USDG gets ethanol
at Maryland terminal 

Nov 6, 2008

US Development Group LLC (USDG), Pasadena TX, has begun to receive and offload ethanol railcar unit trains at its Baltimore MD Transload Terminal, a multi-modal ethanol distribution hub serving the mid-Atlantic region...

Report on Mexican trucks
finds few OOS rates 

Nov 6, 2008

Although a report on Mexican trucks crossing into the United States indicated a larger sample of carriers is needed to make a statistically significant comparison of safety performance, the findings showed that the project participants had lower out-of-service rates (OOS) relative to the OOS rates for all US-domiciled trucks...

Some TWIC activation now available 

Nov 4, 2008

Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)workers already in compliance in New England ports are now able to activate their cards after the TWIC computer system was down from a power outage...

Fuel additive manufacturer agrees to $1.25 million fine 

Nov 4, 2008

Biofriendly Corp, incorporated in Nevada with principal offices in Covina CA, has agreed to pay the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) $1.25 million for manufacturing and selling an unregistered fuel additive in Texas and California, according to EPA information...

ATA unveils highway safety agenda 

Nov 4, 2008

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has unveiled the details of a highway safety agenda designed to reduce the number of highway-related fatalities and injuries for all drivers on the nation’s highways, according to ATA information.

Augmenting an established platform of successful safety initiatives, ATA outlined what is said are 18 critical steps for further reducing highway crashes among all motorists.

The 18 safety recommendations supplement ATA’s existing safety agenda, which includes promoting greater safety belt use by commercial drivers; re-instituting a national maximum speed limit; speed governing of all new trucks; and a decade-long initiative to create a national clearinghouse for drug and alcohol test results.

The recommendations were made earlier by ATA’s Safety Task Force and adopted by ATA’s Board of Directors at the annual Management Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans.

Ten recommendations to improve truck and passenger vehicle driver performance are:

•Policy on the use of non-integrated technologies while the vehicle is in motion

•Policy supporting uniform commercial drivers license (CDL) testing standards

•Support for a CDL graduated licensing study

•Advocate for additional parking facilities for trucks

•Advocate for a national maximum 65mph speed limit

•Pursue strategies to increase the use of seat belts

•Support for a national car-truck driver behavior improvement program

•Support for increased use of red light cameras and automated speed enforcement

•Support for graduated licensing in all states for non-commercial teen drivers

•Support for more stringent laws to reduce drinking and driving.

Three recommendations that focus on making vehicles safer are:

•Support targeted electronic speed governing of certain non-commercial vehicles

•Require electronic speed governing of all large trucks made since 1992

•Advocate for new large truck crashworthiness standards.

Five recommendations that will improve federal oversight are:

•Advocate for a national employer notification system

•Create a federal clearinghouse for positive drug and alcohol test results of CDL holders

•Support a federal registry of certified medical examiners

•Create a policy supporting access to the national Driver Information Resource

•Support for required safety training by new entrant motor carriers....

Truck Tonnage index decreases in September 

Nov 4, 2008

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.9 percent in September, marking the third consecutive month-to-month drop, according to ATA information...

Diesel price continues downtrend 

Nov 4, 2008

The average price of diesel continued in a downward trend last week, dropping 20 cents to $3.088 per gallon, according to Department of Energy data...

Greenhunter Biofuels acquires terminal waterfront site 

Nov 4, 2008

Greenhunter Biofuels LLC, Grapevine TX, has acquired a lease option for twenty-two (22) acres of waterfront acreage in Port Sutton FL...

Odyssey Logistics experiences double-digit growth 

Nov 4, 2008

Odyssey Logistics and Technology Corp, Danbury CT, a global logistics and transportation service provider for chemical and process industries, has been experiencing double-digit growth this year by expanding globally, according to company information...

TWIC program facing enrollment, issuing challenges 

Nov 4, 2008

The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) and the maritime industry continue to face enrollment and issuing challenges in implementing the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program...