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....
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