ATA applauds House panel
for its transportation plan

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) applauds the leaders of the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Highways and Transit Subcommittee for its draft of a transportation and infrastructure plan for the future...

ATA seeks action
to control energy
commodity speculation

In an effort to mitigate dramatic spikes in fuel prices similar to those in 2008, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) has called on Congress to increase the transparency of futures markets and impose reasonable aggregate position limits on energy commodities...

NACD concerned over changes
to chemical security program

In preparation for a June 18, 2009, full House Homeland Security Committee mark-up of HR 2868, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act, the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) sent a letter to the committee members outlining several concerns about the bill...

Commercial vehicle inventory
levels reach a 41-month low

Class 5-7 retail sales were off 54 percent from May 2008, but continued low production output has reduced inventory levels to a 41-month low...

Commercial vehicle
safety belt use
reaches 72% in ‘08

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced that safety belt use by drivers of medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles increased to 72% in 2008. That is up 7 percentage points from 65% the previous year...

Diesel fuel price rises
seven weeks in a row

The average price of diesel fuel nationwide climbed for the seventh consecutive week, advancing 4.4 cents to $2.616 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information. In the past seven weeks, diesel has risen 43.1 cents...

Congress issues draft legislation
that would ban tank trailer wetlines

Petroleum haulers and other tank trailer owners got good news and bad news on the wetlines issue from the US House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...

Kenworth’s efforts garner
Clean Air Excellence Award

PACCAR’s Kenworth Truck Company was recently honored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the Clean Air Excellence Award...

Mack demonstrates hybrid
technology on Capitol Hill

Mack Trucks Inc gave federal legislators and policymakers a first-hand look June 11 at its parallel diesel-electric hybrid technology for heavy-duty trucks...

Commercial vehicle forecast
remains soft through 2010

The forecast for commercial vehicle sales and production continues to soften in 2009 and 2010, according to ACT Research Company (ACT). In its recently published North American Commercial Vehicle Outlook...

Baystate Biofuels breaks
ground on new terminal

Baystate Biofuels LLC has broken ground on a facility to distribute biodiesel and blended diesel anywhere in New England. The terminal at Osgood Landing in North Andover will be the first full-scale commercial facility in Massachusetts dedicated to biodiesel distribution...

TEPPCO acquires vessels
from TransMontaigne

TEPPCO Partners LP has purchased marine assets, including 19 boats and 28 barges, from TransMontaigne Product Services Inc for all cash consideration of $50 million...

NACD hails ruling affirming
railroad’s hazmat obligation

In response to the recent decision by the Surface Transportation Board (STB) that the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has an obligation to provide rates and service to US Magnesium LLC (USM) of Utah to transport chlorine to destinations in Louisiana and Texas, the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) issued...

Diesel fuel’s price rises
for six weeks in a row

The average price of diesel fuel nationwide surged 7.4 cents to $2.572 a gallon. This marks the sixth consecutive weekly increase, the Department of Energy said. In the past five weeks, the price has risen more than 30 cents...

Combustion Safety offers
Twitter service for users

Combustion Safety Inc is now providing Twitter service to keep users informed about important safety and risk events occurring throughout the world...

NACD, ACC sign cooperation agreement

The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) and the American Chemistry Council (ACC) have signed an agreement to closely cooperate in the promotion and performance of their respective environmental, health, safety, and security (EHS&S) initiatives: Responsible Distribution Process (RDP) and Responsible Care...

Schneider National expands
fuel-hauling service capabilities

Schneider National Inc is quickly becoming a “go-to” carrier for fuel customers. Since launching the new service in 2008, Schneider has expanded its fleet capacity and extended its service area to include additional locations throughout the Midwest, Southeast, and the southern coast, and is considering additional expansion in the Northeast in the near future...

ATA unveils 18 initiatives
for greater highway safety

American Trucking Associations (ATA) unveiled its new highway safety agenda at a Capitol Hill press conference...

AgTEC offers studies backing
truck weight limit increase

The Agricultural Transportation Efficiency Coalition (AgTEC), which supports increasing the overall gross vehicle weight limits for trucks, has analyzed and made available 11 independent studies. These studies affirm the safety and economic benefits of bringing US truck weight limits closer to Canadian and European standards, and quantify the relationship between truck weights and road and bridge wear. Government agencies conducted or endorsed each study...

ArvinMeritor participates
in hybrid truck convoy

ArvinMeritor Inc participated in a June 11 hybrid truck convoy to Capitol Hill, sponsored by Hybrid Truck Users Forum (HTUF) and CALSTART. The event included a briefing and multiple vehicle display at the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington DC...

Biodiesel board voices
RFS-2 proposal concerns

Manning Feraci, the vice president of federal affairs for the National Biodiesel Board, voiced the US biodiesel industry’s concern with the proposed RFS-2 rule at a public hearing hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

Cap-and-trade program
will harm trucking: ATA

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) told a congressional committee that a cap-and-trade program would impose significant costs on truckers and American consumers...

TMW enhances TruckMate 2009

TMW Systems Inc announced the release of TruckMate 2009, a milestone upgrade for the operations system...

Beall Corporation chooses Haldex TRS

Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems announces that Beall Corporation has selected Haldex Trailer Roll Stability (TRS) as a standard product offering beginning July 1, 2009...

Coalition presses Congress
to raise vehicle weight limit

More than 100 associations and companies—including Coca-Cola, Kraft, and MillerCoors—officially launched the Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP), urging Congress to responsibly raise the federal vehicle weight limit on US Interstate highways...