Photos: MATS BT 2012 

May 21, 2012

MAC Trailer Manufacturing of Alliance, Ohio, continues to ride high with the oil and gas boom. A crude oil tank trailer is the latest product offering from the MAC LTT division, and it comes with the announcement of another plant expansion...

Photos: Dupre 2012 

May 21, 2012

MID-MORNING on a breezy, warm April day along Farm to Market Highway 624 in the heart of the Eagle Ford oil shale region of South Texas. Three crude oil transports belonging to Dupré Logistics LLC roll eastbound on the way to their delivery destination near Corpus Christi, Texas...

Photos: NTTC April 2012 

Apr 13, 2012

THE PAST year was one of significant transformation for National Tank Truck Carriers Inc. Guiding the association as its chairman during the busy year was Greg Hodgen, president and chief operating officer of Groendyke Transport Inc, Enid, Oklahoma...

Photos: GenOx 2012 

Apr 13, 2012

CRYOGENIC hauler GenOx Transportation Inc operates in one of the smallest niches within the tank truck industry. However, that doesn’t mean the management team has small dreams and goals...

Photos:St Gabriel 2012 

Mar 22, 2012

A NEW chemical wash rack is scheduled to open in St Gabriel, Louisiana, by the end of March. Construction crews are putting the final touches on the new six-bay facility, located at 4250 Geigy Access Rd...

Photos: Rescar 2012 

Mar 22, 2012

JUST LIKE tank trailers, most rail tankcars need cleaning at least occasionally and sometimes very frequently. A new tankcar cleaning facility that opened in late January in Channelview, Texas, is helping to address that need...

Photos: Decatur 2012 

Mar 22, 2012

IT CAN truly be said that Prime Inc’s newest foodgrade wash rack was designed by wash workers for wash workers. Named Decatur Kleen, the new wash rack in Decatur, Indiana, commenced operations in mid-November 2011...

Photos: Brenner Feb 2012 

Mar 21, 2012

THE PAST year brought two new cargo tank repair shops for Brenner Tank Services LLC. Both were developed in cooperation with QualaWash Holdings LLC

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Photos: NTTC February 2012 

Mar 15, 2012

NATIONAL Tank Truck Carriers has requested that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) “tweak” the Compliance, Safety, and Accountability (CSA) program, and that’s exactly what’s happening, according to William Quade, associate administrator for FMCSA’s Office of Enforcement...

Photos: Polar 2012 

Mar 15, 2012

TIMES are good for Polar Service Centers, a division of Polar Corporation. The cargo tank maintenance and repair specialist came off a very strong year in 2011, and 2012 looks every bit as good or better...

Photos: Bulkmatic 2012 

Mar 15, 2012

WITH NEW equipment costs soaring in recent years, truck fleets are scrambling to maximize their investments in tractors and trailers. They are aggressively pursuing strategies to contain fleet costs...

Photos: Storage and Terminaling 2012 

Jan 23, 2012

THE American Petroleum Insti­tute (API) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) expect to issue official responses early this year to the US Chemical Safety Board’s (CSB) call for new public-protection measures at oil and gas production sites...

Photos: Southern Illinois Motor Xpress (SIMX) 2012 

Jan 23, 2012

OIL and gas shale activity plays a major role in operations at Southern Illinois Motor Xpress (SIMX) even though the carrier’s fleet is based more than 200 miles from the nearest shale field. The dry bulk hauler averages 130 loads of frac sand a day, 363 days a year...

Photos: Oilfield Equipment 2012 

Jan 23, 2012

BE PREPARED! In addition to being the Boy Scout motto, it is also good advice for tank truck fleets launching operations in oil and gas shale regions. Running the right equipment in the oilfield is absolutely critical...

Photos: Forecast 2012 

Jan 23, 2012

BY ALL estimates, 2012 should be another very good year for US oil and gas exploration and production. That should come as great news for the diverse tank truck fleets that support those operations...

Photos: Goodyear 2011 

Dec 30, 2011

GOODYEAR dealers and members of the trucking trade press (including Bulk Transporter) recently had the opportunity to observe a live simulation of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s fleetHQ and business solutions programs. The simulation took place at Goodyear’s Danville, Virginia, commercial tire manufacturing plant...

Photos: Intermodal Symposium 2011 

Dec 22, 2011

Photos: Atlas 2011 

Dec 22, 2011

VIEWED in a bucket, sweet crude oil from the Permian Basin region of West Texas looks a lot like diesel fuel. This low-density, low-sulfur crude oil is a preferred feedstock for many of the refineries along the Gulf Coast and in the Midwest...

Photos: Natural Gas 2011 

Nov 23, 2011

WHY SHOULD truck fleets consider natural gas as a replacement for diesel fuel? Is natural gas readily available where trucks go, and how easy is it to handle? Does natural gas offer potential as a new cargo for tank truck carriers...

Photos: Heckmann 2011 

Nov 23, 2011

BY SPRING 2012, Heckmann Water Resources Inc will be running more liquefied natural gas-fueled tractors than any other tank truck fleet in North America. Just as significantly, it will be using those tractors in one of the most demanding operating environments: The oilfield...

Photos: Safety Worker BT 2011 

Oct 27, 2011

In a survey released by Kimberly-Clark Professional, 89% of safety professionals said they had observed workers not wearing safety equipment when they should have been. Twenty-nine percent said this had happened on numerous occasions...

Photos: Steve Kent BT 2011 

Oct 27, 2011

TIMES are not just good in the oil patch right now, they’re great. In fact, things are going so well that the oil patch is essentially a recession-free zone
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Photos: Petroleum Webinar BT 2011 

Oct 27, 2011

TIGHT delivery sites. Traffic congestion. Inattentive motorists. Storage tank identification issues. The potential for spills and product contamination
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Photos: Oilfield BT 2011 

Oct 27, 2011

HISTORY notes that as far back as 1920 shale oil was being viewed as a potential major contributor to the North American energy-supply hierarchy. In fact, it was in that very year that the Mineral Leasing Act made fossil fuels and minerals located on public lands administered by the federal government “leasable,” that is, open to exploration and recovery...

Photos: Piston BT 2011 

Oct 27, 2011

SINCE late last year, Piston Tank Corporation has been assembling its tank trailers at a spacious new shop in South Roxanna, Illinois. It was a welcome change for the company that produces some of the most specialized tank trailers in the industry...