ChemLogix forms new subsidiary

ChemLogix LLC, Blue Bell PA, has established ChemLogix Global LLC, a subsidiary dedicated to providing international supply chain and logistics services worldwide using Web-based technology and partnerships...

TWIC enrolls 1 million workers

One million port and longshore workers, truckers, and others at ports across the nation have enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)...

Study touts cost benefits
of truck stability systems

A new report from FMCSA and the ATRI says that the benefits of using roll stability control systems (RSC) on commercial vehicles over a period of five years outweighed the costs at every efficacy rate and each vehicle miles traveled (VMT) category....

Colonial Chemical receives DEF certification

Colonial Chemical Co, Tabernacle NH, has been awarded a license by the American Petroleum Institute (API) under the API diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) certification program, according to Colonial information....

Eaton to assist in hybrid truck incentive program

Eaton Corp, Cleveland OH, has established a program to assist diesel truck fleet owners in applying for $156 million in grants for diesel hybrid trucks that are available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)....

DOE lowers forecast
for 2009 diesel price

The Department of Energy (DOE) continues to lower its projected average price for diesel in 2009--the latest report estimating $2.19 per gallon...

Card check legislation
introduced in Congress

Legislation that would allow workers to form unions without voting in private ballots--action that some have labeled an attack on democracy by eliminating the secret ballot--has been introduced into the House and Senate...

ATA: HOS keeps
trucks, motorists safe

Trucks on the nation’s highways are safer now, while operating under federal hours of service (HOS) regulations that debuted in 2004, than they have ever been, according to the American Trucking Associations (ATA)...

Diesel price persists
in downward trend

The price of diesel last week rang up at the pump at $2.045 per gallon, $1.77 less than this time last year when it was $3.819 per gallon....

NHTSA delays ABS
requirement sunsetting

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has posted an interim final rule on its Web site delaying the sunsetting of a requirement related to trailer antilock brake systems (ABS)...

FMCSA posts anhydrous ammonia update

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has posted a recent update for anhydrous ammonia/nurse tank safety on its Web site at fmcsa.dot.gov...

NEFI defends certain SPCC truck exemptions

The Environmental Protection Agency (SPCC) amendments were finalized in December and set to take effect February 3, 2009, but were delayed by an Obama administration move for review...

Chlorine Institute offers free tech publications

The Chlorine Institute Inc has launched an initiative to provide a vast majority of its technical publications free to key chlor-alkali industry stakeholders via the institute's online bookstore...

DPC offers milk truck guidelines

A guideline for cleaning and sanitation responsibilities for milk tank trucks is available from the Dairy Practices Council (DPC) and can be ordered on the council's Web site at dairypc.org....

EPA delays new Source Review rule

To allow time for further review, a New Source Review final rule specifically regarding the air permitting program’s “aggregation” policy will not take effect before May 18, 2009, according to information from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ...

OSHA to revise respirator fit tests

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed revising fit tests to determine the effectiveness of respiratory protection facemasks, according to OSHA information. ...

Drumm Tank Wash completes dairy certification

Drumm Tank Wash Inc in Cincinnati OH has completed its dairy certification requirements by the Ohio Department of Agriculture, says Eric Drumm. ...

ATA Road Team delivers goods
for Operation Interdependence

Two Captains of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) America's Road Team rolled up right on time to the Operation Interdependence office in Houston TX March 7, delivering pallets of supplies that eventually would make their way to troops serving in the Mideast and other out-of-the-way assignments...

NTTC meetings
set March 30-April 2

The National Tank Truck Carriers Tank Cleaning and Environmental and Safety Councils meetings March 30-April 2 in Savannah GA will feature topics relevant to today's bulk trucking climate...

OPW streamlines
business units

OPW Fueling Components, Cincinnati OH, has streamlined six OPW business units into three: OPW Fueling Components, OPW Fueling Containment Systems, and OPW Fuel Management Systems...

SAF-Holland
ramps up production

SAF-Holland, Holland MI, has shipped drum and disc braked axles from its Warrenton MO facility where the plant plant will continue to ramp up production throughout 2009, according to company information...

Agility to handle Pacific/Far East military fuel

Agility Defense and Government Services, Alexandria VA has won a US Defense Energy Support Center contract to handle storage and distribution of more than 1.2 million barrels of jet fuel for the Pacific and Far East, according to Agility information...

Dupre wins Dow Gold Washer award

Dow Chemical Co, Midland MI, recently presented Dupre Logistics, Lafayette LA, with its Gold Washer award for 2008...

Class 8 orders
down in February

FTR Associates, Nashville IN, has released preliminary data showing Class 8 total net orders for all major North American OEM’s fell to 6,167 units in February...

Goodyear names
Highway Hero finalists

A team of two truck drivers from Illinois and individual drivers from California, Tennessee, and Colorado have been named finalists in the 26th annual Goodyear North America Highway Hero award program...