Hurricane Ike shuts
2 TWIC offices

Two Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)offices are closed in the Houston TX region as of October 1, 2008, as a result of Hurricane Ike, according to information from the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA)...

DOE projects drop
in 2009 diesel prices

Although crude oil prices are expected to be up slightly on average next year, the on-highway diesel retail prices are projected to average $3.91 per gallon in 2009--lower than the 2008 projection, according to the Department of Energy (DOE) Short Term Energy Outlook released October 7...

Vopak purchases ExxonMobil NC terminal

Vopak Terminal Wilmington (NC) Inc has purchased ExxonMobil’s terminal in South Wilmington that Vopak has operated since 1991, according to Vopak information...

PHMSA publishes 49 CFR Part 172 corrections

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is making some corrections in 49 CFR Part 172 regarding hazmat table, special provisions, hazmat communications, emergency response information, and training regulations...

AmeriGas acquires
Penn Fuel Propane

AmeriGas Partners LP, Valley Forge PA, has acquired the assets of Penn Fuel Propane LLC from an affiliate, according to AmeriGas information...

Tesoro files lawsuit in ethanol controversy

Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co has filed a lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to prevent the implementation of a new regulation that the company said would essentially mandate the addition of more crop-based ethanol to gasoline in California...

PHMSA issues revised ethanol information

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is alerting emergency responders to new and revised proper shipping names and identification numbers that may be used for fuel mixtures composed of ethanol and gasoline in various concentrations, according to PHMSA information...

TWIC entry required for more ports

Owners and operators of facilities located within the port zones of Honolulu, Prince William Sound, Southeast Alaska, and Western Alaska must implement access control procedures utilizing the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) no later than February 12, 2009, according to information in the Federal Register September 30...

Greenhunter recovering from Hurricane Ike

Greenhunter Energy Inc, Grapevine TX, reports that its Houston TX biofuels refinery has been substantially cleaned of layers of mud, spilled materials, and debris from flooding. Major mechanical and operational components of the refinery remain intact...

Blackwater acquires New Orleans terminal

Blackwater Midstream Corp, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has agreed to acquire an 800,000 barrel storage terminal in the Port of New Orleans for $4.8 million, according to company information...

NAFTA surface trade rises in July

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 15.9 percent higher in July 2008 than in July 2007, reaching $71.6 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)...

Colonial Pipeline
returns to normal

Colonial Pipeline, Alpharetta GA, has achieved the same flow-rates for gasoline deliveries as the pipeline managed before Hurricanes Gustav and Ike hit the Gulf Coast refining region earlier this month...

Diesel price
climbs slightly

The average price of diesel rose a fraction of a cent last week to $3.959 per gallon, according to information from the Department of Energy...

Truckstop diesel volumes decline

Diesel volumes at truckstops continue this year to decline over 2007 volumes, according to a fuel survey conducted by NATSO, an association representing 1,100 truckstops and travel plazas...

EPA to update toxic materials list

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Chemical Assessment and Management Program (ChAMP) intends to update the current Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory of industrial chemicals by "resetting" it to more accurately reflect the chemicals in commerce, according to EPA information...

Bulk storage site fined $10,000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fined Jim Jonas Inc, located at 16445 Main St, Lower Lake CA, $10,000 for allegedly failing to report its toxic chemical inventory, a violation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, according to EPA information...

EPA funds clean diesel projects

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced the first $3.4 million in funding for clean diesel projects under the $50 million Diesel Emission Reduction Program...

Truck tonnage decreases in August

American Trucking Associations (ATA) advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 1.6 percent in August, marking the largest month-to-month drop since March of this year...

New DOT program to reduce border delays

Freight shippers will experience less delay at US border crossings in California, Texas, and Washington thanks to a Department of Transportation (DOT) effort to prioritize and accelerate projects that ease border congestion, according to Transportation Secretary Mary Peters...

TMW System user conference draws 1,300-plus

TMW Systems, Cleveland OH, reports that its TransForum 2008 User Conference and Exhibition attracted more than 1,300 trucking and transportation services professionals who participated in 280 learning sessions...

Mack Trucks receives ATA thanks

Bill Graves, president of the American Trucking Associations (ATA), has thanked executives and employees of Mack Trucks Inc for the company’s continuing support of ATA’s Share the Road highway safety initiative, including providing a MACK Pinnacle tractor used in the program...

OSHA to hold hearing on PPE proposal

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is convening an informal public hearing beginning October 6 on a proposed rule involving personal protective equipment (PPE) and related training, according to information in the Federal Register...

ATA encourages action
on finance bill

The nation needs speedy action to ease the current financial crisis, said Bill Graves, American Trucking Associations (ATA) president, urging Congress to act quickly to stabilize the US financial system...

NTTC reschedules Texas Safety Council meeting

The National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) Western Region IV Safety Council meeting originally set for October 15 in Houston TX has been canceled as a result of damage from Hurricane Ike and rescheduled for November 20 at the Hobby Airport Marriott, Houston...

Windsor urges Senate
to implement energy plan

Barbara Windsor, Hahn Transportation president, has urged the Bush Administration and Congress to implement a comprehensive energy plan that will ensure an affordable supply of oil and limit the effect of rising fuel costs on the US economy...