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Aegean acquires
double-hull barge

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc announced that, through a company affiliate, it has taken delivery of the ITB Provider, a 2001-built, 2,315-metric-tonne double-hull barge to be renamed PT 22, from an unrelated third party...

Vitol opens second
phase of expansion

Vitol Tank Terminals International (VTTI) officially opened the second phase of an expansion of the Euro Tank terminal in Rotterdam, Netherlands, at a ceremony May 28, 2009. This expansion was completed on time and within budget, with first product received at the end of 2008...

ATA Truck Tonnage
Index falls in April

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 2.2 percent in April 2009 after plunging 4.5 percent in March. April marked the second sequential decrease...

World containership fleet
poised for upturn: report

Despite the current overcapacity of tonnage and disastrous shipping rates, the world containership fleet is expected to continue its rapid growth curve, albeit at a slightly reduced rate, as deliveries are taken from shipyards and new shipbuilding orders start to pick up later this year...

ATA’s Safety Management
Council seeks nominees

ATA’s Safety Management Council recently announced the 2009 ATA award deadlines for a number of its top safety awards. Entries for the ATA National Driver of the Year, National Safety Director Award, State Trucking Association Recognition Program awards....

Worst of recession
is over, FTR report says

In a recent flash report to its subscribers, forecasting firm FTR Associates reported that “recent data suggests that the worst of the recession is over.”...

Fleets

Randy Sheeler joined HR Ewell Inc, the East Earl PA-based foodgrade carrier, as vice-president of operations. He previously served as president and chief...

Obituaries

E W Johnson Jr of Landenberg PA, former vice president of operations at Matlack Inc, died April 1, 2009, at the Chester County Hospital in West Chester...

Award-winning safety starts at the top at Jack B Kelley Inc
, By Charles E Wilson

When Jack B Kelley Inc won the National Tank Truck Carriers' (NTTC's) top safety award this year, management left no doubt who deserved most of the credit...

Drilling for hazmat safety

It was every tank fleet manager's nightmare. A chemical transport rolled over on its side in an urban area, and a hazardous material was leaking from...