Freight Brokers ‘Need To Speed Up’
The business fundamentals of freight brokerage — using an operations call center to find trucks to move freight — have not changed in the past 10 years. Volume per broker per day, gross margins and…
Anheuser-Busch Deploying Electric Trucks
Anheuser-Busch soon will deploy 21 battery-electric trucks in California to showcase economic and environmental sustainable warehousing and distribution technology for fleets, according to industry reports. The brewing company is deploying trucks from BYD Auto, manufacturer…
Len Fletcher Dies at 68
Leonard (Len) Francis Fletcher, president and chief executive of Superior Carriers of Oak Brook, Ill., died Sept. 26 after a long battle with cancer, according to company officials. He was 68. Fletcher graduated from Columbus…
New Dixon Bayco Petroleum Product Indicators
Dixon Bayco Petroleum Product Indicators are designed to be mounted near the API discharge valves on road tanks using a standard bolt hole pattern. Available in standard and mini lengths these multi-product grade indicators can…
Dillon Logistics Wins SmartWay Award
Dillon Logistics, a transporter of asphalt, chemical and dry bulk products, has been selected to receive the 2019 SmartWay Excellence Award for outstanding environmental efforts and leadership. Based in Burr Ridge, Ill., Dillon Logistics has…
Boston Steel Exhibits New DEF Unit
At the last New England Fuel Institute (NEFI) show in Providence, R.I.,Boston Steel, a division of Tremcar USA, exhibited a Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) unit. It was specially designed to carry DEF, a liquid, aqueous…
NTTC Seeking Action On Dry-Bulk Axle Legislation
National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) recently notified its membership that the association’s dry-bulk axle tolerance legislative effort fell just short in the Senate in August. In its letter, NTTC President Daniel Furth said: “While we…
Freeland Retiring As Cummins President
Rich Freeland, Cummins president and chief operating officer, is retiring after 40 years with the company. He will be succeeded by Tony Satterthwaite, distribution president, the company announced. The new appointments will be effective today…
Polar Acquires C&R Fleet Services
Polar Service Centers, one of the nation’s largest networks of commercial parts and repair facilities for tank trailers and tank trucks, has acquired C & R Fleet Services of Griffin, Ga., company officials announced. Founded…
Unibloc Updates Website, Branding
Unibloc Pump, an Atlanta, Ga.-based manufacturer of sanitary positive displacement pumps and products, has launched a new website, found at www.uniblocpump.com. It has also updated its branding elements. The new website features more streamlined and…
Republic Pneumatics Opens New Business
Republic Pneumatics of Sellersburg, IN. opened a new business, Eagle Flow Solutions. Located at 4620 Peek Industrial Drive in Columbus, Ga., the business specializes in the sales, service and installation of all major brands of…
Entrans Intl Partners with Transcourt
EnTrans International, LLC, has announced it signed a new distributor, Transcourt Inc., for its Heil Trailer and Polar Tank Trailer brands. Transcourt has been leasing and renting both brands since its founding in 1997. Building…
