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NuStar, TexStar to develop pipeline system

NuStar Logistics LP and TexStar Midstream Services LP have signed a letter of intent to develop a new pipeline system to transport Eagle Ford Shale crude and condensate to Corpus Christi TX. ...

Transplace acquires SCO Logistics

Transplace has acquired SCO Logistics, a Philadelphia PA-based logistics services company focused on chemical industry needs and requirements....

ATA’s Windsor says Congress
needs to pass a highway bill

Barbara Windsor, president and chief executive officer of Hahn Transportation Inc, and chairman of American Trucking Associations, told members of the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit that the trucking industry needs Congress to quickly pass a new surface transportation bill with a focus on highways....

Savage, KCS enter development contract

Savage Companies and Kansas City Southern (KCS) have entered into a joint development agreement whereby Savage intends to construct, own, and operate a large multi-user rail terminal in Port Arthur TX on property owned by The Kansas City Southern Railway Company. The terminal, to be known as the Port Arthur Crude Terminal (PACT), will be served by KCS, and will be designed to bring unit train rail service of Bakken Shale Formation crude oil, as well as other formation crude supplies, to the Gulf Coast for distribution to pipeline or refining consumers in Texas. ...

Flint Hills plans to open office in Ames IA

Flint Hills Resources announced that it will open a new office in Ames IA that will provide up to 20 new jobs. The new regional office will house operations, human resources, and purchasing departments to support four newly acquired Flint Hills ethanol plants throughout Iowa....

ATA supports electronic logging
devices to monitor driver HOS

American Trucking Associations announced that its membership has endorsed a policy supporting federal laws and regulations that would require trucking companies to use electronic logging devices to monitor driver hours-of-service....

Olympia WA truck driver
is chosen Highway Hero

The 28th annual Goodyear North America Highway Hero is an Olympia WA truck driver who helped save the lives of two people in a car that had come to a stop on railroad tracks, including pulling the unconscious driver from his car before it was struck by an approaching train....

SNBC story correction

In the March cover story titled SNBC launches domestic tank container service, Bulk Transporter misidentified the developer of the tank container/chassis...

CEI blasts work restrictions that would result with proposed hours-of-service rule

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has proposed a new hours-of-service (HOS) rule for commercial motor vehicle drivers. The rule...

Service Transport scrambles to keep pace with shipper demand
, By Charles E Wilson

LIFE is good right now for Service Transport Company, a Houston, Texas-based chemical hauler. Put simply, the carrier is running flat out to keep up with...