Global Partners to acquire
terminals from Warex

Global Partners LP, a wholesale supplier of refined petroleum products in the Northeast, announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire three terminal facilities from Warex Terminals Corporation Inc for $47.5 million...

Chevron wins Prince Michael
International Road Safety Award

Chevron Corporation has been awarded the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award in recognition of its work engaging governments and non-profits worldwide to help save lives through improved road safety in countries where the company operates...

ATA commends DOT, LaHood
for focus on driver distraction

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) commends the US Department of Transportation (DOT) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for taking action to highlight the dangers of driving distracted, including distractions from writing, sending, or reading text messages while driving...

PACCAR Customer Center
celebrates 10th birthday

For 10 years, PACCAR Customer Center specialists have provided truck and fleet operators rapid roadside assistance through Kenworth PremierCare, Peterbilt TruckCare, and PacLease PacCentral roadside assistance services...

Penske Logistics receives
recognition as Best 3PL

Penske Logistics announced it was honored with eyefortransport’s Best 3PL for Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals & Hazmat Award. Eyefortransport is a global provider of logistics and transportation information...

Vitol Group completes
two expansion projects

Vitol Group announced the completion of two key projects in its storage and terminals business, VTTI (Vitol Tank Terminals International)...

ATA urges transparency
to help curb speculation

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) must act to increase transparency in energy markets and curtail excessive speculation by establishing aggregate position limits...

Price of diesel fuel surges
for third consecutive week

The average price for diesel fuel nationwide jumped 7.5 cents to $2.625 a gallon, its third consecutive weekly increase, according to US Department of Energy information...

PSC opens service site
in West Memphis AR

PSC Container Services announces the opening of its newest service center in West Memphis AR...

Holly Energy acquires
Tulsa OK loading facilities

Holly Energy Partners LP and Holly Corporation announced the August 1, 2009, acquisition by Holly Energy from Holly of certain truck and rail loading/unloading facilities at Holly’s Tulsa OK refinery...

Mack gets another
order from US Army

Mack Trucks Inc has received an order for 18 more Mack Vision Elite model tractors from the US Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command...

Completed MEP begins
transporting natural gas

Construction of the approximately 500-mile Midcontinent Express Pipeline (MEP) is complete, and natural gas transportation service began August 1 on the pipeline from Delhi LA to Transcontinental Pipe Line’s Station 85 in Butler AL...

Meritor WABCO air disc brakes
can meet stopping-distance regs

Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems has announced that its current lineup of air disc brakes is capable of supporting North American truck operators to meet and exceed the newly released US federal government-mandated, shortened stopping-distance requirements...

Piedmont expands tire
retreading agreement

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has been selected by Piedmont Truck Tires Inc as the sole provider of tire retreading systems for the Greensboro NC-based company...

ArvinMeritor hybrid Class 8
truck gains greater notice

ArvinMeritor In recently hosted President Obama’s White House energy advisor, Carol Browner, at its Troy MI headquarters to discuss the company’s dual-mode hybrid Class 8...

Bendix hails NHTSA’s
stopping-distance ruling

Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC applauds the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) final rule requiring a 30% reduction in stopping distance for heavy trucks...

ATA applauds bill offering
incentives to reduce idling

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) applauds Reps Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Kay Granger (R-TX) for their sponsorship of HR 3383...

Kenworth leads the field
in customer satisfaction
for Class 8 truck owners

Kenworth Truck Company achieved the highest ranking in customer satisfaction among Class 8 truck owners in the Over the Road, Pickup and Delivery (P&D), and Dealer Service segments...

Oregon launches B2
biodiesel requirement

Oregon’s 2% biodiesel (B2) requirement has gone into effect as of August 5, making it the third state supporting increased reliance on the cleaner-burning, domestically produced fuel...

PSC adds two dedicated
foodgrade bays at center

PSC Container Services has completed the addition of two dedicated foodgrade bays at its Conley GA Service Center...

In search of truckers behaving heroically along American roads

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company continues to honor deserving truck drivers with its recognition program for those who perform good deeds along the highways of North America. The company announced that a search is on for US and Canadian drivers who come to the rescue of fellow motorists....

Magellan Midstream Partners to acquire Longhorn operations

Magellan Midstream Partners LP announced that its purchase of substantially all of the assets of Longhorn Partners Pipeline LP has been approved by the bankruptcy court. Closing was set for July 29 with no additional approvals required....

Motorists rank distracted driving as biggest threat

Thirty-five percent of drivers said they feel less safe than they did five years ago, according to the second-annual 2009 Traffic Safety Culture Index released by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Overall, most American motorists report that they feel no safer now than they did five years ago....

Q3 Fleet Sentiment Report Buying Index remains flat

The Q3 2009 Fleet Sentiment Report Buying Index as reported by CK Commercial Vehicle Research rose just 1% from the adjusted Q2 2009 index to a reading of 89.0....

Price of diesel fuel climbs for second straight week

The average price of diesel fuel nationwide increased 2.2 cents to $2.55 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information. This marks diesel’s second price rise in two weeks....