Dow receives hazmat prevention award

The Dow Chemical Company has received the Hazardous Accidental Release Prevention (HARP) Excellence Award from the Kansas City Railway Company (KCSR). ...

Truck Tonnage Index drops in December

The American Trucking Associations' (ATA) advanced seasonally adjusted for-hire Truck Tonnage Index dropped 3.0 percent in December as automakers trimmed production. ...

Volvo Trucks recalling 42,000 trucks

Volvo Trucks North America has informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the company will initiate a voluntary safety recall on approximately 42,000 Volvo VN and VHD model trucks manufactured from November 2002 to January 2006 and equipped with the Volvo D12D engine. ...

ChemTrans announces new alliance

ChemTrans, Gardena CA, has announced a strategic alliance to merge its Southern California operations and deliver increased liquid bulk transportation services, primarily in the Western United States. ...

Michelin joins ATA's Share the Road program

Michelin Americas Truck Tires has joined Mack Trucks Inc and Chevron Delo as a major sponsor of the American Trucking Associations Share the Road highway safety program....

Schneider adds Thermo King TriPac APU to O/O tractors

Schneider National Inc, Green Bay WI, has announced changes to its owner-operator tractor leasing program in which all new units leased or sold by Schneider's financing subsidiary will include Thermo King TriPac heating and cooling units in aerodynamic Freightliner Century, Kenworth T2000, Volvo 780, and Peterbilt 386 and 387 tractors....

OOIDA files HOS lawsuit

The Owner-Operator Independent Driver's Association (OOIDA) has filed a court challenge requesting review of the new hours of service (HOS) regulations for truck drivers, according to association information....

Carlile opens Tacoma facility

Carlile Transportation Systems, Anchorage AK, has opened a state-of-the-art facility near the Port of Tacoma WA....

TransMontaigne, BP sign new terminal pact

TransMontaigne Inc (TMG) has announced the signing of a terminal exchange agreement with BP Plc (BP). ...

CP to expand intermodal terminals

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) plans to spend $25 million on intermodal terminal improvements in 2006, according to CP information. ...

Indiana counties change time zones

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced a final rule that will change the clock for eight of 17 Indiana counties seeking to move to the Central time zone, according to DOT information. ...

C-TPAT under review

US Customs and Border protection officials are currently engaged in a review of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) security criteria for trucking companies, according to the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA)....

ATA seeking Road Team nominees

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has opened the selection process for the 2007-08 slate of the trucking industry’s top driver-ambassadors: America’s Road Team sponsored by Volvo Trucks North America. ...

Polar opens new Texas repair facility

Polar Service Centers has opened a new seven-bay repair facility in Beaumont TX managed by Allen Clark, who also manages the company's Houston shop. ...

Transport fire shuts down NY expressway

An ExxonMobil petroleum transport overturned in New York City January 16 on the Brooklyn/Queens Expressway and became engulfed in flames, closing the highway, shutting down the subway in the area, and causing the evacuation of several nearby buildings, according to news reports....

Suspicious person sought in trucking incidents

The Highway Watch program's Highway Highway Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) has issued a request for assistance from members of the trucking and law enforcement community in identifying a person who has been asking questions about tank truck deliveries and operations, as well as taking photographs of vehicle equipment....

CSB posts video on NaHS dangers

The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has posted on its Web site a new video illustrating the work of the agency on the hazards of sodium hydrosulfide....

ATRI seeks idling study teams

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) is seeking project teams to demonstrate and evaluate mobile idle reduction technologies on heavy-duty trucks, either installed as part of the truck manufacturing process or prior to the truck being placed in service. ...

Kinder Morgan announces expansion

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Houston TX, has announced a $57-million major expansion project and acquisition on the East Coast....

Hoyer sells tank storage terminals

Hoyer GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, has sold its tank storage facilities, Tanklager-Gesellschaft TLG, to the British Simon Storage Limited. ...

Trucking industry short 20,000 drivers

The long-haul, heavy-duty truck transportation industry in the United States currently is experiencing a national shortage of 20,000 truck drivers, ATA reported in its US Truck Driver Shortage: Analysis and Forecasts issued in 2005. ...

NBB, MBC call for better biodiesel quality

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) and the Minnesota Biodiesel Council (MBC) have presented an action plan to the Minnesota Department of Commerce to increase biodiesel quality control measures and ensure that only high-grade product is released into the state’s pool, according to information from NBB. ...

ArvinMeritor pleased with transmission ruling

ArvinMeritor Inc and ZF Friedrichshafen AG are delighted with the latest ruling from the International Trade Commission on the importation of the FreedomLine transmissions that are manufactured by ZF Friedrichshafen in Germany....

Volvo wins appeal in pricing dispute

The United States Supreme Court issued a ruling January 10 in favor of Volvo Trucks North America, Greensboro NC, in a dispute with one of its dealers regarding competitive pricing practices, according to Volvo information....

Freight transportation index drops in October

The Transportation Service Index (TSI) for freight fell 0.4 percent to 111.3 in October from the September level of 111.8, falling for the fourth time in five months to its lowest level since December 2004. ...