On the Road to UNITI Expo 2020
UNITI expo 2020, the leading European trade fair for the retail petroleum and car wash industries, will celebrate its fourth edition on May 26 – 28, 2020. The industry’s most international trade fair will return to…
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Tank-Cleaning Industry Innovator Ralph L Nappi Dies
Ralph L Nappi, a longtime leader in the tank truck-cleaning industry, died peacefully at his home in Jackson NJ on May 22, 2019, after a long battle with cancer. Nappi was 77. Nappi’s career in…
BNSF Wants More Intermodal Service
BNSF wants to speed up intermodal service with new capital projects so it can grab a larger piece of e-commerce freight, according to the company’s head of intermodal marketing.
BNSF, a unit of Berskshire Hathway…
Global Slowdown Pinching FedEx
FedEx Corp. tumbled in April as a new cut to its earnings outlook stoked Wall Street concerns over the courier’s ability to navigate a global slowdown and cash in on surging e-commerce. Overseas demand is…
Oxygenates, Metals Leaching Into U.S. Oil Supply Chain
The complex web of U.S. pipelines, tanks and export terminals that’s helped make America the world’s top oil producer is causing a headache for some crude buyers, industry analysts say.
As various types of crude…
Backlog May Depress Imports, Economist Says
The surge of cargo that moved through U.S. ports in December increased both wholesale and retail inventories and “until that backlog is taken care of, it will likely depress container imports for the next couple…
Paccar Names Preston Feight Chief Executive
Preston Feight, executive vice president of Paccar, will take over as chief executive beginning July 1. He will also join the company’s board of directors. Paccar is the parent company of Kenworth Truck Co., Peterbilt…
Business Booming at Port of Long Beach
Mario Cordero, executive director of the Port of Long Beach, Calif., said the port’s business prospects for this year are bright, even as the port reported that in 2018 it handled nearly 8.1 million twenty-foot…
Shippers Remain Optimistic, Analysts Say
Shippers and carriers of international freight remain optimistic about 2019 as the spot market starts to level off and a rate recession becomes a possibility for the trucking industry.
In a recent report on a…
Melanie Dufresne, Nominated Director of Marketing and Communications at Tremcar
Tremcar is happy to announce the nomination of Melanie Dufresne as Director of marketing and communications for Tremcar Inc and all its subsidiaries: Tremcar USA, Boston Steel, Tremcar West and Tremcar Industries. The nomination was…
