LLC (USDG), an industry leader in ethanol handling and distribution terminals, announced that its West Colton Rail Terminal has begun to receive and offload ethanol railcars. The terminal in Rialto CA is served by the Union Pacific Railroad and is less than a mile from gasoline blending terminals that supply the greater San Bernardino and Riverside County-Inland Empire region...
USA Harness achieves ISO 9001:2008 quality management certification
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM
USA Harness Inc announced it has been certified to the ISO 9001:2008 quality management systems standard. This registration was achieved September 19,...
NTTC Cargo Tank Maintenance Seminar
New 105-page paper features analysis gleaned from interviews at 19 sites around the country
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Rick Weber
ATTENTION to detail is a key element in extending the service life of cargo tanks, according to Guidelines for the Operation, Repair, Assembly, Testing,...
ATA's Moskowitz says climate change and government's response will be one of the most critical issues facing industry
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Rick Weber
ONE of the most critical issues facing the trucking industry maybe not today, but over the next few years is climate change and what the federal government...
Fleets need to track all maintenance aspects to control costs effectively
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Rick Weber
DO what you know not what you want to do. In Controlling Maintenance Costs and Managing People in a Challenging Economy, the Trincon Group's Jim Buchanan...
Tank modifications, suspension maintenance, lighting top TTMA session
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Rick Weber
THE Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA) Report during the National Tank Truck Carriers annual Cargo Tank Maintenance Seminar and Equipment...
Technology advances making it easier, more efficient to have eyes in the field
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Rick Weber
WITH the rapidly increasing complexity of fleet management, trailer-tracking technology has become of paramount importance. It's the difference between...
People in the News
People in the News
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Fleets Schneider National Inc announced that Shaleen Devgun, vice-president of strategy, planning, and architecture, was recently selected as one of IDG's...
Equipment News
Stat-X First Responders system can arrest shop fires
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Fireaway LLC is announcing that PSE&G, New Jersey's largest utility company, will outfit its fleet of service trucks with Stat-X First Responders, advanced...
BTI All-in-One Coupler can reduce repair, inventory time by up to 66%
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Bulk Tank Inc's All-in-One Coupler can take the place of three types of couplers, reducing repair and inventory time by as much as 66%. Demand for this...
Bendix provides ADB22X service tool kits
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC now offers three new service tool kits for fleet and repair facilities servicing Bendix ADB22X-equipped commercial...
Civacon adds ground verification wire
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Civacon has enhanced its Optic and Thermistor sockets with the addition of the new GS1001 ground verification wire. The GS1001 ground wire assembly, now...
Convention Calendar
Convention Calendar
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM
March 22-24, 2010 Vehicle Maintenance Management Conference (VMMC), University of Washington, Seattle WA.Ph: (206)616-1462 or access www.uw-vmmc.org March...
