January 1, 2010
Editorial
DHS needs a shakeup
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Charles E Wilson
FROM the very outset the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) looked like some sort of Frankenstein cabinet department cobbled together with a variety...
Industry News
Mack MP diesel engines
are certified for EPA2010
Nov 23, 2009 9:25 AM
Mack Trucks Inc diesel engines have been certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board to meet the near-zero emissions standards that take effect in January 2010...
McLeod Financial Solutions has flexible funding options
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
McLeod Software announces the creation of an internal financing division, McLeod Financial Solutions. To address tightening credit and financing options...
Class 8 commercial vehicle
net orders up in December
Jan 21, 2010 2:37 PM
Net orders for heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles rose to 11,919 units in December 2009, up 37% from December 2008, according to ACT Research Co...
Transplace highlights
effect of NAFTA
on exports, trade
Oct 5, 2009 2:52 PM
Dallas TX-based Transplace experiences firsthand the city’s connection of major interstates, multiple airports, extensive rail systems, and close proximity to Gulf of Mexico freight ports...
Haldex combines Brake Controls, Air Management units into one entity
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Due to strong synergies between the Brake Controls and Air Management business units, Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems is merging these two business...
US economic recovery
expected to continue
in 2010, panel predicts
Dec 11, 2009 2:50 PM
Economic growth in the United States will resume in 2010, say the nation’s purchasing and supply management executives in their December 2009 Semiannual Economic Forecast. Expectations for 2010 are for positive conditions experienced in the second half of 2009 to continue in manufacturing, while the non-manufacturing sector foresees marginal growth...
Sleep apnea and trucking
is topic of 2010 conference
Dec 7, 2009 4:05 PM
The American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA) announced plans to conduct a first-ever national conference on sleep apnea and trucking. The one-day conference will be held May 12, 2010, at The Westin Baltimore Washington–BWI in Baltimore MD and is preceded May 11 by a reception and keynote address from NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman...
Blendstar breaks ground
for new biofuel terminal
Dec 1, 2009 8:56 AM
Blendstar LLC announced the groundbreaking for a biofuel transload terminal to distribute ethanol and biodiesel along the Gulf Coast...
NACD members excel in safety, performance, new report indicates
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) has released its 2008 Membership & Performance Data Report. This report states, NACD member companies...
Kinder Morgan now sending biodiesel on Oregon Pipeline
Sep 28, 2009 2:50 PM
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) has started commercial transportation of blended 2% biodiesel (B2) through its 115-mile Oregon Pipeline that runs from Portland to Eugene OR...
Commercial trailer orders
show strength in October
Dec 7, 2009 4:13 PM
Net orders for commercial trailers in October increased 80% from September and 124% from a depressed October 2008, according to ACT Research Co...
Dupr Logistics expands into Birmingham AL area
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Dupr Logistics LLC announced the expansion of its Energy Distribution Services group into the Birmingham AL market. Four trucks and 13 employees will...
Discounts provided on TriPac APU preventative maintenance
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Thermo King has announced discounts on preventative maintenance services for the TriPac hybrid auxiliary idle reduction and temperature management system...
EPA, CARB certify Volvo
diesel engines for 2010
Nov 23, 2009 9:19 AM
Volvo Trucks North America’s D11 and D13 engines have been certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board as meeting upcoming 2010 diesel emissions standards...
Invest in highways
to rebuild economy,
ATA official tells Obama
Dec 7, 2009 4:15 PM
Investing in highways is the quickest, most efficient way to create jobs and restore the economy, American Trucking Associations Past Chairman Charles “Shorty” Whittington told President Obama at the National Jobs Summit recently...
DTNA receives telematics service, application award
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) was awarded the Best Telematics Service & Application for Commercial Vehicles award by Telematics Update for its new...
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...
Economic recovery begins;
truck freight growth lags
Nov 6, 2009 3:13 PM
The recovery has begun, according to the latest issue of The North American Commercial Truck and Trailer Outlook published by FTR Associates, but the transportation industry forecast company warns that any significant freight growth is not expected until 2010 with increased orders for equipment to follow later in the year...
