March 1, 2010
Cover Story
Wash rack helping D F Hammonds run lean in Memphis
Mar 1, 2010 2:54 PM, By Charles E Wilson
FIND OUT what the customer wants, and work hard to meet those expectations. Repeat the process every single day. In a nutshell, that is Denny Hammonds'...
Features
PSC opens West Memphis location; facility enhancements continuing
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
PSC CONTAINER Services Division's leadership probably couldn't have picked a better spot for a new tank wash rack to serve the greater Memphis market....
Brenner, PSC team up for tank maintenance in West Memphis
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
JUST five wash racks in the PSC Container Services Division have third-party maintenance shops. The company's new West Memphis, Arkansas, facility is...
HTI Tank Wash started as a facility to service only Harkrader Trucking, but 25 years later, it's handling major work in the Bay Area
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Rick Weber
HARKRADER Trucking Inc (HTI) is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its six-bay tank-wash facility in Oakland, California which is rather amazing to owner...
Blue Diamond | Foodgrade rack finds growth opportunities in northwest Iowa
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
One of the newest commercial foodgrade wash racks in the Midwest opened in mid-2009 in Le Mars, Iowa. Blue Diamond Tank & Truck Wash can handle a wide...
Editorial
Are terrorists targeting US fuel shipments?
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Charles E Wilson
A STUDY published in January seems to suggest that terrorists could be targeting gasoline and propane shipments in the United States. Requested and funded...
Industry News
Hoyer purchases 20%
share in InterBulk Group
Feb 4, 2010 10:34 AM
At the end of December 2009, the Hamburg, Germany-based Hoyer Group signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) with a number of shareholders of InterBulk Group plc, which is listed on the London AIM market...
Navistar pursues dual-fuel
MaxxForce big-bore engine
Feb 16, 2010 9:10 AM
Navistar Inc has signed a concept development agreement with Clean Air Power Ltd to develop Navistar’s MaxxForce 13 big-bore engine to run on natural gas and clean diesel fuel for the North American market...
Letters to the Editor
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Dear Editor: I had to respond to your article about DHS (DHS needs a shakeup, Bulk Transporter, January 2010, page 6). We here in Arizona have been running...
ATA again welcomes
Quality Distribution
Feb 8, 2010 9:56 AM
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) welcomes Quality Distribution Inc as a returning member...
USDG begins constructing
rail terminal to handle oil
Feb 16, 2010 9:12 AM
US Development Group LLC (USDG), a Houston TX-based developer of logistics and terminal facilities, announced that construction has begun on its new St James Rail Terminal, a crude oil and condensate unit train handling and distribution hub in the Gulf Coast region of Louisiana. The St James facility is US Development Group’s first crude oil/condensate terminal in a planned nationwide network of such terminals...
Bendix offers SmarTire TPMS discount
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC is offering SmarTire Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) at a cost savings to aftermarket distributor customers...
People in the News
Fleets
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Gnter-Friedrich Maas has taken over management of the business unit Chemilog at the Hoyer Group effective from the beginning of 2010. He succeeds Ortwin...
Suppliers
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
John F Cannon, formerly vice-president of sales and marketing for Brenner Tank, a division of Walker Group Holdings, has been promoted to vice-president...
Associations
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Frank Reiner has been named incoming president of The Chlorine Institute Inc (CI). Reiner, who joined CI in 2005 after 16 years with the Union Tank Car...
Northwood University salutes Grote CEO
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Northwood University recognized William Grote III, chairman and chief executive officer of Grote Industries, as one of six nationally known business men...
Equipment News
Torrent 3-D water jet tank cleaning head offers higher flow, more power, longer life
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
The Torrent, a new 3-D water jet tank cleaning head from NLB Corp, has higher flow than previous models for more cleaning power, with advanced features...
Oilmen's receives approval for tank truck DEF system
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
On October 29, 2009, after six months of research and development, the Department of Agriculture Weights and Measures certified Oilmen's Truck Tanks'...
Dunlop launches SmartWay-verified tires
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Dunlop has announced a new line of fuel-efficient, long-haul tires that qualify as EPA SmartWay-verified technology. The line of steer, drive and trailer...
Convention Calendar
Convention Calendar
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
March 31, 2010 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), hazardous materials training seminar, Tulsa Tech, Riverside Campus, Tulsa...
Product Showcase: Pumps
Viking Pumps expands its high-pressure, positive displacement pump offerings
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Viking Pump has expanded its line of high-pressure positive displacement pumps to 190 gpm (43 cubic meters/hour), with either sealless Viking Mag Drive,...
Enterprise Series rotary vane compressors designed for high-pressure fluid discharge
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Mouvex, an operating company within Dover Corporation's Pump Solutions Group (PSG), announced that its Enterprise Series rotary vane compressors with...
ProVane's Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing improves terminal efficiency
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Blackmer, an operating company within Dover Corporation's Pump Solutions Group (PSG), announces that its ProVane motor speed vane pumps are ideal for...
