Heavy-Duty Truck Excise Tax Repeal: 7 Powerful Benefits and Risks for Tank Fleets
Heavy-duty truck excise tax repeal could lower upfront equipment costs for tank fleets, but it would also reopen major Highway Trust Fund and road-funding questions.
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Transport Regulations News Archives
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Texas Petroleum Theft Surge: 9 Critical Risks Driving a Dangerous Cargo-Tank Crackdown
Texas petroleum theft has become a transport-security issue involving unauthorized vacuum trucks, suspicious tickets, pipeline fires, cargo tank inspections, and Texas STOPTheft enforcement reforms.
Water Tank Transport Demand Faces 7 Critical Shifts in a Strained Infrastructure Market
Water tank transport demand is rising as data centers, drought, wastewater compliance, reuse policy, and PFAS scrutiny reshape potable and waste liquid logistics.
EV Hazmat Transport Risks: 7 Key Questions in PHMSA’s Federal Review
EV hazmat transport risks are now at the center of a live federal review. Here is what PHMSA, truck makers, safety investigators, and charging developers have updated on heavy-duty electric trucks carrying hazardous materials.
Cargo Tank Compliance Faces 2 Critical PHMSA Clarifications for MC 331 Fleets
Cargo tank compliance for MC 331 fleets and LPG shops just got more complicated after two 2026 PHMSA interpretations on inspection frequency and leakage-test paperwork.
Diesel Trucking Costs: A Sobering 12-Point Update on Freight, Fuel, and Supply
Diesel trucking costs remain elevated even as crude futures retreat. This update tracks EIA, AAA, Samsara, refinery outages, distillate inventories, freight rates, and carrier responses through April 17, 2026.
EPA Renewable Fuel Standards: Mixed Outlook, Powerful 12-Point Set Two Final Rule Update for 2026–2027
EPA renewable fuel standards for 2026–2027 are final: record-high total applicable volumes, a seventy-percent SRE reallocation, revised equivalence values effective in 2027, eRIN removal, updated CWC pricing, and new litigation risk signals.
Jones Act Waiver: 8 Hard Truths Behind Stalled Domestic Fuel Relief
Jones Act waiver update: CBP’s March 27 guidance, record March fuel exports, tanker-rate spikes, and why domestic coastal relief remains limited.
Roadcheck ELD Enforcement: 12 Major Enforcement Risks for Fleets in 2026
Roadcheck ELD enforcement is tightening as CVSA adds a new out-of-service condition for ELD tampering and FMCSA expands revoked-device actions; here’s what changed, which devices are affected, and how roadside inspectors will validate logs and cargo securement.
Valero Port Arthur Blast: 12 Warning Signals for Fuel Markets
Valero Port Arthur blast update on cause, TCEQ emissions data, restart status, lawsuits, and impacts to diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel logistics on the Texas Gulf Coast.
