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Schneider National expands
fuel-hauling service capabilities

Schneider National Inc is quickly becoming a “go-to” carrier for fuel customers. Since launching the new service in 2008, Schneider has expanded its fleet capacity and extended its service area to include additional locations throughout the Midwest, Southeast, and the southern coast, and is considering additional expansion in the Northeast in the near future...

ATA unveils 18 initiatives
for greater highway safety

American Trucking Associations (ATA) unveiled its new highway safety agenda at a Capitol Hill press conference...

AgTEC offers studies backing
truck weight limit increase

The Agricultural Transportation Efficiency Coalition (AgTEC), which supports increasing the overall gross vehicle weight limits for trucks, has analyzed and made available 11 independent studies. These studies affirm the safety and economic benefits of bringing US truck weight limits closer to Canadian and European standards, and quantify the relationship between truck weights and road and bridge wear. Government agencies conducted or endorsed each study...

Cap-and-trade program
will harm trucking: ATA

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) told a congressional committee that a cap-and-trade program would impose significant costs on truckers and American consumers...

Coalition presses Congress
to raise vehicle weight limit

More than 100 associations and companies—including Coca-Cola, Kraft, and MillerCoors—officially launched the Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP), urging Congress to responsibly raise the federal vehicle weight limit on US Interstate highways...

Price of diesel fuel
surges nationwide

The average price of diesel fuel nationwide shot up 14.6 cents to $2.498 a gallon. This marks the fifth consecutive weekly gain and the largest single-week climb in more than a year. Over the past four weeks, the price has risen 23.5 cents, according to Department of Energy information...

Obama to nominate three
for key administration posts

President Barack Obama plans to nominate these individuals for administration posts: Anne S Ferro, administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; Ernie DuBester, member, Federal Labor Relations Authority; and Julia A Clark, general counsel, Federal Labor Relations Authority...

SGLP enters into asphalt
storage contracts, leases

SemGroup Energy Partners LP (SGLP) has completed the execution of additional asphalt storage contracts or leases related to its asphalt facilities with various counterparties...

Flint Hills Resources plans
to build new fuel terminal

Flint Hills Resources LP, which currently distributes fuels via terminals in Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Bastrop, Austin, Fort Worth, and Waco TX, will build a new fuel terminal in Caldwell County to serve central Texas...