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Dupré expands in Southeast

Dupré Logistics LLC announced the expansion of its Site and Private Fleet Services group into North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina markets. The group will service the inter-branch needs of the southeast region of Univar, a long-time client...

ATA Truck Tonnage
Index advances in April

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased for the sixth time in the past seven months, gaining another 0.9% in April 2010. This followed a 0.4% increase in March...

Fleet hiring capability might
constrain driver supply: report

For fleets needing additional drivers, the constraint will be in their ability to hire and train prospects from the available labor pool, according to FTR Associates’ Driver Supply Update for May 2010...

Chemtura Corp signs long-term
contract with Odyssey Logistics

Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corp (OL&T) has entered into a new long-term contract with Chemtura Corp, a global specialty chemicals company based in Philadelphia PA...

NuStar acquires Asphalt Holdings from equity firm

NuStar Energy LP has reached an agreement with Denham Capital, an energy- and commodities-focused global private equity firm, to acquire Denham’s equity holdings in Asphalt Holdings Inc for $44.1 million...

Stena Bulk adds another
Suezmax tanker to its order

Stena Bulk, which recently confirmed an order at Samsung Shipyard for six in-house-designed Suezmax tankers for delivery in 2011-2012, has placed one more order of a Suezmax tanker...

Westway completes
Port Allen LA expansion

Westway Terminal Company LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Westway Group Inc, has successfully completed and commissioned the Phase 1 and 2 expansions of its terminaling facility at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge in Port Allen LA...

Safety departments more important than ever
, By Charles E Wilson

These are busy days for tank truck fleet safety managers and the companies that employ them. Safety compliance challenges are growing by the day, and...

Winning plan
, By Charles E Wilson

If not the youngest, Andrews Logistics Inc certainly has to be one of the youngest tank fleets to earn the National Tank Truck Carriers top safety award....

Vigillo plans to release
PSP Driver Scorecards

Vigillo LLC, creators of data mining software products designed to aggregate, organize and deliver complex fleet safety information in an easy-to-read scorecard format, has announced the upcoming release of its Vigillo PSP Driver Scorecards...