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ATA Truck Tonnage Index jumps 2.2% in December

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.2% in December 2010 after falling a revised 0.6% in November...

Diesel fuel’s price climbs for eighth gain in a row

Diesel fuel’s national average price rose for the eighth consecutive week, gaining 2.3 cents to $3.43 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

MOL initiative aims to cut CO2 emissions

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd (MOL) has established a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) and started its use with the MOL tanker fleet. The SEEMP provides the most efficient vessel operation method (optimum route selection, appropriate maintenance, and so on considering slow steaming, ocean currents, and weather) to reduce CO2 emissions while ensuring safe operation and maintaining a strict operation schedule. ...

Three Flint Hills terminals earn Star status

Flint Hills Resources announced that three of its Wisconsin fuel terminals have been recognized for earning the Star status under the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program....

Trucking group contends FMCSA
manipulates HOS fatigue factor

In an effort to rationalize a change in federal hours of service (HOS) requirements for professional truck drivers, the US DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) misapplied its own crash numbers to elevate driver fatigue as a cause of truck crashes, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) said. ...

Price of diesel fuel surges to seventh straight gain

In one of the steepest increases in recent months, the national average retail price of diesel climbed for a seventh consecutive week...

FTR Shippers Condition Index stuck in neutral entering 2011

FTR Associates reports that the Shippers Condition Index (SCI) was hovering near the neutral reading of zero at the end of 2010, reflecting the continuing effects of the earlier pause in the economic recovery...

Odyssey Logistics acquires Optimodal Inc

Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation (OL&T) has acquired Optimodal Inc, an intermodal company specializing in multi-modal transportation of ISO tanks and related services throughout North America...

Price of diesel fuel logs its sixth straight advance

The price of diesel fuel rose for the sixth straight week although its increase slowed, gaining 0.2 cent to a national average $3.333 a gallon at the pump, according to US Department of Energy information...

Mullen Group expands fluid capabilities

Mullen Group Ltd announced a number of transactions that will expand its fluid handling and hauling capabilities in northern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia...