Video on Blackmer’s sustainability efforts

Blackmer has announced the release of a new video that highlights the company’s leadership and commitment to environmental sustainability, not only in the pump and compressor products it designs and builds for its end-users, but also in the sustainable manufacturing practices it employs at its factory and office facilities....

Centerline has sanitary vacuum system

Centerline Tank & Trailer Manufacturing has introduced its patented sealed vessel sanitary vacuum system for bulk transport of liquid product, particularly dairy applications. Centerline, through its Engle Fabrication Division, has offered similar vacuum systems for more than 10 years....

Schneider offers transloading calculator

Shippers in relentless pursuit of reducing cost, gaining efficiencies, and reducing their environmental impact now have a new resource at their fingertips....

Class 8 net orders climb 24% in October

October 2010 net orders of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles for North American markets were 18,914 units, up 24% month-over-month from September, according to ACT Research Co. Medium-duty Classes 5-7 net orders also gained sequentially, posting 19% month-over-month growth....

TransCore Freight Index again reports gain

TransCore’s North American Freight Index reported a 69% increase in spot market freight availability in October, compared with the previous year. ...

BATO announces increase in tire prices

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) announced price increases in the United States across several of its divisions, including consumer replacement; consumer original equipment; truck and bus; agricultural; and off-road....

Ryder System to offer DEF at all full-service sites in North America

Ryder System Inc (NYSE: R) will soon be offering Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) at every one of its full-service locations in North America....

EI Rail Manager has patent-pending status

EI Systems announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent-pending status for its web-based Rail Manager service. Clients use Rail Manager to track the status and location of railcars within large industrial sites and gain web-based visibility into rail yard operations. Using AEI technology and sophisticated software, Railcar Manager provides an automated system that effectively replaces labor-intensive railcar tracking processes....

Polar Service Centers acquires JARCO Inc

Polar Service Centers (PSC), a division of Polar Corporation—Polar Service Centers has acquired JARCO Inc. The transaction closed November 5, 2010....

PeopleNet, Trinium form partnership

PeopleNet has announced its partnership with Trinium Technologies, provider of an enterprise management system for both domestic intermodal and international container operations...

Domestic intermodal volume
hits record level in Q3 2010

Intermodal volume increased 20.3% year-over-year in third quarter 2010, as international led the way with a remarkable 28.1% upsurge according to a report released by the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) recently...

Miller opens Cincinnati OH terminal

Miller Transporters announces the opening of its new Cincinnati OH terminal. Paul Dunn, formerly a dispatcher at Miller’s Nitro WV facility, has been selected as terminal manager. He has been with the company since July 2008 after he retired as an Inspector/Instructor Staff First Sergeant with the US Marine Corps....

Girard Equipment USA distributing Philly Nozzle product line

Girard Equipment USA, Linden NJ, announces that the company has become an authorized distributor of the Philly Nozzle product line...

Ryder improves used-vehicle website

Ryder System Inc has enhanced its www.usedtrucks.ryder.com website to improve the user experience and make it easier to search for and find used vehicles from Ryder online....

Factors fuel rebound in Class 8 demand

Several factors are combining to fuel a rebound in demand for heavy-duty (Class 8) commercial vehicles, according to ACT Research Co:...

Peterbilt earns Employer of Year honors

Peterbilt Motors Company has earned the 2010 Employer of the Year Silver Award by the North Texas Clean Air Coalition (NTCAC) for its innovative environmental initiatives in improving air quality in the greater North Texas area. ...

Buckeye completes LA terminal acquisition

Buckeye Partners LP has completed the purchase of a refined petroleum products terminal in Opelousas LA from Chevron USA Inc. This niche terminal connected to Colonial Pipeline currently supplies central Louisiana with branded gasoline, diesel, and ethanol. Additionally, as a long-term participant in this market, Chevron has made a multi-year commitment to maintain its historic product volumes at the terminal. ...

Diesel fuel’s price reaches
highest level in two years

The national average retail price of diesel fuel surged to its highest level in more than two years, jumping 6.8 cents to $3.184 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information....

TMC schedules 2011 meeting/exhibition

“Extending the Boundaries of Vehicle Maintenance” is the theme of American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) 2011 Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition, to be held February 8-11 at the Tampa (FL) Convention Center....

Trucking comments on GHG, fuel efficiency proposals during public meeting

Trucking industry representatives expressed support and concerns regarding the proposed national fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for heavy- and medium-duty trucks while testifying November 15 in Chicago IL at the first of two public hearings conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

DOT panel targeting truck drivers who suffer strokes

Truck drivers would have a tougher time returning to work following a stroke if a Department of Transportation expert panel gets its way. In fact, many drivers could find themselves barred from ever returning to driving a truck...

ITC will prohibit rope seals on cargo tank domelids

Intercontinental Terminals Company LLC (ITC), a Deer Park TX storage terminal operator, recently announced that it no longer will load tank trailers with rope gaskets that are used to seal manways and domelids...

Price of diesel fuel climbs
4.9 cents to $3.116 a gallon

Diesel fuel’s national average retail price resumed its recent upward track after a pause a week ago, rising 4.9 cents to $3.116 a gallon, the highest nationwide pump average in six months, according to US Department of Energy information....

Navistar ships about 17,000 vehicles

At a facility tour for media at the company’s Huntsville Engine Plant in Huntsville AL, Navistar International Corporation announced its success in delivering approximately 17,000 vehicles to US and Canadian customers in the past quarter. ...

Volvo partners with WWF to cut emissions

The Volvo Group will join the World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) Climate Savers Program. As a WWF partner, the Volvo Group’s truck companies undertake to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from vehicles manufactured between 2009 and 2014 by 13 million tons....