ATA lawsuit seeks
HOS supporting
document regulation

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) filed a lawsuit with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit asking it to compel the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue an hours-of-service (HOS) supporting documents regulation...

ArvinMeritor showcases
its Class 8 technologies

ArvinMeritor Inc recently hosted US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to showcase the company’s advanced technologies for Class 8 commercial vehicles. Highlighted technologies included the dual-mode hybrid Class 8 drivetrain and stability control and collision safety systems, offered by the company’s Meritor WABCO joint venture...

Stena Bulk places order
for two Suezmax tankers

Stena Bulk has confirmed an order for two in-house designed Suezmax tankers from Samsung, South Korea for delivery in 2011...

Refiners with low-sulfur
capabilities likely to fare
better this decade: study

Low-sulfur diesel and gasoline are likely to spearhead an economic recovery for the refining industry just beyond 2010, a study from Hart Energy Consulting shows...

Bendix CVS divests
fan drive business

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Bendix CVS), a member of the Knorr-Bremse Group, has completed the sale of its fan drive/clutch business and related assets to Kit Masters Inc for an undisclosed amount...

Commercial vehicle orders
likely to slow in Q1 2009

Net orders for heavy-duty commercial vehicle markets closed 2009 slightly stronger than expected, but will likely slow dramatically in the first quarter of 2010 before recovering in the second half of the year, according to ACT Research Co...

DTNA gets $40 million
in federal funding
for truck technology

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has received nearly $40 million in funding through the US Department of Energy’s 21st Century Truck Technology Partnership...

Cummins to receive
$54 million in funds
for vehicle projects

US Secretary of Energy Dr Steven Chu announced that Cummins will receive nearly $54 million in funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for two projects aimed at improving fuel efficiency in heavy- and light-duty vehicles...

Inergy to acquire Seneca
Lake gas storage facility

Inergy LP announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Inergy Midstream, has executed a definitive agreement to purchase the Seneca Lake natural gas storage facility in Schuyler County, New York, (Seneca Lake) and two related pipelines for about $65 million from New York State Electric & Gas Corporation ...

Patriot Transportation
Holding Inc announces
loss of customers

Patriot Transportation Holding Inc announced that its transportation group has been unsuccessful in renewing certain contracts with significant customers recently. The holding company operates tank truck carrier Florida Rock & Tank Lines Inc based in Jacksonville FL...

OSHA proposes
$1.47 million
in explosion penalties

The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued CES Environmental Services Inc willful and serious citations after an investigation into a fatal explosion at the company’s Griggs Road facility in Houston TX. Proposed penalties total $1,477,500...

Cummins receives EPA
certification for engines

Cummins Inc received certification from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its 2010 Heavy-Duty big-bore ISX15 and MidRange ISB6.7, ISC8.3, and ISL9 engines. Certification of these engines means the Cummins engine lineup for on-highway applications meets the near-zero emissions levels required for all engines manufactured in 2010...

Capacity of Texas, Vision
join forces to build ZETT

Vision Industries Corp, producers of the zero-emission plug-in electric/hydrogen fuel cell hybrid Tyrano truck, announced that Capacity of Texas Inc and Vision have joined forces to build a Zero Emissions Terminal Tractor...

Price of diesel fuel climbs
for third consecutive week

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide climbed for a third straight week, rising 8.2 cents to $2.879 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

Navistar launches first trucks
for India with partner Mahindra

Navistar Inc recently celebrated the launch of its first commercial trucks for the Indian market...

Penske Truck Leasing
agrees to acquire
Bright operations

Penske Truck Leasing Company LP has entered into an agreement with the Bright family to acquire Bright Truck Leasing & Bright Distribution, providers of full-service truck leasing, truck rental, maintenance, and logistics operations...

ATA seeks summary
judgment in Port
of Los Angeles case

American Trucking Associations (ATA) filed its final response brief seeking summary judgment in certain aspects of its challenge to the Port of Los Angeles Concession Plan mechanism...

NACD comments on OSHA
chemical classification system

National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) provided formal comments on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA...

NRDC sues Long Beach CA
to overturn port settlement

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) announced it was filing suit against the City of Long Beach CA to overturn a settlement with the American Trucking Associations (ATA) that ended litigation over the Port of Long Beach truck concession plan. Long Beach settled the lawsuit after the US District Court of Appeals declared the concession plan illegal...

Fleet equipment purchase
plans stabilize: survey

Transport Capital Partners’ (TCP) fourth quarter Business Expectations Survey shows carriers are stabilizing on fleet replacement, with a pre-buy unlikely and more interest in buying and selling shown by carriers...

Plains acquires additional
Capline, tankage interest

Plains All American Pipeline LP announced that through a series of transactions it has acquired an additional interest in the Capline Pipeline system and associated tankage for aggregate consideration (net of cash and assumed liabilities) of approximately $64 million. These assets were acquired either directly or indirectly from Chevron, Marathon Oil Corporation, and Shell Pipeline Company LP...

Predictive Analytics helps
Dupré see accident reduction

Dupré Logistics was the first company in the nation to partner with Fleet Risk Advisors to implement Advanced Predictive Analytics, a modeling system that aggregates data and presents potential accidents before they happen to the Dupré management team. As a result, accidents have been reduced by 67% since 2004...

Price of diesel fuel surges
for second week in a row

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide rose by the most in more than two months, jumping 6.5 cents to $2.797 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

FMCSA sets HOS public listening sessions

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced that it will conduct three public listening sessions to solicit comments and information on potential revisions to hours of service (HOS) regulations...

Royal Vopak, Zamil Group sign storage terminal MOU

Royal Vopak of the Netherlands and the Zamil Group of Saudi Arabia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) expressing their intention to develop a joint venture storage terminal company for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region...