December 1, 2008
Cover Story
SuperFlo service thrives during current economic slowdown
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Charles E Wilson
Despite the struggling US economy, the future looks very promising for the intermodal services provided by Superior Bulk Logistics Inc (SBL). Demand for...
Editorial
Intermodal services shine in 2008
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Charles E Wilson
Bulk intermodal operations stood out in 2008 as a top-performing sector in the US tank truck industry. Both tank container and transloading activity reportedly...
Feature Articles
Bulk Transportation founder recognized US opportunity
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Mary Davis
Over Five decades ago, Geoff Cross, then a recently-married young man of 25, decided to leave his native United Kingdom and seek a new life in Canada....
Expanding port activity bodes well for new PSC tank wash
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Mary Davis
It's No secret to PSC Container Services that the United States-China shipping trade increased almost 1,500 percent between the years of 1989 and 2006....
Charleston Transport fills need for ISO container hauling
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Mary Davis
With South Carolina on his mind, John Montague realized there was a need in the Charleston market for additional ISO tank container transporters, so he...
Platts Conference
Tank trucks essential part of biofuel transportation modes
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
No Matter what transportation modes eventually convey biofuels, tank trucks will haul each load to its final destination. That was the message from John...
Future ethanol production to grapple with economical aspects
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
There are 170 plants in the United States producing 10.1 billion gallons of ethanol annually with US farmers providing 335 million more bushels of corn...
Sun Coast Resources delivers fuel in wake of Hurricane Ike
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Several Days prior to Hurricane Ike striking the Gulf Coast in mid-September, Sun Coast Resources Inc, a Houston, Texas, petroleum marketer, got a call...
Industry News
NTTC's Conley favors latest HOS rule
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
John Conley, president of the National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC), is supporting the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for retaining...
Walker Group purchases Bulk International assets in Mexico
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Walker Group Holdings LLC of New Lisbon WI, a portfolio company of Insight Equity, has purchased the Mexico-based manufacturing assets of Bulk International...
Navistar reorganizes its truck segment
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Navistar will organize its truck segment into four business units: North American Truck Operations, Global Truck Operations, Global Bus Operations, and...
Boasso America continues expansion
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Boasso America Corporation, a subsidiary of Quality Distribution Inc, recently expanded its network by opening its full-scale tank container service depot...
WABCO forms joint venture with Fuwa
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
WABCO Holdings Inc. has signed a letter of intent with GuangDong Fuwa Engineering Manufacturing Co Ltd to form a joint venture for production of air disc...
KAG signs agreement with 7-Eleven
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Kenan Advantage Group (KAG) has signed a five-year transportation agreement with 7-Eleven Inc. KAG will be the single-source provider of bulk fuel transportation...
Pressure Systems marks 15th anniversary
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Pressure Systems International celebrated its 15th anniversary at a fleet technology event in San Antonio TX recently. Automatic tire inflation as a new...
Grammer opens two new terminals
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Grammer Industries announces its expansion into the Southeast with two new terminal locations now open. The first is in San Antonio FL just north of Tampa...
Schneider a military-friendly employer
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Schneider National Inc has been named to GI Jobs' list of Top 50 Military-Friendly Employers for the third consecutive year. At number 13, Schneider is...
FuelQuest, Circle K extend partnership
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
FuelQuest Inc, an on-demand software and services company for the global downstream energy industry, has announced a six-year renewal with Circle K for...
Truck Tonnage Index decreases in October
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 3.0 percent in October 2008, marking the fourth consecutive...
BBTS wins annual Good stuff award
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The American Trucking Associations announced Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS) was awarded the second annual Mike Russell Good stuff Trucking Image...
Kenworth Grand-Mere joins dealer group
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Kenworth Grand-Mere in Quebec is the newest addition to the Kenworth dealer network. This parts and service facility will provide enhanced customer support...
Vopak plans new Turkish storage terminal
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Royal Vopak announces that it has acquired GY Elyaf ve plik Sanayi Ticaret Anonim irketi from Global Yatm Holding AS. The principal asset of the company...
Mexican trucks report finds low out of service rate
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Although a report on Mexican trucks crossing into the United States indicated a larger sample of carriers is needed to make a statistically significant...
Fuel additive manufacturer agrees to $1.25 million fine
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Biofriendly Corp, incorporated in Nevada with principal offices in Covina CA, has agreed to pay the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) $1.25 million...
US EPA commends Mack Trucks for greenhouse gas reduction success
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Mack Trucks Inc was recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency for the company's success in reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout its operations....
Hino Trucks, Chevrolet lead field in customer satisfaction survey
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Hino Trucks, a Toyota Group Company, ranks highest in customer satisfaction among conventional cab medium-duty trucks in its second model year of producing...
SAF-Holland creates aftermarket unit
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
SAF-Holland's restructured, customer-focused organization emerged in mid-2007. The new structure consists of three market-driven business units that provide...
