ACT Research Co schedules two seminars

ACT Research Co LLC has announced that it will hold its 44th and 45th seminars in Columbus IN on March 28-30, 2011 and September 12-13, 2011. ...

CSA Safety Performance Service available

Qualcomm Inc announced the commercial availability of the CSA Safety Performance Service. The Basic service is available now, and the Deluxe service will be available in the next several weeks. ...

Price of diesel fuel rises for ninth straight week

Diesel fuel’s national average price climbed 0.8 cent to $3.438 a gallon, its ninth straight gain, according to US Department of Energy information....

Graves’ letter to Obama advocates
common-sense rules of the road

Bill Graves, president and chief executive officer of the American Trucking Associations, sent a letter to President Obama concerning his new Executive Order and its applicability to this administration’s recently proposed hours-of-service rule changes....

PEI plans to host three Sales Boot Camps

The Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) will host three Sales Boot Camps in 2011 aimed at improving the culture of sales within participating companies. The Sales Boot Camps will be held in Las Vegas NV (March 10-11); Baltimore MD (April 5-6); and Chicago IL (April 7-8)....

Bendix slates 2011 Brake Training School

Both new and experienced technicians can gain time-saving and cost-saving expertise from the 2011 all-inclusive Brake Training School offered by Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC....

Oiltanking Daya Bay commissions capacity

Oiltanking Daya Bay successfully commissioned its newly added Phase 2 expansion storage capacity and received its first vessel at its public jetty in Daya Bay, China....

SMARTLogix sells select assets to Telular

SMARTLogix has announced the sale of select tank monitoring business assets to Telular Corporation. This move positions SMARTLogix for aggressive growth and development for its complete supply chain optimization platform for fuel and lubricant distributors....

HTAA Healthy Trucking Summit expands

The Healthy Trucking Association of America (HTAA) announced that the HTAA Healthy Trucking Summit, held annually in Atlanta, will be expanded in 2011 to provide more health and wellness resources and accommodate more attendees....

PHMSA moving forward with effort to ban wetlines

Despite lingering doubts regarding the extent of the safety risk posed to motorists, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is moving ahead with efforts to ban wetlines on most tank trailers...

Most tank fleets would need EOBRs under FMCSA rule

Tank truck fleets with interstate operations will have to install electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) to monitor their drivers' hours-of-service (HOS) compliance under a proposed rule announced January 31 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...

TSA VIPR inspection program targets truck fleets

Inspectors from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are like to be more involved in roadside inspections of commercial vehicles, according to TSA officials...

ATA Truck Tonnage Index jumps 2.2% in December

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.2% in December 2010 after falling a revised 0.6% in November...

Diesel fuel’s price climbs for eighth gain in a row

Diesel fuel’s national average price rose for the eighth consecutive week, gaining 2.3 cents to $3.43 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

Buckeye Partners acquires 80% of Bahamas petroleum storage terminal

Buckeye Partners LP announced in late December 2010 that it had acquired an 80% interest in Bahamas Oil Refining Company International (BORCO) from affiliates of First Reserve Corporation for $1.36 billion...

ATA's Moskowitz named chairman of Consumer Energy Alliance

American Trucking Associations' (ATA) Vice-President and Regulatory Affairs Counsel Rich Moskowitz was recently selected as first-ever Chairman of the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), an organization focused on showcasing the needs consumers and the overall economy have for a long-term US energy policy...

EPA amends HAPs rule for gasoline terminals, bulk plants

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for gasoline distribution bulk terminals, bulk plants, pipeline facilities, and other gasoline dispensing facilities...

Girard sponsors Tuesday’s Children event

Girard Equipment, USA will be sponsoring a day of celebration for the Tuesday’s Children organization. The day of celebration will take place January 22, 2011 in New York City at Chelsea Piers....

Fontaine has fifthwheel training materials

Fontaine Fifth Wheel has released a video and document outlining the proper coupling, sliding, and uncoupling procedures for its newest fifthwheels, the Fontaine Ultra LT, Ultra HD, and Ultra HR....

MOL initiative aims to cut CO2 emissions

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd (MOL) has established a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) and started its use with the MOL tanker fleet. The SEEMP provides the most efficient vessel operation method (optimum route selection, appropriate maintenance, and so on considering slow steaming, ocean currents, and weather) to reduce CO2 emissions while ensuring safe operation and maintaining a strict operation schedule. ...

Luber-finer phone app aids in filter change

Luber-finer, a Champion Laboratories Inc filter brand, has released its latest filter change productivity enhancement tool: the new Luber-finer “phone app” for smartphones that run on Android operating systems. This app can be downloaded free of charge from the Luber-finer website or online from the Android Market. ...

Vehicle orders signal strong 2011 growth

The fundamentals that support heavy-duty commercial vehicle demand are all signaling the start of an upcycle for the market, according to ACT Research Co. Net orders for both Class 8 vehicles and commercial trailers surged in the last quarter of 2010, indicating trucking fleets are ramping up replacement of vehicles that has largely been deferred the past two years. ...

Investment group buys Reyco Granning

Reyco Granning Suspensions, a US manufacturer of suspension systems for heavy-duty vehicles, has been purchased from Tuthill Corporation in a management buyout backed by the private investment group, MAT Capital, an affiliate of MAT Holdings Inc. ...

Three Flint Hills terminals earn Star status

Flint Hills Resources announced that three of its Wisconsin fuel terminals have been recognized for earning the Star status under the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program....

Trucking group contends FMCSA
manipulates HOS fatigue factor

In an effort to rationalize a change in federal hours of service (HOS) requirements for professional truck drivers, the US DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) misapplied its own crash numbers to elevate driver fatigue as a cause of truck crashes, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) said. ...