Commercial vehicle market
growth should surge in 2011
Dec 15, 2009 2:35 PM
While the medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicle markets are expected to grow modestly off weak 2009 production—the lowest level of production since 1991—the sector will see significant growth in 2011, according to ACT Research Co...
ATA urges improvement
in border infrastructure
Oct 29, 2009 3:21 PM
Improving security and efficiency of freight transportation across borders will require more funds for infrastructure, more reasonable enforcement of trade security program rules, and giving the lead role in coordinating federal efforts to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency, Celadon Group Inc Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Stephen Russell told a congressional panel...
ArvinMeritor opens new technical center in India
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
At an event in Bangalore, India, recently, ArvinMeritor officially opened a new technical center that will lead the company's advanced product development...
House approval
of chemical security
act disappoints NACD
Nov 10, 2009 2:31 PM
After the US House of Representatives approval of HR 2868, the Chemical and Water Security Act of 2009, the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) issued this statement...
CB&I is awarded contract for Gorgon LNG project
Oct 5, 2009 2:28 PM
CB&I has been awarded a contract valued at approximately US$550 million by Chevron Australia Pty Ltd for the LNG and condensate storage tanks at the Gorgon LNG liquefaction project on Barrow Island in Australia...
Blackmer earns DSCC's Recognition for Excellence Bronze Award for 2008
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
The Military & Marine Group within Blackmer recently received the Defense Supply Center, Columbus (OH) Recognition for Excellence Bronze Award for 2008....
NRDC sues Long Beach CA
to overturn port settlement
Jan 6, 2010 11:41 AM
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) announced it was filing suit against the City of Long Beach CA to overturn a settlement with the American Trucking Associations (ATA) that ended litigation over the Port of Long Beach truck concession plan. Long Beach settled the lawsuit after the US District Court of Appeals declared the concession plan illegal...
Port of Long Beach
official chastises
NRDC over criticism
Oct 28, 2009 10:09 AM
The recent legal settlement between the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and the Port of Long Beach is good news for clean air, Port of Long Beach Executive Director Richard Steinke said in a letter on the port’s website...
Apex Logistics puts trust in RSC from Meritor WABCO
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
In August 2004, Mike Siebert climbed into a truck cab for a demonstration of Meritor WABCO's Roll Stability Control (RSC) system, and 15 minutes later,...
Arkansas cement hauler thriving with strong customer service focus
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Charles E Wilson
HUGH McConnell III spends little time looking back at the past year and the economic challenges that came with it. His focus is on 2010 and well beyond....
Rice Lake acquires Precision Loads
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Rice Lake Weighing Systems announces the purchase of Precision Loads of Seattle WA, completed as of October 2009. Since 1993, Precision Loads has been...
LogiChem 2010 will convene in April
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
LogiChem 2010, the ninth annual European bulk and specialty chemical supply chain conference, is set for April 20-22, 2010, at The Hilton Hotel in Dusseldorf,...
Innovative Computing offers DFConnect tool for fuel management
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Innovative Computing Corporation has introduced the DFConnect fuel management tool. This new fuel purchase method, along with two patent applications,...
Construction Hauling
Construction hauling will grow in 2010 with gradual improvement of the economy
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
ALTHOUGH it's no surprise that his Year-End 2008 Forecast anticipated a severe 2009 downturn, Portland Cement Association's Chief Economist Edward Sullivan...
Transportation construction firms expecting 40% layoffs in 2010
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
While the $27 billion dedicated to highway construction in the $775 billion stimulus package likely saved thousands of construction-related jobs, it was...
House approves $39 billion for infrastructure programs
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
MAJORITY Democrats in the House of Representatives barely mustered enough votes to pass the Obama Administration's Jobs for Main Street Act of 2010 (HR...
Seabees paving the way to victory in southern Afghanistan
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Lindsey
SEABEES assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 have been charged with improving some key convoy routes in Afghanistan's Helmand Province....
