OOIDA testifies on private versus public toll roads
When highways are privately owned, those private companies are able to raise toll rates year after year despite that the motoring public has already paid taxes and user fees to build those roads, according to information presented to a House subcommittee by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA)... TRALA supports legislation to prohibit new rental taxes
The Truck Renting and Leasing Association (TRALA) is supporting federal legislation that would prohibit states and localities from imposing what is said are new discriminatory motor vehicle rental taxes, according to TRALA information... Quala Systems buys Brite Clean
Quala Systems Inc, (QualaWash) Tampa, Florida, has acquired four tank cleaning facilities from Brite Clean Inc located in Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas, said Michael Bauer, QualaWash president.... DistTech opens new Ohio terminal
Distribution Technologies Inc (DistTech), Newbury OH, has opened a new 9,300-square-foot terminal in Ironton OH that replaces a smaller terminal in the area... Efficiency, carrier selection topics at NTTC meeting
Plans to improve efficiency and a carrier selection initiative were subjects two shippers presented at the National Tank Truck Carriers Annual Conference ... Detroit, Laredo top truck border ports
Detroit MI on the Canadian border and Laredo TX on the Mexican border were the top ports for the value of trade moved by truck in 2006, according to a new special report on North American freight transportation from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).... Idaho, Montana ports of entry set for ACE use
Electronic presentation of cargo information will be required to be transmitted through ACE truck manifests at ports of entry in Idaho and Montana... Diesel price slides almost 2 cents
The average price of all on-road diesel fell again last week by almost two cents, topping off at $2.773 per gallon, according to information from the Department of Energy.... DOT to fund California overpass repairs
The Department of Transportation has announced an initial $2 million in federal emergency relief will be available to California to repair the MacArthur Maze overpass near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge ... Freight TSI rises 1.3 percent in March
The Transportation Services Index (TSI) for freight rose 1.3 percent in March from the February level, rising after two monthly declines... Survey: Third of carriers to order power units in next 3 months
Some carriers plan to order power units within the next three months, according to an April survey of 31 for-hire and private fleets contacted by CK Commercial Vehicle Research... NACD asks for modifications to DHS hazmat list
National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) has filed comments on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) chemical facility anti-terrorism standards related to a list of chemicals and quantities that trigger a facility's requirement to fill out a "top screen" consequence assessment questionnaire... PHMSA sets bulk loading/unloading risk workshop
As part of Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) efforts to review bulk loading and unloading of hazardous materials and to develop risk reduction strategies, the agency has scheduled a public workshop... Foothills plant to incorporate Kreido biodiesel unit
Kreido Biofuels Inc, Camarillo CA, and Foothills Bio-Energies, a North Carolina-based biodiesel manufacturing company, have announced an agreement to incorporate Kreido’s STT biodiesel processing unit (BPU) into Foothill’s plant.... Continental Fuels acquires UPDA
Continental Fuels Inc, San Antonio/Houston TX, has closed a stock purchase agreement with Universal Property Development and Acquisition Corp (UPDA)... Volvo joins European fight to reduce alcohol-related crashes
Volvo Trucks has launched a cooperative venture with the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) to conduct a three-year campaign to reduce alcohol-related traffic accidents... Truck Tonnage Index up in March
The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 1.2 percent in March, which was the second consecutive monthly gain. ... BioMaxx to build demo biodiesel plant in South Asia
BioMaxx Systems Inc, Toronto, Ontario, Canada has announced it is completing the final planning process for a biodiesel demonstration plant in either Indonesia, Malaysia, or Thailand... Mack, Volvo laud EPA guidance on catalytic reduction
Mack Trucks Inc, Lehigh Valley PA, and Volvo Trucks North American have characterized the recently issued Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidance on selective catalytic reduction (SCR) as a key step in the ongoing effort to dramatically reduce diesel engine emissions... BNSF to change rates for certain hazardous materials
BNSF Railway Co, Fort Worth TX, will restructure some of its rates based on railcar risk factors related to certain hazardous materials such as anhydrous ammonia and chlorine... Plastic resin industry rebounds in 2006
Production in the US plastic resins industry rebounded 3.1 percent in 2006 from the powerful blow dealt by the major hurricanes that swept through the Gulf coast in 2005... Dana to sell non-core fluid hose/tubing division
Dana Corp, Toledo OH, has entered into a stock and asset purchase agreement for the sale of Dana's non-core fluid products hose and tubing business to Orhan Holding AS... Senator takes issue with TWIC development
Despite $99.4 million in appropriations from Congress and six years spent in development, the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (WIC) continues to languish at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)... Board issues safety advice on 2005 UK terminal disaster
Fuel storage terminals should determine safety integrity level requirements for overfill prevention systems by taking into consideration nearby sensitive resources or populations... PHMSA proposes hazmat revisions for certain cargo tanks
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is proposing hazmat regulations revisions that address issues submitted by petitions from certain members of the industry that address structural integrity requirements ...
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