Management: Trends

Frac-sand trailer hardware now available from Sure Seal 

Sep 20, 2011

Sure Seal Inc, a division of OPW Fluid Transfer Group, now offers the industry a full line of dry bulk trailer components that have been designed to deliver optimized performance on frac-sand trailers. The package includes field-proven products such as the LM Series manhole cover, swing check valves, series 2000 pressure relief vents, butterfly valves, aeration systems, hopper tees, and quick release couplers...

Hybrid medium-, heavy-duty truck sales to surpass 100,000 units by 2017: report  

Sep 20, 2011

As the global economy begins tentative steps toward recovery, truck manufacturers are looking to technologies that can help mitigate the rising cost of diesel fuel while meeting increasingly strict emissions requirements....

TransCore Freight Index rises in August 

Sep 20, 2011

TransCore’s North American Freight Index climbed 47% in August 2011 compared with the same month in 2010, marking the eighth consecutive month that spot market freight availability reached an all-time same month high....

Survey: Preventive maintenance a top fleet priority 

Sep 20, 2011

Preventive maintenance (PM) scheduling is the top priority for the majority of fleets that use maintenance management software. According to an ongoing survey by Arsenault Associates, 56% of fleets that employ maintenance software use it first and foremost to automate PM scheduling...

Webtech Wireless announces first TMWSuite customer 

Sep 20, 2011

>Webtech Wireless Inc, a provider of vehicle fleet location-based services (LBS) and telematics technology, announced the successful deployment of its Quadrant solution, integrated with TMWSuite from TMW Systems, for new Webtech customer, Troyer Ventures Inc...

Girard Equipment's Smart Vent receives patent 

Sep 14, 2011

Girard Equipment USA, Linden NJ, has been awarded a US patent on a new style of pressure relief vents for intermediate bulk containers ...

Tank Service hits sales milestone; buyer gets rebate 

Sep 14, 2011

TANK Service Inc, Houston TX, recently celebrated a notable milestone with the sale of its 4,000th tank container. The tank container buyer was presented with a $4,000 rebate to commemorate that milestone...

Law firm digging into possible tanker driver pay violations  

Sep 14, 2011

>Baron and Budd, a nationwide law firm, is investigating possible overtime pay violations by tank truck transportation companies after a recent $14 million settlement in a California case brought attention to the issue. The law firm reportedly now is targeting Texas fleets...

Global freight figures suggest weak growth ahead 

Sep 13, 2011

US tank truck carriers benefitted over the past year from strong overseas demand for chemicals and other liquid and dry bulk cargoes. However, the latest global freight data collected by the International Transport Forum suggests a slowdown in international trade as the global economic recovery loses momentum...

ATA highlights burdensome nature of unnecessary HOS proposal 

Sep 7, 2011

In a letter to Cass Sunstein, administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) urged the Obama Administration to live up to its promise to industry to relieve the burden of unnecessary regulations as it considers changes to the hours-of-service rules...

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