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OTL/UPT recognizes
employee professionalism

Oklahoma Tank Lines/United Petroleum Transports has named Kenny Williams as 2009 Professional Driver of the Year, according to Greg Price, president and chief executive officer...

ATA again welcomes
Quality Distribution

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) welcomes Quality Distribution Inc as a returning member...

Kinder Morgan to acquire
four Slay Industries terminals

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP has signed a definitive purchase and sale agreement to acquire four terminals from Slay Industries for approximately $98 million...

Hoyer purchases 20%
share in InterBulk Group

At the end of December 2009, the Hamburg, Germany-based Hoyer Group signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) with a number of shareholders of InterBulk Group plc, which is listed on the London AIM market...

Canadian shipper costs
stay level in November

Results published by the Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI) indicate that the cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers in November 2009 remained virtually unchanged since October...

Current HOS rules working
but need more flexibility,
industry speakers tell FMCSA

Representatives from affiliates and member companies of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and other trucking industry speakers told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) that the current hours-of-service (HOS) rules are working but need flexibility in the sleeper berth provision...

GTM positions tank fleet operations for steady growth
, By Charles E Wilson

EXECUTIVES at Grupo Transportes Monterrey (GTM) spent years building a robust fleet maintenance capability. That effort is helping the trucking conglomerate...

Capacity of Texas, Vision join forces to build ZETT

Vision Industries Corp, producers of the zero-emission plug-in electric/hydrogen fuel cell hybrid Tyrano truck, announced that Capacity of Texas Inc and...

People in the News

Fleets Schneider National Inc announced that Shaleen Devgun, vice-president of strategy, planning, and architecture, was recently selected as one of IDG's...

Fleets need to track all maintenance aspects to control costs effectively
, By Rick Weber

DO what you know not what you want to do. In Controlling Maintenance Costs and Managing People in a Challenging Economy, the Trincon Group's Jim Buchanan...