Bulk Transporter News Archive

Lane departure warning
optional on Kenworth T700
Sep 1, 2010

Kenworth Truck Company offers the Takata SafeTraK three-lane departure warning system as an option for the Kenworth T700. ...

ArvinMeritor offers
ProTec HMIS Series
Sep 1, 2010

ArvinMeritor Inc has launched its Meritor ProTec High Mobility Independent Suspensions (HMIS) Series....

Class 8 net order
retreat mostly seasonal
Sep 1, 2010

July 2010’s net orders of 11,667 heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles was 27% below June, but was still up 27% from July 2009, according to ACT Research Co. ...

QualaWash purchases Manfredi Special Services
Sep 1, 2010

QualaWash Holdings LLC (QHL) has purchased Cleveland OH-based Manfredi Special Services (MSS), reportedly the largest tote/intermediate bulk container service and supply chain management provider in North America...

Girard, VSP offer
new line of gaskets
Aug 30, 2010

Girard Equipment Inc has teamed up with VSP Technologies, a dedicated fluid-sealing products distributor, to develop the ISO DNATM PITA gasket line...

Cummins EPA '10 engine
output reaches 26,000
Aug 30, 2010

After seven months' production of its EPA 2010-certified and compliant engines, Cummins has built and shipped more than 20,000 heavy-duty and MidRange engines with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) exhaust aftertreatment...

Volvo recalls workers
to New River Valley
Aug 30, 2010

Volvo will recall about 270 people to its New River Valley assembly plant beginning the week of September 6 to meet increasing demand for orders. The recall, representing about 23% of the workforce...

Heil race car finishes
16th in Food City 250
Aug 30, 2010

Danny O'Quinn Jr brought the #27 HEILtrailer.com Ford Fusion home 16th in the Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway recently. The 16th-place finish was the Virginia native's best NASCAR Nationwide Series finish...

Coast Guard validates
use of Smart Sponge
Aug 30, 2010

AbTech Industries Inc, creator of the EPA-approved Smart Sponge water filtration technology, announced that its passive skimmer, absorbent boom, and portable filtration applications have been scientifically and peer-reviewed by the US Coast Guard...

ATA's Truck Tonnage
Index rises in July
Aug 30, 2010

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.5% in July 2010, although June’s reduction was revised from 1.4% to 1.6%...

TIMTC to facilitate
session at TMC meeting
Aug 30, 2010

The Trucking Industry Mobility and Technology Coalition (TIMTC) will facilitate a Truck IntelliDrive and Smart Roadside session at the Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) 2010 fall meeting September 22 in Raleigh NC...

China approves purchase
of Volvo’s joint venture share
Aug 25, 2010

Chinese authorities have approved an agreement in which Sinotruk (BVI) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Corporation (CNHTC), and CNHTC will purchase all of the Volvo Group’s equity interest in the Jinan Huawo Truck Corporation joint venture. ...

NACD launches
new brand identities
Aug 25, 2010

The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) is launching new brand identities for both the NACD and for the association’s bellwether safety and best practices initiative, Responsible Distribution. ...

TransCore Canadian
Freight Index increases
Aug 25, 2010

TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index showed a 53% increase year-over-year. After registering continuous increases from January to June 2010, with June the highest recorded freight volume since June 2008, July 2010 freight volume dipped slightly by 19% compared with the previous month....

Gadot completes ADPO
Ghent NV purchase
Aug 25, 2010

Ampal-American Israel Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Gadot, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, has completed the previously announced purchase of the entire issued and outstanding share capital of ADPO Ghent NV for a purchase price of approximately $38.1 million. ...

Price of diesel fuel sinks
for second straight week
Aug 25, 2010

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide fell for the second straight week, dropping 2.2 cents to $2.957 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information....

ATRI official describes
transportation industry
in trouble in interview
Aug 25, 2010

Dan Murray shares his view of the future of CSA 2010 as well as other challenges and solutions in the US transportation industry. ...

TexCom Inc drills second disposal well to boost capacity
Aug 25, 2010

TexCom Inc, a Houston TX-based environmental services company for the oil and gas industry, announced that it has completed the drilling of a second disposal well at its MB Environmental Services waste disposal facility in Chambers County, Texas. ...

NHTSA publishes technical report on antilock braking
Aug 24, 2010

A new technical report is now available from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) assessing antilock braking performance on heavy-duty trucks and trailers. The report provides a performance review of the systems required under NHTSA’s current Safety Standard 121, Air Brake Systems...

Teamsters launch new organizing assault on tank truck carriers
Aug 24, 2010

By a relatively slim margin, drivers and mechanics who work at KAG (Kenan Advantage Group) West at 17 terminals in Southern California have voted to join Teamsters Local 986 in South El Monte. The vote was 197-147 in favor of union representation...

PHMSA schedules international harmonization for hazmat regs
Aug 24, 2010

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) proposes amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to maintain alignment with international standards by incorporating various amendments, including changes to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport quantity limitations, and vessel stowage requirements. This is a routine procedure...

FMCSA delays part of intermodal equipment rule
Aug 24, 2010

Truck drivers and container drayage carriers are being given more time to comply with some of the paperwork requirements that are part of the final rule issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration concerning the inspection, repair, and maintenance of intermodal equipment, especially container chassis. The rule took effect June 30...

Trusted Truck initiative
sets standards for WRIs
Aug 24, 2010

A multi-year research partnership sponsored by the National Transportation Research Center Inc—with Volvo Trucks North America, Volvo Technology North America, and the University of Tennessee as partners—reveals an effective model for implementing wireless roadside inspections (WRIs) to improve transport efficiency and increase highway safety and security...

Defense Logistics Agency
plans supplier conference
Aug 24, 2010

Robert Hale, the undersecretary of defense (comptroller) and chief financial officer, will be one the keynote speakers at the Defense Logistics Agency’s Enterprise Supplier Conference and Exhibition set for August 23-25 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus OH...

Safety Vision collaborates
with PressurePro, Rice Lake
to offer integrated system
Aug 16, 2010

Safety Vision, a provider of mobile video systems; Advantage PressurePro, provider of tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS); and Rice Lake Weighing Systems have integrated their technologies to provide a system resulting in tangible return on investment (ROI) for fleets through fuel savings, extended tire life, reduced downtime, and improved driver performance....

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