US House of Representatives passes highway bill extension

The US House of Representatives approved by a vote of 335-85 a three-month extension of the current highway authorization bill recently...

Kinder Morgan now sending biodiesel on Oregon Pipeline

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) has started commercial transportation of blended 2% biodiesel (B2) through its 115-mile Oregon Pipeline that runs from Portland to Eugene OR...

Commercial trailer orders increase 14% in August

Net orders for commercial trailers in August 2009 increased 14% from July and 69% from a depressed August 2008, which was during the early stages of retrenchment in the commercial vehicle sector, according to the latest State of the Industry: US Trailers report issued by ACT Research Co LLC...

TMW software improves fuel supply chain operations

TMW Systems announced a portfolio of fuel supply chain management applications designed to meet the needs of fuel supply chain operations for convenience stores and other retail gasoline and diesel outlets...

KAG, Coast Oil Co reach fleet conversion agreement

The Kenan Advantage Group Inc (KAG) has reached a private fleet conversion agreement with Coast Oil Company, LLC. KAG will take over the company’s fuel delivery operations while continuing to provide dedicated services to Coast Oil’s more than 100 retail dealers in Northern California. KAG will also purchase Coast Oil’s private fleet that consists of six truck and trailer units. The agreement goes into effect October 1, 2009...

Mansfield Oil, Yara team to focus on fleet emissions

In an partnership agreement announced September 21, Mansfield Oil Company and Yara International are combining forces to provide North American fleets with a diesel engine exhaust system that meets 2010 Clean Air Act standards...

The DAWG monitoring tool goes cross-platform

TMW Systems announced that its exception alerting system, The DAWG, is now a fully cross-platform system that includes a native AS/400/IBM i version for the TL2000 enterprise transportation software and TMT Fleet Maintenance-IBM I systems...

Schneider National plans
to close two centers

Schneider National Inc, a provider of transportation, logistics, and intermodal services, will close operating centers (fuel, maintenance, and operations facilities) in Seville OH and Green Bay WI on November 17, 2009...

Volvo Bio-DME trucks taking part in field tests

In 2010, Volvo Trucks will start conducting field tests involving Bio-DME. This is a biofuel that generates very low carbon dioxide emissions. In the long term, it has the potential to replace 50% of diesel used for transport operations in Europe...

PSI’s first Carl Tapp
Award goes to Baca

Pressure Systems International has chosen Rosemary Baca as the first recipient of the Carl Tapp Award...

Unit of Terra Industries launches new website

Terra Industries Inc announced that Terra Environmental Technologies Inc (TET), a wholly owned Terra subsidiary, has launched a new website at www.tet-terra.com...

Trucking Conditions Index shows some improvement

The FTR Trucking Conditions Index ticked up slightly in August 2009, but at a reading of –20.18 still remains well below a neutral reading of 0...

Commercial vehicle market poised for upward crawl

Production of new heavy- and medium-duty commercial vehicles reached a trough in the second quarter of 2009, with the third quarter projected to be the start of a slow but steady recovery, according to ACT Research Co...

Cascadia promotes campaign to remember heroic Flight 93

Daimler Trucks North America will have a hand in an initiative co-owned by The HALO Foundation and Road Scholar Transport: “93 Cents for Flight 93” campaign, a fund-raising endeavor commemorating the passengers and crew members aboard United Flight 93, who lost their lives Sept 11, 2001...

Wilson Industrial Sales wins NACD award for excellence

Wilson Industrial Sales Co Inc, based in Brook IN, is the recipient of the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) 2009 Responsible Distribution Process Excellence Award...

CBP delays new product residue rule

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has delayed implementation of its new rules for cargo tanks containing product residue...

Freight economy’s
recovery will be
slow: FTR conference

The worst is over for the freight economy, but recovery will be slow and uneven, according to speakers at the recent FTR Associates Freight Transportation conference, which took place August 25-27, 2009, in Indianapolis IN...

Trucking execs see light
at end of tunnel: survey

The general conclusion by carrier executives is to be cautious in regard to equipment and expansion, according to a report of improving outlooks in the recent Transport Capital Partners (TCP) quarterly survey...

Miller a Reader’s Choice for 15 years running

For the 15th year, Jackson MS-based tank truck carrier Miller Transporters Inc has been named a Reader’s Choice award by Logistics Management magazine in its annual Quest for Quality edition...

Chlorine Institute provides 10 technical publications

The Chlorine Institute Inc (CI) has 10 additional technical publications to help operations that handle chlorine, hydrogen chloride, and sodium and potassium hydroxides keep facilities more safe and secure. All are downloadable in PDF format from www.chlorineinstitute.org...

Navistar, Caterpillar create NC2 Global joint venture

Navistar International Corporation and Caterpillar Inc have closed a joint venture transaction resulting in a new company, NC2 Global LLC, to serve the global commercial truck market...

Penske, Freightliner announce SCR seminar dates, locations

Penske Truck Leasing announced a 16-city, North American 2010 Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Engine Seminar and Open House. The event debuts September 15, 2009, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and wraps up November 17, 2009, in Portland OR...

Mack Trucks marks opening
of new world headquarters

Mack Trucks Inc introduced itself to the Piedmont Triad as the company recently officially celebrated the grand opening of the new Mack World Headquarters on National Service Road in Greensboro NC...

MRT, Snider Tire open
new retreading plant

Michelin Retread Technologies (MRT) and Snider Tire announce the opening of a new retreading plant in Houston TX. The new plant will supply Snider’s four commercial locations in Texas: Beaumont, Conroe, Dallas/Grand Prairie, and Houston...

Traffic gridlock hits bottom
in second quarter of 2009

INRIX, a provider of traffic and navigation services in North America, announced a mid-year INRIX National Traffic Scorecard special report, which found that traffic gridlock, during peak periods on major roads in urban America, had reached its low point in the second quarter of 2009 and has now started to increase...