PHMSA drops expiration dates from Hazmat classification rule

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA) announced that it plans to eliminate expiration dates for classification approvals because the policy has had unanticipated effects since its implementation. A wide range of hazardous materials were covered under the previous rule. The rule change took effect September 7...

PHMSA calls for comments on NY rule covering gasoline transports

New York is once again trying to convince the federal government that a state (specifically New York) should have the right to mandate its own rules for gasoline transport vehicles. New York’s previous rules these vehicles were preempted in January 2009 by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA) after being contested by the National Tank Truck Carriers Inc...

TSA proposing application changes for the Hazmat Endorsement

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that it is considering changes in the form that truck drivers must fill out when applying for a hazardous materials endorsement to go with a commercial driver license...

Two Carry Transit Trailers Stolen

Food grade company Carry Transit had two trailers stolen over the Labor Day weekend at a customer site in Chicago, according to Randy Vaughn, director of EHSS for Superior Bulk Logistics, Carry Transit’s parent company...

Odyssey Logistics
joins SmartWay

Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation (OL&T) has joined the SmartWay Transport Partnership, earning the highest rating of 1.25. ...

Elemica celebrates
10 years in business

Elemica is celebrating 10 years of business success, along with the one-year anniversary of its merger with RubberNetwork. Founded by 22 top chemical companies in 2000 as an ecommerce hub linking buyers and sellers, Elemica has grown into a global company offering supply chain systems for customer management, supplier management, logistics management, and sourcing management. ...

Lane departure warning
optional on Kenworth T700

Kenworth Truck Company offers the Takata SafeTraK three-lane departure warning system as an option for the Kenworth T700. ...

ArvinMeritor offers
ProTec HMIS Series

ArvinMeritor Inc has launched its Meritor ProTec High Mobility Independent Suspensions (HMIS) Series....

Class 8 net order
retreat mostly seasonal

July 2010’s net orders of 11,667 heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles was 27% below June, but was still up 27% from July 2009, according to ACT Research Co. ...

QualaWash purchases Manfredi Special Services

QualaWash Holdings LLC (QHL) has purchased Cleveland OH-based Manfredi Special Services (MSS), reportedly the largest tote/intermediate bulk container service and supply chain management provider in North America...

Girard, VSP offer
new line of gaskets

Girard Equipment Inc has teamed up with VSP Technologies, a dedicated fluid-sealing products distributor, to develop the ISO DNATM PITA gasket line...

Cummins EPA '10 engine
output reaches 26,000

After seven months' production of its EPA 2010-certified and compliant engines, Cummins has built and shipped more than 20,000 heavy-duty and MidRange engines with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) exhaust aftertreatment...

Volvo recalls workers
to New River Valley

Volvo will recall about 270 people to its New River Valley assembly plant beginning the week of September 6 to meet increasing demand for orders. The recall, representing about 23% of the workforce...

Heil race car finishes
16th in Food City 250

Danny O'Quinn Jr brought the #27 HEILtrailer.com Ford Fusion home 16th in the Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway recently. The 16th-place finish was the Virginia native's best NASCAR Nationwide Series finish...

Coast Guard validates
use of Smart Sponge

AbTech Industries Inc, creator of the EPA-approved Smart Sponge water filtration technology, announced that its passive skimmer, absorbent boom, and portable filtration applications have been scientifically and peer-reviewed by the US Coast Guard...

ATA's Truck Tonnage
Index rises in July

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.5% in July 2010, although June’s reduction was revised from 1.4% to 1.6%...

TIMTC to facilitate
session at TMC meeting

The Trucking Industry Mobility and Technology Coalition (TIMTC) will facilitate a Truck IntelliDrive and Smart Roadside session at the Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) 2010 fall meeting September 22 in Raleigh NC...

China approves purchase
of Volvo’s joint venture share

Chinese authorities have approved an agreement in which Sinotruk (BVI) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Corporation (CNHTC), and CNHTC will purchase all of the Volvo Group’s equity interest in the Jinan Huawo Truck Corporation joint venture. ...

NACD launches
new brand identities

The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) is launching new brand identities for both the NACD and for the association’s bellwether safety and best practices initiative, Responsible Distribution. ...

TransCore Canadian
Freight Index increases

TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index showed a 53% increase year-over-year. After registering continuous increases from January to June 2010, with June the highest recorded freight volume since June 2008, July 2010 freight volume dipped slightly by 19% compared with the previous month....

Gadot completes ADPO
Ghent NV purchase

Ampal-American Israel Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Gadot, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, has completed the previously announced purchase of the entire issued and outstanding share capital of ADPO Ghent NV for a purchase price of approximately $38.1 million. ...

Price of diesel fuel sinks
for second straight week

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide fell for the second straight week, dropping 2.2 cents to $2.957 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information....

ATRI official describes
transportation industry
in trouble in interview

Dan Murray shares his view of the future of CSA 2010 as well as other challenges and solutions in the US transportation industry. ...

TexCom Inc drills second disposal well to boost capacity

TexCom Inc, a Houston TX-based environmental services company for the oil and gas industry, announced that it has completed the drilling of a second disposal well at its MB Environmental Services waste disposal facility in Chambers County, Texas. ...

NHTSA publishes technical report on antilock braking

A new technical report is now available from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) assessing antilock braking performance on heavy-duty trucks and trailers. The report provides a performance review of the systems required under NHTSA’s current Safety Standard 121, Air Brake Systems...