Petroleum deliveries fall in August

Petroleum deliveries in August fell more from the previous year than at any other time in a year-to-year decline since 1982, according to a monthly report from the American Petroleum Institute (API)...

FMCSA issues hazmat permit notice

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued an enforcement policy notice...

California resort reports fuel compromise

A load of 100 percent ethanol recently was added to a storage tank of unleaded gasoline at an incorporated resort village on Catalina Island CA where the mixed fuel was sold to customers...

Schneider, Army Reserve in joint recruitment

Schneider National Inc, Green Bay WI, and the US Army Reserve have launched a public-private partnership that allows the two organizations to recruit, train, and employ individuals interested in both serving the nation and pursuing a career in the transportation and logistics industry...

Stolt-Nielsen to acquire Taby Group

Stolt-Nielsen SA, London, England, has signed an agreement to acquire the tank container operations of Taby Group, a privately held company in Hamburg, Germany with annual turnover of about $120 million...

Ports notified to implement TWIC procedures

The US Coast Guard has notified owners and operators of facilities located within Captain of the Port Zones of Hampton Roads VA, Morgan City LA, New Orleans LA, Upper Mississippi River, Miami, Key West, and St Petersburg FL that they must implement access control procedures utilizing Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) no later than January 13, 2009...

DOT announces funding for hurricane repairs

The federal government is making $5 million available immediately to begin funding work to repair roads, bridges, and airports damaged by Hurricane Ike...

Lynden Transport
wins quality award

Shippers voted Lynden Transport and Lynden International/Lynden Air Freight of Anchorage, Alaska, top carriers in Logistics Management magazine's 25th annual Quest for Quality Awards...

Miller Transporters
takes home honor

Miller Transporters Inc, Jackson MS, has been named a Readers Choice award winner by Logistics Management magazine in its annual Quest for Quality edition...

Carrier calls for one driver credential

With the Houston Gulf Coast area reeling from the effects of Hurricane Ike, testimony September 17 before a House subcommittee noted the importance of a single access credential for truck drivers who respond to emergencies...

EPA reminder:
Report storm spills

As business and industry officials return to their facilities in the wake of Hurricane Ike in the Houston/Gulf Coast area, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reminding them to report spills to the National Response Center...

Tank truck carriers ready
for transportation demand

"Gentlemen (and ladies) start your engines" could be the motto for the tank truck industry in the hurricane-ravaged area of Houston's Gulf Coast as carriers and tank cleaning facilities prepare for shippers to come back on line....

Energy industry
responds to hurricane

Although the Houston Gulf Coast area is suffering from the effects of Hurricane Ike, the American Petroleum Institute (API) is reporting that the problems for the oil industry appear to be less than those associated with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005...

ATA to seek port injunction review

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) will seek immediate review of US District Judge Christina Snyder’s denial September 10 of ATA’s request for a preliminary injunction against the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to halt implementation of their concession agreements...

Association touts
Algae biofuels

Algae holds great potential to provide a high-yield, non-food source of biodiesel, ethanol, and aviation fuels, according to information from the National Algae Association (NAA)...

Mexican company wins
NACD process award

Pochteca Materias Primas SA de CV of Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico, is the recipient of National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) 2008 Responsible Distribution ProcessSM Excellence Award, according to NACD information...

ATA gives thumbs up
on Highway Trust fund boost

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is praising Congress for approving legislation that will transfer $8 billion into the Highway Trust Fund and keep it solvent, according to ATA information...

Osage Bio to convert barley for ethanol

Osage Bio Energy (OBE), Glen Allen VA, has executed a construction contract to build its Appomattox Bio Energy (ABE) facility in Hopewell VA, according to Osage information...

Volvo coordinating DME project

The Volvo Group, Stockholm, Sweden, is coordinating the European project BioDME, which is a cooperative project involving the fuel dimethyl ether (DME), according to Volvo information...

Freight TSI rises in July

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 1.2 percent in July from its June level, rising for the fourth consecutive month, the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported...

Ruan hauls supplies to Gulf Coast storm victims

Ruan Transport Corp, Des Moines IA, is hauling water, food, and other supplies for residents in the Gulf Coast area who were affected by Hurricane Gustav, according to Ruan information...

Kinder Morgan acquires Wilmington terminal

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Houston TX, has purchased a petroleum and chemicals products terminal in Wilmington NC, according to company information....

DHS notes new Manufacturing Council

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has formally recognized the creation of the new Critical Manufacturing Sector Coordinating Council (CMSCC) composed of companies such as automakers, heavy equipment manufacturers, and steel producers...

IdleAire under new ownership

IdleAire Inc, Knoxville TN, comprised of six investment management companies, now owns essentially all of the bankrupt IdleAire Technologies Corp assets, according to IdleAire Inc information...

Dana moving headquarters

Dana Holding Corp, Toledo OH, plans to sell its corporate headquarters building and grounds and relocate to its existing Automotive Systems Technology Center in Maumee OH, according to Dana information...