Murex NA Ltd, Cetane Energy LLC announce unit train, storage tank, throughput agreement
Murex NA Ltd and Cetane Energy LLC announced a new crude oil railcar loading agreement in New Mexico. The companies will expand the existing Cetane facility in Carlsbad NM to add a crude oil storage tank and a 110-railcar unit train transloading facility for crude oil... OSHA, NIOSH issue hazard alert focusing on silica exposure risk for workers handling frack sand
The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health have issued a hazard alert on ensuring that employers in hydraulic fracturing operations take appropriate steps to protect workers from silica exposure... NationaLease maintenance managers meet
The NationaLease Spring Maintenance Managers Meeting in Greenville SC in May provided a mix of technology, product, and professional education, as well as a measure of motivation and inspiration provided by keynote speaker Jay Blake, racing’s only blind race crew chief... Labelmaster guide aids in HCS compliance
Labelmaster has released the GHS Product Guide that features a complete line of training materials, labels, pictograms, mini-pictograms, custom labels, printer, printer accessories, SDS binders, and software to help meet the newly revised OSHA Hazard Communication Standard... SI Onboard 9150 digital CAN weighing system can provide tilt compensation
Vishay Precision Group Inc announced that SI Onboard, a brand of the VPG On-Board Weighing product line, has introduced a digital on-board weighing system in North America... Bosch expands QuietCast product line
Bosch has introduced a new series of QuietCast medium-duty premium disc brake pads, expanding the QuietCast brake product line with the addition of 24 medium-duty brake pad numbers... Bond-Rite self-testing grounding clamps receive IECEX approval
The intrinsically safe, Bond-Rite self-testing static grounding clamps from Newson Gale are designed to establish and continuously verify safe low-resistance static grounding and bonding in hazardous area conditions... TCP survey finds that CSA continues to be a concern for both carriers and shippers
Results from Transport Capital Partners’ (TCP) Second Quarter 2012 Business Expectations show that not only are carriers concerned about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s CSA regulations, but they have also found some of their shippers to be concerned about CSA scores as well... FMCSA issues guidance on oilfield HOS duty status
In response to confusion and misinterpretation, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently issued a notice of regulatory guidance on oilfield exceptions to the hours of service rules. The guidance was published in the June 5 Federal Register... FMCSA changes requirements for container chassis inspection reports
Drayage drivers no longer have to submit inspection reports if no defects or maintenance issues are found on a container chassis... Macquarie receives $110 million payment from liquid storage subsidiary
Macquarie Infrastructure Company announced it has received a $110.6 million payment from its bulk liquid storage terminal business. On March 30, 2012, an arbitration panel awarded MIC and its co-investor in International-Matex Tank Terminals a total of $221.2 million in dividends for the five quarters ending December 31, 2011... Overall logistics rise 6.6% in 2011, account for 8.5% of GDP
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) released its 23rd Annual "State of Logistics Report," presented by Penske Logistics. The report reveals that total US business logistics costs in 2011 rose to $1.28 trillion, a 6.6% increase from the previous year and accounting for 8.5% of the US gross domestic product ... Truckload driver turnover pushes higher in first quarter
After a one quarter reprieve, the annualized turnover rate for large truckload fleets rose slightly in the first quarter of 2012 while small truckload fleets saw a tremendous surge in turnover, according to American Trucking Associations’ Chief Economist Bob Costello... Driver input sought on future truck technology
Truck drivers are needed to give their opinions on new safety technology called Connected Vehicles. Researches working with the US Department of Transportation have planned maneuvers on a closed course and will pay drivers for their time. ... Trucking Conditions Index surges in April
FTR's Trucking Conditions Index for April 2012, as reported in the June 2012 Trucking Update, moved significantly higher from the previous month climbing 2.7 points to a favorable reading of 9.1... ESP is standard on most Peterbilt vehicles
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC reports that in May, its ESP Electronic Stability Program full-stability system with Automatic Traction Control (ATC) became standard on the majority of Peterbilt Motors Company’s Class 8 trucks and tractors... Michelin, TIA offer tire inspection video
In recognition of Tire Safety Week, Michelin North America and the Tire Industry Association (TIA) have partnered on another free training video for the tire and transportation industries.... TravelCenters, Shell plan to build natural gas fueling lanes network
TravelCenters of America LLC (NYSE Amex: TA) has entered a memorandum of understanding with Shell Oil Products US and its affiliates to construct and operate a network of natural gas fueling lanes at TA locations along the US Interstate Highway System. ... ATA calls on FMCSA to keep promise and release crash accountability study
The American Trucking Associations has called on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne Ferro to release the results of FMCSA’s study on the use of police reports to determine crash accountability.... FTR reports preliminary Class 8 truck orders remain sluggish
FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing May Class 8 truck net orders at 17,650 units, a modest upturn after four months of decline. Preliminary order numbers are for all major North American OEMs... Heil Athens TN plant reaches 1 million production hours, 500 work days without lost-time injury
In May 2012, Heil Trailer International, Co. Athens, Tennessee facility achieved over 1 million production hours and 500 work days without a lost time injury. This is the second time in five years that the Athens facility has achieved this impressive goal. ... Mack’s Pinnacle, Granite joining natural gas lineup
Mack Trucks announced June 11 that it is expanding its natural gas-powered offerings and has taken a key step forward in its hybrid vehicle development process. Mack plans to offer natural gas-powered versions of the Pinnacle and Granite models in 2013. ... Industry, enforcement groups release video supporting EOBR mandate
The American Trucking Associations, along with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and AAA, released a video urging members of Congress to support an electronic onboard recorder mandate for large trucks to improve driver and carrier compliance with hours of service rules.... Quality Distribution completes fleet acquisitions in the Bakken shale
Quality Distribution Inc announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the operating assets and rights of RM Resources LLC.... Ruling may open way for alternate confined space entry programs, By Charles E Wilson A recent federal administrative court ruling may open the way for tank wash racks to build alternate confined space entry programs under section (c)(5) of the federal rules. However, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under the Obama Administration is doing all it can to block that option...
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