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ATRI updates online idling
regulations compendium

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has updated the listing of state and local idling regulations found on its website, www.atri-online.org...

Price of diesel fuel climbs
for second week in a row

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide rose 0.9 cent to $2.928 a gallon, the second straight gain but just the third increase in the past 12 weeks, according to US Department of Energy information...

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
drops 1.4% in June 2010

The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 1.4% in June 2010, although May's reduction was revised from 0.6% to just 0.1%...

Lynden Transport provides
GPS mapping of shipments

Lynden Transport has improved its EZ Tracing system with the addition of GPS mapping of shipment locations while en route over the highway. By clicking on a link on the Lynden Transport website...

ArcLight closes financing
for HFOTCO expansion

AL Gulf Coast Terminals, LLC, a majority owned portfolio company of ArcLight Capital Partners LLC, has closed a $305 million financing supported by the ownership interests in its subsidiary, Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Company LLC (HFOTCO)...

Oiltanking, Dupré Logistics
establish joint venture firm

Oiltanking and Dupré Logistics announced the formation of a joint venture company named Oiltanking-Dupré. This new organization, dedicated to serving customers in need of material handling for pet coke...

Driver appreciation events
can be registered online

As National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (NTDAW) approaches (September 19-25, 2010), companies across the United States and Canada will host special events and promotions in honor of professional truck drivers...

Magellan announces
pipeline contract

Magellan Midstream Partners LP has negotiated a long-term customer contract to transport refined petroleum products on its Houston-to-El Paso TX pipeline, formerly known as the Longhorn pipeline...

Atlantic Bulk Carriers
to distribute BlueSky DEF

Atlantic Bulk Carriers of Wilmington DE has signed on to become a distributor of Prime Lube's BlueSky Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) on the Del-Mar-Va peninsula, which includes the eastern shore areas of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia from the Chesapeake Bay to the Atlantic Ocean...

Schneider National joins towing network

A new, national towing group aimed at bringing greater collaboration and fairer pricing to the towing services available to motor carriers launched recently....