Tank truck rollover video now at a theater/computer near you

It was a long wait but it was worth it. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) finally released its long-anticipated Cargo Tank Rollover Prevention Video to an eager audience...

National Truck Driving Championships underway in Ohio

More than 400 top professional truck drivers from across the United States are competing in the 2010 National Truck Driving Championships (NTDC), which run August 3-7 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus OH. The "Super Bowl of Safety" is sponsored annually by the American Trucking Associations...

PHMSA beginning 2012 ERG update process

Efforts are underway to gather updates for the 2012 Emergency Response Guidebook, and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)is soliciting comments and recommendations from those who use the guidebook...

Vigillo launches CSA 2010 blog

Vigillo has launched a new blog at http://blog.vigillo.com/. Entitled "Navigating the Data Highway," the site is meant to serve as a source of information...

Ridewell Corporation opens
Canadian FOB warehouse

Ridewell Corporation has opened a Canadian FOB (freight on board) warehouse in Hamilton, Ontario for complete suspensions, service kits, and replacement parts...

Lynden Transport provides
GPS mapping of shipments

Lynden Transport has improved its EZ Tracing system with the addition of GPS mapping of shipment locations while en route over the highway. By clicking on a link on the Lynden Transport website...

ArvinMeritor redesigns website

ArvinMeritor Inc has launched a redesigned website at www.arvinmeritor.com. The site is equipped with an advanced search engine, intuitive navigation, and information about the history and vision of the company...

ArcLight closes financing
for HFOTCO expansion

AL Gulf Coast Terminals, LLC, a majority owned portfolio company of ArcLight Capital Partners LLC, has closed a $305 million financing supported by the ownership interests in its subsidiary, Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Company LLC (HFOTCO)...

Oiltanking, Dupré Logistics
establish joint venture firm

Oiltanking and Dupré Logistics announced the formation of a joint venture company named Oiltanking-Dupré. This new organization, dedicated to serving customers in need of material handling for pet coke...

Driver appreciation events
can be registered online

As National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (NTDAW) approaches (September 19-25, 2010), companies across the United States and Canada will host special events and promotions in honor of professional truck drivers...

Magellan announces
pipeline contract

Magellan Midstream Partners LP has negotiated a long-term customer contract to transport refined petroleum products on its Houston-to-El Paso TX pipeline, formerly known as the Longhorn pipeline...

Atlantic Bulk Carriers
to distribute BlueSky DEF

Atlantic Bulk Carriers of Wilmington DE has signed on to become a distributor of Prime Lube's BlueSky Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) on the Del-Mar-Va peninsula, which includes the eastern shore areas of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia from the Chesapeake Bay to the Atlantic Ocean...

Convention Calendar

August 24-25, 2010 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)/National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) Cargo Tank Regulations Workshop, Memphis TN....

Navios agrees to acquire
seven VLCC tankers

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation has signed a securities purchase agreement that contemplates the acquisition of a fleet of seven VLCC tankers for an aggregate purchase price of $587.0 million...

Aegean takes delivery
of tanker newbuild

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc has taken delivery of the Karpathos, a 6,270-dwt double-hull bunkering tanker newbuild from Qingdao Hyundai Shipyard in China. The vessel is expected to be deployed to the company’s market in Greece...

CSB explosion report urges
improved safety standards

A US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) case study on the 2009 explosion and fire at the Veolia ES Technical Solutions LLC facility in West Carrollton OH calls on the industry to improve safety standards covering hazardous waste processing, handling, and storage facilities...

Energy Composites receives
record composite tank order

Energy Composites Corporation (ECC) has received the largest composite structure fabrication purchase order in the company’s history...

Haldex plans to expand
Monterrey, Mexico facility

Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems has announced plans to further expand the Monterrey, Mexico facility by moving all production activities from the Iola KS manufacturing facility...

Volvo Group produces
300,000th 13-Liter engine

Production of the 300,000th Volvo Group 13-Liter heavy-duty diesel engine was celebrated July 15 during an event in Hagerstown MD, recognizing both the North American team that assembled it and the customer who will put it into service...

ATA supports EBE's
CSA 2010 Dashboard

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) announced its endorsement of EBE Technologies' CSA 2010 Dashboard as an effective driver management system to help large and small trucking companies manage ...

PSI ships MTIS with green
Thru-T and delivery hoses

On July 5, Pressure Systems International (PSI) began shipping the Meritor Tire Inflation System (MTIS) to its OEM customers with a new green Thru-T and green striped delivery hoses to illustrate the true environmentally friendly benefits of the product...

Price of diesel fuel falls
for fourth straight week

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide fell for the fourth straight week and ninth in the past 10, dipping 0.4 cent to $2.899 a gallon, the smallest of its recent declines, according to US Department of Energy information...

Mack engine orders
surpass 10,000 mark

Mack Trucks Inc announced that its orders for Class 8 vehicles equipped with EPA 2010-compliant engines, when combined with those of its sister company Volvo Trucks North America...

NATSO urges support
for measure to extend
biodiesel tax credit

NATSO, the national association representing truckstops and travel plazas, along with industry partners, urged congressional leaders to support US Sen Charles Grassley's amendment to the Small Business Lending Act of 2010...

Heavy-duty vehicle demand
improvement continuing

A number of freight transportation and commercial vehicle market factors are aligning and setting the stage for continued improvement in demand for heavy-duty vehicles in the second half of 2010 and into 2011...