Eaton flexes hybrid muscle at 2008 Truck Users Forum
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Eaton Corporation announced that 24 of the 35 trucks featured in the recent CALSTART Worlds Largest Hybrid Ride & Drive used Eaton hybrid power systems....
Some TWIC activation now available
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)workers already in compliance in New England ports are now able to activate their cards after the...
Bendix agrees to acquire SmarTire
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, a North American affiliate of Munich, Germany-based Knorr-Bremse AG, plans to acquire the business and related...
ATA plans to expandshighway safety agenda
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The board of directors of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) has voted to expand the organization's safety agenda with the goal of further reducing...
Dispatch Manager does multiple tasks
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
J J Keller & Associates Inc. announces the release of Dispatch Manager, a software program to manage dispatching and load tracking in transportation companies....
Biodiesel blend specs provided on website
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
ASTM International has officially published the biodiesel blend specifications on its website www.astm.org for general use. New biodiesel blend specifications...
People in the News
Fleets
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Miller Transporters Inc. has promoted Steven Tapscott to vice president of sales and marketing. Tapscott, who joined Miller in 1992, most recently served...
Suppliers
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Dover Fluid Management, a division of Dover Corporation, announced the promotion of Tim Warning to president of its OPW Fluid Transfer Group (OPWFTG),...
Obituaries
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
John Francis Grimm, 69, of Savannah GA and a past chairman of the National Tank Truck Carriers, died November 17 in Savannah. His cremated remains will...
Equipment News
D3 Coupler designed to be safe, clean, fast
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
OPW Engineered Systems, a division of OPW Fluid Transfer Group, announces the release of the 1004D3 API bottom-loading coupler. The new D3 Coupler has...
Kenworth adds automatic transmissions
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Kenworth has introduced new automatic transmission offerings for customers in construction and shorthaul applications with high horsepower requirements....
MUTT offers remote control capabilities
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The Mobile Universal Trailer Tester (MUTT) has been designed to help reduce the time it takes to inspect, troubleshoot, and repair trailer electrical...
Detroit Diesel hits BlueTec SCR milestone
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Detroit Diesel Corporation has surpassed seven million miles of demonstrated testing on its BlueTec Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology. BlueTec...
Meritor WABCO offers new ABS with ECU
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems announced its next generation anti-lock braking system with enhanced electronic control unit (ECU). Features include....
Fleetrite APU reduces fuel consumption
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Truck owners and fleets can reduce fuel usage, lower emissions, and comply with new anti-idling laws with the new Fleetrite auxiliary power unit (APU),...
Midwest PMS selects SafeRack system
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) maintains a list of regulations and standards for monitoring workplace safety and health issues,...
RoadWorthy assists in driver selection
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Select International is introducing RoadWorthy, a remote assessment that provides intelligent decision support for driver selection. This tool draws upon...
U.S. Army enlists Mack Trucks equipment
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Mack Trucks Inc. has received an award of approximately $28.5 million from the US Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command for heavy-duty tractors and...
Volvo D12s now rebuilt in North America
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Volvo Trucks North America now offers the legendary Volvo D12 series engines as a North American remanufactured product. The Volvo Reman Basic Engine...
LoneStar truck now SmartWay-certified
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The new International LoneStar, introduced in February 2008 as the first fuel-efficient Advanced Classic big-rig truck, has been certified by the Environmental...
SafeGuards Rail Lite helps contain spills
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Millennium Enterprises Inc introduces the SafeGuards Rail Lite containment line for capturing liquid or dry bulk leaks while transloading from rail cars...
VisionStat vehicle camera systems offered
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Mobile Awareness LLC offers VisionStat, a new series of industrial wired and wireless commercial vehicle camera systems. VisionStat systems can be configured...
Swap Load Skid joins FIBA product line
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
FIBA Technologies Inc introduces its newest addition to the FIBA product line: the Swap Load Skid. This skid has a custom-made framework that allows easy...
Phillips improves primary wire packaging
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
For easier identification, Phillips Industries has improved the packaging for spools of its primary wire. The new see-through package design covers 12-...
Freightliner offers high-visibility seat belts
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Freightliner Trucks announced the availability of high-visibility seat belts as a factory-installed option on the Cascadia, Columbia, Century Class S/T,...
Used-oil boiler handles large volumes
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Clean Burn has introduced the CB-500-CTB. The large-capacity used-oil coil tube boiler can recycle large volumes of used oil (3.6 gallons of used oil...
In-cab mentoring device aids driver safety
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The waySmart 820 RTS (Real Time Safety) system from inthinc is designed to create immediate improvements in driving behavior of commercial fleet drivers....
Tankspan Leasing deploys RAM software
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Tankspan Leasing Ltd has become the latest company to implement specialist intermodal management software from Real Asset Management plc (RAM). The United...
Bendix creates Road Map for the Future
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
When it comes to stability technology, the trucking industry has reached the figurative fork in the road. On one side, roll-only stability; on the other,...
Hendrickson updates parts catalog
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Hendrickson officials announced publication of Solutions at Work, an update of the Truck Suspension Systems Parts Catalog. The 248-page volume (literature...
