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Green Energy, Clean Energy partner to fuel new LNG fleet  

Feb 8, 2012

Green Energy Oilfield Services, a Texas-based vacuum fleet operator, signed a 10-year agreement with Clean Energy Fuels Corp, which will build, supply, and maintain a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling station at the Green Energy headquarters in Fairfield TX...

Goodyear makes spread axle trailer tire 

Feb 8, 2012

Tires mounted on spread axle trailers often see challenging conditions. That’s why The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co has developed a new tire for spread axle trailer applications...

PEI publishes safety awareness posters 

Feb 8, 2012

The Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) has announced that two new PEI safety awareness posters are now available for purchase depicting two safety issues in the petroleum equipment industry...

Trimac plans to acquire Fortress Transport Inc 

Feb 2, 2012

Trimac Transportation Ltd announced January 30 that it had entered into a letter of intent to acquire a majority interest in the parent company of Fortress Transport Inc...

Clean Energy, Navistar team up on natural gas trucks 

Feb 2, 2012

In an effort to spur interest in natural gas as a heavy-duty truck fuel, Navistar Inc announced a new natural gas strategy, including integrated natural gas product offerings and a partnership with Clean Energy Fuels Corp...

PHMSA schedules public meeting on special permits 

Feb 2, 2012

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) will hold a public meeting February 29 to discuss the agency’s special permit process...

EPA grants authorization for EcoDual natural gas conversions  

Feb 2, 2012

EcoDual, LLC, a provider of dual-fuel conversion systems for heavy-duty diesel trucks, has achieved authorization from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to begin installing its systems on 2004- to 2009-model year Cummins ISX engines...

SprayOff fender use enhances fleet safety 

Feb 1, 2012

SprayOff Anti-Spray Poly Guard quarter fenders, the latest spray suppression innovation from Betts Spring Company, are lightweight, strong, and incorporate a channel design that controls road spray. Their use on commercial vehicles enhances fleet safety and reduces costs through weight reduction and diminished damage from corrosion....

BTI provides stainless steel hopper tee 

Feb 1, 2012

Bulk Tank Inc is set to manufacture an ultra-lightweight, low-profile, hopper tee cast of foodgrade stainless steel that is close to the weight of cast aluminum. The design of the new tee allows for maximum strength, faster unloading, and lighter weight than any stainless steel tee on the market. The new tee will be 100% American-made, which is important in maintaining the integrity of the foodgrade stainless steel....

Fras-le plans to produce brake lining in US  

Feb 1, 2012

Fras-le North America Inc will begin producing heavy-duty lining at its friction manufacturing facility in Prattville AL. This is the first time that Fras-le has produced heavy-duty brake lining in the United States....

Oilmen’s marks 60 years with open house 

Feb 1, 2012

Oilmen’s Equipment Corp, the parent company of Oilmen’s Truck Tanks, recently celebrated its 60th anniversary with an open house at its corporate headquarters in Spartanburg SC...

Bendix offers 2012 Brake Training School 

Feb 1, 2012

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC announces the schedule for the 2012 Bendix Brake Training School, a program designed for both new and experienced technicians...

Economic factors highly favor trucking shift to natural gas 

Feb 1, 2012, By Charles E Wilson

When asked during World LNG Fuels 2012 what single factor could do the most to spur use of natural gas by the trucking industry, one participant had this to say: “Give us 20,000 CNG (compressed natural gas)/LNG (liquefied natural gas) filling stations overnight across the United States.”...

OPIS, PortStorage Group team up on tank storage database  

Jan 31, 2012

Oil Price Information Service (OPIS), a leader in petroleum spot, wholesale and retail news and pricing data, has partnered with PortStorage Group, an international provider of independent and commercial petroleum tank storage facility information, to create what they say is the world’s largest tank storage database...

Dry freight drivers may need tank truck endorsement 

Jan 31, 2012, By Charles E Wilson

Some dry freight drivers may be discovering that they are considered tank truck drivers by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...

Natural gas will drive US energy market for decades 

Jan 27, 2012

In BP's recently released "Energy Outlook 2030," analysts estimate that in 2030, approximately 81% of the world's energy will come from fossil fuel sources. The report was researched by Industrial Info Resources...

Biodiesel production breaks 1 billion gallon mark  

Jan 27, 2012

The US biodiesel industry reached a key milestone by producing more than one billion gallons of fuel in 2011, according to year-end numbers released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on January 28....

Obama praised for supporting natural gas as transport fuel 

Jan 27, 2012

Responding to President Obama’s January 26 announcement of a four-point plan to aggressively promote natural gas as a vehicle fuel, Richard Kolodziej, president of NGVAmerica, said: This is progress...

USA Tank acquires All State Tank Mfg 

Jan 25, 2012

USA Tank, through its parent Global Storage Solutions LLC, a portfolio company of Cameron Holdings Corporation, announced the acquisition of All State Tank Manufacturing LLC, located in Grove OK...

Hella work lamp consumes less electricity 

Jan 25, 2012

Hella Inc, the North American aftermarket subsidiary of automotive lighting and electronics supplier Hella, has released its new Hella Power Beam 3000 LED work lamp...

Eaton expands Reman warranty coverage 

Jan 25, 2012

Eaton Corporation recently extended the warranty coverage for its lineup of Eaton Fuller Reman and Eaton Fuller FLEX Reman vocational transmissions from 18 months to two years...

OPW division provides Endura swivel joints 

Jan 25, 2012

OPW Engineered Systems, a division of OPW Fluid Transfer Group, continues to set the standard in the transfer of hazardous materials with its Endura Series Dual Split Flange (DSF) swivel joint...

ATA Truck Tonnage Index posts largest annual gain in 13 years 

Jan 24, 2012

The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped 6.8% in December 2011 after rising 0.3% in November 2011. The latest gain put the SA index at 124.5 (2000=100) in December, up from the November level of 116.6...

KBR upgrading Rio Tinto fuel infrastructure in Australia 

Jan 23, 2012

KBR has been awarded a contract to upgrade Rio Tinto’s fuel assets as part of the mining company’s investment in power and fuel supply projects to underpin existing and future expansion of iron ore production capacity in the Pilbara region of Western Australia...

Meritor 2011 Aftermarket Performance System Award Winners 

Jan 23, 2012

Meritor Inc has announced the winners of the 2011 Aftermarket Performance System awards, an internal recognition of its global Aftermarket facilities that achieved the best performance in lean implementation...

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