India's construction growth may bring US opportunities
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
THE RISE in disposable income in India has spelled boom times for the construction chemicals market, as building contractors are realizing the importance...
NRDC attacks ignore
success of Clean
Truck Program: ATA
Nov 16, 2009 2:40 PM
In a series of blogs and open letters, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) attorney David Pettit has attacked the Port of Long Beach CA for working with the trucking industry to develop a Clean Truck Program at the port that is achieving positive results, creates a tightly controlled regulatory atmosphere to ensure that those results are sustained and built upon, and also ends costly litigation...
NTTC Fall Safety Meeting
Tank truck carriers prepare for the arrival of Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Rick Weber
MEMBERS of National Tank Truck Carriers Inc (NTTC), as well as the rest of the trucking industry, are bracing for the nationwide launch of Comprehensive...
FBI looking for members of trucking industry to join InfraGard program and share information to protect country's security
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Rick Weber
TAKE it from a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent named Justice: The landscape has changed since September 11, 2001. Before 9/11, I couldn't...
Qualcomm's Bauckman says legislators must be educated on technology that can help drivers without increasing driving distractions
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Rick Weber
THE American Trucking Associations' (ATA) Executive Committee voted in August 2009 to support a bill introduced by Sen Charles E Schumer (D-NY) to ban...
Storage & Terminaling
New England petroleum distributor upgrades operating technology
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
NOT MANY companies into celebrating a 100th anniversary. To reach that level of success, they must be able to adjust to an ever-changing marketplace and...
Animal renderer G A Wintzer & Son chooses SafeRack gangways
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
THE reality of domestic meat production be it beef, pork, or poultry is that only 50% of the animal can be used in edible food applications. The rest...
People in the News
Fleets
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
After more than 35 years in the transportation industry and 11 years with Ruan Transport Corporation, Mike Kandris retired September 30, 2009, from his...
Suppliers
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Dover Fluid Management, a segment within Dover Corporation, has named Dean E Douglas president of Pump Solutions Group (PSG). He brings 20 years of pump...
Associations
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Bruce H Schechinger, president of BHS Marketing LLC, Salt Lake City UT, was named the 2009 Distributor of the Year by the National Association of Chemical...
Equipment News
Delphi agrees to supply
Allison hybrid components
Dec 10, 2009 9:32 AM
Allison Transmission Inc has entered into a long-term business agreement with Delphi Automotive Systems LLC. Under terms of the agreement, Delphi will supply Allison Transmission with key hybrid drive system components and energy storage systems...
Todo-Gas couplings for transferring LPG
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Distributed exclusively by Novaflex, Todo-Gas couplings with new, patented tapered valve seating are specifically designed for the safe transfer of LPG...
Pneumatic Conveying Filter Screen renders flow restriction impossible
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Engineers at Bulk Tank Inc have once again eliminated an annoying and costly problem for the industry. BTI's Pneumatic Conveying Filter Screen prevents...
Kenworth adds Allison LBSS as select transmission feature
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Kenworth Truck Company now offers Allison Transmission's Load-Based Shift Scheduling (LBSS) as a standard feature on select Allison transmissions with...
Haldex warns against using imitation height control valves
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Imitation height control valves have been designed to appear identical to genuine Haldex height control valves in order to convince the user they'll perform...
DVIR auditing service assists compliance
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
J J Keller & Associates Inc's new Driver's Vehicle Inspection Report (DVIR) auditing service scans, audits, and archives vehicle inspection documents....
Spring brake chamber debuts in TRP's aftermarket offerings
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
TRP Aftermarket Parts is introducing the TRP spring brake chamber manufactured for use in all Class 6, 7, and 8 trucks, trailers, and buses. The TRP spring...
Shell Rotella energizes its portfolio of engine oils with ladder of protection
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
The Shell Rotella Energized Protection product portfolio is led by three heavy-duty engine oils that are part of a tiered ladder of protection. Shell...
Chevron Delo 400 LE 10W-30 offers better fuel economy
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
After laboratory and field testing in heavy-duty engines, Chevron's Delo 400 LE SAE 10W-30 oil has demonstrated an ability to provide fuel economy improvements...
