New EPA air emission program would pose challenges for storage terminals, By Charles E Wilson A new regulatory program from the US Environmental Protection Agency will have a widespread—and potentially very costly—impact on the companies that operate liquid bulk storage terminals, loading racks, and bulk plants. A final rule on the new program is expected by the end of 2012... Bendix says ESC mandate will bring improved highway safety
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC applauded the action taken by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to improve highway safety... Meritor WABCO ESC Can Help OEMs Meet NHTSA Requirements
Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems has confirmed that its SmarTrac Electronic Stability Control (ESC) product has the technology to help ensure that truck tractors and motorcoaches are able to meet the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed standard on electronic stability control systems for heavy vehicles... ChemLogix named a top global chemical 3PL by ICIS Chemical Business
ChemLogix LLC, a leading logistics services provider for the chemical industry, has been selected by ICIS Chemical Business magazine as one of its Top 50 Global Chemical 3PLs for 2012... ATA applauds NHTSA’s ESC proposal as promising development
American Trucking Associations officials said on May 22 that they were encouraged by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's proposed requirement for electronic stability control (ESC) on large trucks. NHTSA's proposal would require trucks to use electronic stability control, which could prevent a significant number of large truck crashes... Volvo details natural gas strategy for North America
Volvo Trucks has announced plans to launch its own 13-liter liquefied natural gas (LNG) engine for North America in 2014. The engine’s advanced high pressure diesel ignition technology will provide significant fuel efficiency gains compared with current natural gas products... ATA directors call on FMCSA to address issues with CSA program
The Board of Directors for American Trucking Associations called on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to make changes to its safety-monitoring system Compliance Safety Accountability. The call for action came this week during the ATA's annual Leadership Meeting at the Vinoy Renaissance St Petersburg Golf Club and Resort in St Petersburg FL... Blackmer adds STX2A transport pump
Blackmer announces the addition of the STX2A transport pump to its growing line of positive displacement sliding vane transport pumps. The STX2A is a 316 stainless-steel, two-inch pump designed for clean, non-abrasive, light-viscosity fluids and chemicals... Chelsea 511 Series provides power density
Power density is what users will find in the Chelsea 511 Series PTO (power take-off). The new coaxial-designed rear-mount PTO provides a compact housing that helps eliminate clearance issues. High-capacity bearings and superior gear designs provide torque ratings up to 590 ft-lb or 800 Nm... EFX90 scissor lift helps raise productivity
Rotary Lift introduces the EFX90, the latest addition to its line of heavy-duty in-ground scissor lifts that use patented design features to lift technician productivity and lower vehicle downtime... RideMaster line enhances air-ride offerings
Reyco Granning’s family of fixed-axle air-ride trailer suspensions has been enhanced with the addition of the RideMaster family, which includes two integrated axle models containing narrow bushings and three wide-bushing U-bolt axle connection models... GreenRoad Central mobile app delivers performance data anytime, anywhere
The GreenRoad Central mobile app for drivers is designed and optimized to give drivers anytime, anywhere access to key performance data. This app runs on Apple iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) and Android mobile and tablet devices... Hendrickson slates suspension training
Hendrickson has scheduled its next round of technical suspension training for the heavy-duty transportation industry with its ninth session of the Hendrickson Vehicle Suspension Institute ... Industry supports NHTSA proposal calling for ECS on Class 8 trucks
National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) was among the groups voicing support for the newly announced National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposal that would require electronic vehicle stability control systems on new Class 8 tractors. The association and its members have been calling for just such a mandate for the past four years... Oiltanking Holding Americas announces United Bulk Terminal acquisition
Bulk Handling USA Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oiltanking Holding Americas Inc, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 100% ownership interest in US-based United Bulk Terminal LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Maritime Group LLC... Petroplex developing multi-modal liquid terminal in St James LA
Petroplex International LLC, a development company of bulk liquid storage tank terminals based in Baton Rouge LA, along with a consortium consisting of Macquarie Group, through its Macquarie Capital division, Quanta Services Inc and individual investor Harley Franco, CEO and founder of Harley Marine Services Inc, announced that it has raised capital to progress the development of a $600 million multi-modal bulk liquid terminal in St James Parish LA with a projected initial storage capacity of four to six million barrels. ... ACT Research: truck orders slow in March and April
ACT Research says in its May issue of the ACT NA Commercial Vehicle OUTLOOK that it continues to believe US economic activity in 2012 will expand at a moderate pace of 2.2% with slow employment growth acting as a brake on more robust growth. Inflationary pressures are expected to hover in the 2% area... FTR Shippers Conditions Index steadies in March, capacity still shrinking
FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for March showed little change from the previous month. The index currently stands at -5.3, representing a moderately unfavorable condition that is expected to persist until the onset of the busy fall shipping season... Meritor MTA suspensions spec’d on new tankers by Bynum Transport
Meritor Inc is pleased to announce that Bynum Transport of Auburndale FL is specifying Meritor’s MTA 23 air-ride suspension, Q Plus drum brakes, ABS with Meritor WABCO Roll Stability Support (RSS), and automatic slack adjusters on its latest Walker Stainless tank trailer order... New ATRI research identifies locations with high truck rollover risk
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) just released findings from the first phase of a three-part research effort aimed at mitigating costly large truck rollovers... Quality Distribution buys Wylie Bice Trucking, RM Resources
Quality Distribution Inc announced more oilfield-related tank truck fleet acquisitions. The newest purchases are fleets that operate in the Bakken oil and gas shale region... Linde drivers test their skills in ‘roadeo’
Linde North America recently completed a “roadeo” at its air separation plant in Gonzales LA. The Linde “roadeo” was a competition designed to showcase and test the skills and safe practice of its tractor trailer drivers... Domestic intermodal container volume surges in first quarter, report indicates
Domestic containers were the big winner in first quarter 2012, gaining 14.9% year-over-year, according to the Intermodal Association of North America’s Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics report... FMCSA’s VanSteenburg calls for improved fleet safety effort, By Charles E Wilson Improvements have been made in truck safety, but 4,000 people still lost their lives last year in truck-involved crashes, according to Jack VanSteenburg, chief safety officer for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). “We can do better; we need to do better,” he told tank truck fleet managers at the National Tank Truck Carriers 64th Annual Conference May 8 in San Francisco CA.... US private equity activity in oil & gas industry hits highest levels in 20 years
Private equity (PE) interest in the US oil and gas industry marked at least a 20-year high during the first quarter of 2012, as the volume of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) reached 11 transactions, which had a total deal value of $11.5 billion, a 120% increase in activity when compared to the same period in 2011, according to PwC US...
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