BT Bulk Logistics Trends - May 29th, 2024
 
 
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May 29, 2024
Highway Transport’s Ed Heard certainly had a lot to do as an elite award finalist at NTTC’s annual conference. From conference events to gatherings with his company and fulfilling his wife’s desires to shop and sightsee—it was a busy few days.
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Novus International recently presented American PetroLog, part of Kenan Advantage Group’s logistics group, with its 2023 Key Supplier of the Year award.
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When it comes to investing in quality and performance, Double Coin is a trusted option in the market. Double Coin stands for quality, performance, service, exceptional value and trust. We are dedicated to offering an innovative product line and providing unwavering support. Our goal is to be your preferred tire partner, year after year, and to earn and keep your trust for the life of your tires.

Firebird Bulk Carriers and R.B. Stewart Petroleum Products family members are among the 32 winners of Texas Trucking Association (TXTA) Foundation academic scholarships for the 2024-2025 school year.
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For over 50 years the Ridewell Corporation has led the industry in the design and manufacturing of heavy duty truck and trailer suspensions. We own over 70 patents for exclusive features used by large manufacturers of trucks and trailers.

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index declined 1.2% in April after decreasing 2.2% in March.
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The Steam-Flo® steam generator is a great solution for cleaning tank cars with low-pressure steam. Mobile units available to clean cars on location. Learn more by contacting a Sioux tank car cleaning expert today at 877-763-4039.

The American Transportation Research Institute board of directors reviewed and approved the organization’s 2024 top research priorities during a recent meeting in San Antonio.
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CSX recently honored 53 customers with Chemical Safety Excellence awards for their outstanding dedication to the safe transportation of hazardous materials throughout 2023.
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The new CBX AeroBeam line of fixed frame suspensions offers the best in top mount design technology with 23k, 25k and 30k capacity models. When equipped with optional P89 disc brakes, the series provides the lightest weight fixed frame air suspensions available. Its versatility meets most vocational fleet applications. The CBXAN23 model is ideal for tank, platform and bulk transport trailers.

Trailer orders increased year-over-year in April, but orders in the first four months of 2024 were down compared to last year and trailer production declined year-over-year and month-over-month, according to the latest reports from industry analysts ACT Research and FTR Transportation Intelligence.
Gemini Motor Transport, the primary fuel hauler for Love’s Travel Stops, collected its third North American safety championship May 7 during National Tank Truck Carriers’ 2024 Annual Conference in Las Vegas. It won the first exemption for Intellistop’s pulsating brake lamp module three days later.
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Built by a high-integrity team, Polar trailers are backed by the support of our dealer network and experienced team members. We actively partner with customers to increase their efficiency, competitiveness and profitability with robustly engineered trailers.

LAS VEGAS—Kenworth debuted its SuperTruck 2 demonstrator vehicle at the ACT Expo.
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions recently established its new Plymouth, Minnesota, innovation center, which is designed to provide industrial customers with a single partner for design, rapid prototyping, development, and serial production, helping to ensure cost control and scalability of customers’ solutions.