SmarTire TPMS provided via Bendix distributors
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
SmarTire Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) by Bendix CVS is now available to fleets through the network of Bendix OES and independent aftermarket...
Iridium to expand satellite services offering in Mexico
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
To accelerate growth in the Mexican market, Iridium Communications Inc has signed three additional distribution partners in Mexico. These three new partners...
Westport Innovations,
Volvo enter agreement
Nov 25, 2009 1:58 PM
Volvo has entered into an agreement with Westport Innovations Inc as a Tier 1 Development Supplier for its heavy-duty natural gas engines and associated supply chain...
Dealers offer IntelliRoute TND 500 navigation device
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
More than 400 Freightliner, Sterling, and Western Star dealers throughout the United States are offering a new truck navigation device designed specifically...
Smart Lamps integrate strobing LEDs and turn signal override functions
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
OEMs and fleet operators will find a lot to like in Peterson's latest additions to its patented line of Piranha LED Smart Lamps warning light technology...
Arctis two-speed fan drives bring efficient engine cooling
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Horton Inc has introduced Arctis two-speed fan drives, a better, more efficient engine cooling for medium-duty trucks, buses, severe-service vehicles,...
Yara, Colonial partner to supply and sell DEF
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Yara North America Inc, producer and distributor of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), signed Colonial Chemical Company as the agent of its Air1 brand. Yara...
Cervis units include DSSS technology
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Cervis Inc's SmaRT Base Unit BU-906R-FTS for 12-volt DC fuel transfer systems features six One Form C relay outputs, each rated at 10 amps max. All connections...
Toolbox 9.0 diagnostic software expands its support of systems
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems is offering Toolbox 9.0, the latest PC-based diagnostics software for its pneumatic and hydraulic antilock braking...
The DAWG monitoring tool goes cross-platform
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
TMW Systems announced that its exception alerting system, The DAWG, is now a fully cross-platform system that includes a native AS/400/IBM i version for...
Distracted-driving video is free of charge
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
In response to the recent National Distracted Driving Summit held in Washington DC, Smith System is offering its distracted-driving video free of charge...
Rand McNally MileMaker system is going global
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Rand McNally's MileMaker mileage and routing information software is going global. The company is introducing MileMaker Global, a single-source system...
New Literature
TMW software improves fuel supply chain operations
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
TMW Systems announced a portfolio of fuel supply chain management applications designed to meet the needs of fuel supply chain operations for convenience...
Westmor Industries revamps its website
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Westmor Industries, a Morris MN-based manufacturer of petroleum and liquid handling equipment, has launched a redesigned website at www.westmor-ind.com....
Clutch guide wall chart, brochure offered
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems has recently created the Heavy Duty Clutch Guide Wall Chart and Clutch Guide/Cross Reference Brochure. The wall chart...
McLeod releases definitive software
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
McLeod Software announces the second of its 2009 semi-annual product releases, described by the company as definitive systems for truckload carriers and...
SmartDrive study quantifies driver distraction for fleets
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
SmartDrive Systems announced results of a large-scale study of commercial fleets to quantify driver distraction and identify the root causes, providing...
Video from MI addresses safe handling of methanol
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
The Methanol Institute (MI) has produced a video titled Methanol Safe Handling: A User's Guide that is now provided as a free DVD. This video is also...
Product Showcase: Suspensions
Kenworth offers Hendrickson Primaax EX for vocational use
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Kenworth Truck Company now offers the Hendrickson Primaax EX suspension for vocational applications with the Kenworth T800, W900, and C500 models. The...
Ridewell expands its suspension lines
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Ridewell announces the release of two new RAR-260 30,000-lb-capacity suspensions. The design of this latest release of the value-priced RAR-260 line of...
Convention Calendar
Convention Calendar
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
February 7-10, 2010 2010 National Biodiesel Conference & Expo, Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, Grapevine TX.Ph: (800)841-5849 February 9-12,...
