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Baystate Biofuels breaks
ground on new terminal

Baystate Biofuels LLC has broken ground on a facility to distribute biodiesel and blended diesel anywhere in New England. The terminal at Osgood Landing in North Andover will be the first full-scale commercial facility in Massachusetts dedicated to biodiesel distribution...

TEPPCO acquires vessels
from TransMontaigne

TEPPCO Partners LP has purchased marine assets, including 19 boats and 28 barges, from TransMontaigne Product Services Inc for all cash consideration of $50 million...

Combustion Safety offers
Twitter service for users

Combustion Safety Inc is now providing Twitter service to keep users informed about important safety and risk events occurring throughout the world...

NACD, ACC sign cooperation agreement

The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) and the American Chemistry Council (ACC) have signed an agreement to closely cooperate in the promotion and performance of their respective environmental, health, safety, and security (EHS&S) initiatives: Responsible Distribution Process (RDP) and Responsible Care...

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...

ArvinMeritor participates
in hybrid truck convoy

ArvinMeritor Inc participated in a June 11 hybrid truck convoy to Capitol Hill, sponsored by Hybrid Truck Users Forum (HTUF) and CALSTART. The event included a briefing and multiple vehicle display at the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington DC...

Biodiesel board voices
RFS-2 proposal concerns

Manning Feraci, the vice president of federal affairs for the National Biodiesel Board, voiced the US biodiesel industry’s concern with the proposed RFS-2 rule at a public hearing hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

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...