Airgas earns two CGA fleet safety awards

Airgas Inc received two fleet safety awards from the Compressed Gas Association (CGA), the US industrial and medical gas industry’s standard-setting organization for the promotion of safety standards and safe practices....

Increased hiring, rising turnover rate
indicate recovery, ATA economist says

Hiring in the trucking industry picked up in the fourth quarter of 2010, which coupled with an increase in the turnover rate for linehaul truckload drivers portends increased demand for drivers as the economy recovers....

Mobile Manifest gives milk
haulers real-time technology

Dairy.com, provider of web-based dairy industry supply chain systems, has released its milk manifest handling technology called Mobile Manifest....

Penton Marketing Services is established

Penton Media, publisher of Bulk Transporter and the Bulk Logistics Trends e-newsletter, has launched Penton Marketing Services, providing content-driven products, digital media solutions, and sales optimization tools...

MATT teams with Volvo Trucks
to recognize trucking safety

Michelin Americas Truck Tires (MATT) is continuing to recognize and promote safety in the trucking industry by partnering with Volvo Trucks to award the 2011 Volvo Trucks Safety Award....

Preliminary Class 8 orders rise in March

FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing March 2011’s Class 8 truck net orders for all major North American OEMs totaled 28,871, a 20% increase over February preliminary orders and a 155% increase over the same period in 2010. The March results are a continuation of the strong trend from previous months. The figure includes US, Canada, Mexico, and exports....

Freight volume up, margins down
in 2010, TransCore survey indicates

The fourth annual TransCore Broker Benchmark Survey revealed that freight brokers on average moved 10% more freight in 2010, while their gross margins declined by 4% compared with the previous year’s survey respondents. Margins improved year-on-year for asset-based brokers, largely due to higher rates in 2010 that benefited their trucking divisions. ...

Fontaine Modification to open new center

Fontaine Modification Company will open its newest modification service center May 1 in Denton TX....

Canadian biofuel mandate will trigger
even higher diesel prices, CTA warns

With the price of diesel fuel, like gasoline, already escalating—jumping almost 10% between February and March and more than 37% year-over-year—the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is warning that come July 1st—the date the government proposes to mandate that on-road diesel sold in Canada must contain an average two per cent biofuel content—the pain felt at the pumps will only get worse....

ATA’s President Graves comments on cross-border trucking program

Following the US Department of Transportation’s release of the details of a pilot program to restart longhaul cross-border trucking program, Bill Graves, American Trucking Associations president and chief executive officer, issued this statement:...

NuStar, TexStar to develop pipeline system

NuStar Logistics LP and TexStar Midstream Services LP have signed a letter of intent to develop a new pipeline system to transport Eagle Ford Shale crude and condensate to Corpus Christi TX. ...

Transplace acquires SCO Logistics

Transplace has acquired SCO Logistics, a Philadelphia PA-based logistics services company focused on chemical industry needs and requirements....

Truck-involved fatalities
fall to record level in 2009

The rate of truck-involved fatalities on US highways fell to 1.17 per 100 million miles in 2009, making that year the trucking industry’s safest since the federal government began keeping track in 1975....

ATA chairman calls for sensible hazmat regulations

Barbara Windsor, American Trucking Associations (ATA) chairman and president and CEO of Hahn Transportation Inc, told a House of Representatives panel that changes are needed to the regulations governing hazardous materials shipments to improve efficiency and relieve unnecessary regulatory burdens...

Mack Trucks launches Dealer Locator app

It’s now easier than ever to find a Mack Trucks Inc dealer or service location while on the road. Customers can use the free Mack Dealer Locator app, available for the iPhone and iPad through the iTunes App Store...

Volvo boosts output, recalls 700 workers

Volvo Trucks in North America, in response to increased demand, will ramp up production at its New River Valley, VA, plant, and recall approximately 700 employees....

ATA’s Windsor says Congress
needs to pass a highway bill

Barbara Windsor, president and chief executive officer of Hahn Transportation Inc, and chairman of American Trucking Associations, told members of the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit that the trucking industry needs Congress to quickly pass a new surface transportation bill with a focus on highways....

Savage, KCS enter development contract

Savage Companies and Kansas City Southern (KCS) have entered into a joint development agreement whereby Savage intends to construct, own, and operate a large multi-user rail terminal in Port Arthur TX on property owned by The Kansas City Southern Railway Company. The terminal, to be known as the Port Arthur Crude Terminal (PACT), will be served by KCS, and will be designed to bring unit train rail service of Bakken Shale Formation crude oil, as well as other formation crude supplies, to the Gulf Coast for distribution to pipeline or refining consumers in Texas. ...

Flint Hills plans to open office in Ames IA

Flint Hills Resources announced that it will open a new office in Ames IA that will provide up to 20 new jobs. The new regional office will house operations, human resources, and purchasing departments to support four newly acquired Flint Hills ethanol plants throughout Iowa....

Preliminary Class 8 orders rise in March

A preliminary reading of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles net orders for North American markets rose to 29,200 units in March 2011, according to ACT Research Co. Net orders in March were up 159% from March 2010 and represented the largest monthly order intake since May 2006. Preliminary net order numbers are subject to revision and are typically accurate to within 5% plus or minus....

Koch Carbon terminal recertified as STAR

Koch Carbon LLC’s Bay Area Bulk Terminal has been recertified as a STAR site under the California Voluntary Protection Program. Recertification was awarded based on the facility’s continued outstanding safety and operational record and programs....

ATA focuses on outdated rules
needing reconsideration by DOT

Responding to President Obama’s call to help reduce the regulatory burden on US businesses, the American Trucking Associations highlighted nine outdated, obsolete, or onerous rules that the US Department of Transportation should reconsider....

ATA supports electronic logging
devices to monitor driver HOS

American Trucking Associations announced that its membership has endorsed a policy supporting federal laws and regulations that would require trucking companies to use electronic logging devices to monitor driver hours-of-service....

Olympia WA truck driver
is chosen Highway Hero

The 28th annual Goodyear North America Highway Hero is an Olympia WA truck driver who helped save the lives of two people in a car that had come to a stop on railroad tracks, including pulling the unconscious driver from his car before it was struck by an approaching train....

Wash racks should treat drivers like VIPs

Tank truck wash racks play a critical role in the driver sustainability campaign that is being championed by National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC). Through actions or inactions, wash racks clearly affect driver satisfaction...