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WHEN Murphy Oil USA decided to ship diesel by rail from the company's motor fuel and asphalt refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, managers began planning...

Fleets

DistTech Inc welcomes five company drivers to its Million Miles Club and another two drivers to the Two Million Miles Club. These drivers achieved one...

High flying

WHEN Air Force One lands at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston, Texas, it is a virtual certainty that the distinctive blue and white...

Tank fleet revenues sag during one of worst recessions
, By Charles E Wilson

TANK fleets struggled during 2009 to minimize the financial damage from one of the worst recessions in US history. In fact, this was the first time since...

ILTA celebrates 30th
, By Rick Weber

IT'S time for the Big Three Oh. But instead of mourning the loss of extended adolescence, the International Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA) will celebrate...

Labelmaster schedules
fifth Dangerous Goods
Instructor's Symposium

Labelmaster will hold its fifth annual Dangerous Goods Instructor's Symposium, set for September 22-24, 2010, at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 511 North Columbus Drive, in downtown Chicago IL...

HOS rules are working
but need flexibility: ATA

Current federal hours-of-service (HOS) rules, which govern the durations that a commercial driver can be on duty and behind the wheel, have played a role in improving highway safety...

TransCore freight index jumps 259% in March

Spot market freight availability increased by 259% in March 2010 compared with the same month in 2009, according to TransCore’s North American Freight Index. The high load volume in March, added to the atypically high totals of January and February, contributed to the strongest first quarter volume since 2004...

Trucking groups praise
VA governor for keeping
vow to reopen rest areas

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) and the Virginia Trucking Association (VTA) congratulate Virginia Gov Bob McDonnell on reopening 19 safety rest areas along the commonwealth’s highways one day ahead of schedule...