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Electronic log system
pays off for Dupré

Increased productivity and driver safety using new technology continues to pay off for Dupré Logistics with its use of an electronic log system. The electronic system mounted on each truck replaces the traditional paper log generated manually by truck drivers, allowing for better accuracy and compliance with fatigue rules and resulting in increased safety performance...

Road Safe America slates
Drive Safer Sunday 2009

The fifth annual national observance of Drive Safer Sunday is set for November 29, 2009, and the American Trucking Associations joins the advocacy group Road Safe America in urging all drivers to focus on safety...

CF Industries confirms
fatal ammonia release

CF Industries Holdings Inc confirmed that a fatal release of anhydrous ammonia occurred during loading operations at its ammonia terminal at Pine Bend MN...

Stena Bulk opens Brazilian
office, plans new tankers

Stena Sonangol Suezmax Pool has opened a representation office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Stena Bulk will add two new Suezmax tankers to the pool...

Hoyer 2008 annual report
wins international prize

International logistics service provider Hoyer GmbH Internationale Fachspedition, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, has received the Silver Award in the Transportation & Logistics category, presented by the LACP (League of American Communications Professionals), for its 2008 annual report...

Stolt-Nielsen SA acquires
LPG carrier Althea Gas

Stolt-Nielsen SA (SNSA) has agreed to acquire through its subsidiary Stolt-Nielsen Gas Ltd the 82,557-cbm LPG carrier Althea Gas from Iino Kaiun Kaisha of Japan...

Westway Group signs
$175 million credit facility

Westway Group Inc announced the signing of a new three-year, $175 million senior secured revolving credit facility. The facility is being provided by a nine-bank syndicate led by JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and was arranged by JPMorgan Securities Inc...

FMCSA to add fifth option
to roadability final rule

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has responded to a petition for reconsideration of the final roadability rule and will amend the regulations to allow a fifth intermodal equipment marking option...

Price of diesel fuel dips
for second straight week

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide dropped for a second straight week, falling 1.1 cents to $2.79 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...