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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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.
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.
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.
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.
Clean Truck Check Disapproval: 12 Costly High-Stakes Impacts for Interstate Tanker Fleets After EPA Action
The Clean Truck Check disapproval limits EPA approval to California-registered vehicles, reshaping federal enforceability, state enforcement risk, and compliance messaging for interstate tankers.
Tank Fleet Compliance Update: Essential 11-Point Guide for March 23, 2026
Tank fleet compliance gets a March 23, 2026 double hit: PHMSA’s Exxon gasoline preemption docket and FMCSA final rules on eDVIR clarity, fuel-system edits, and warning-device language—what changed, what to document, and what to verify now.
HM-265 Fuel Compliance: 7 Cost-Saving Changes—Efficiency Gains, Compliance Watchouts
HM-265 fuel compliance guide for tank fleets: UN1203/lowest-flashpoint marking flexibility, >10% ethanol exceptions, electronic registration, inspection tech, and shop impacts—effective Feb. 13, 2026.
Driverless Hazmat Trucking: 9 Critical Operational Takeaways for Hazmat Fleets From PHMSA’s HM‑266 ANPRM
PHMSA’s driverless hazmat trucking ANPRM (HM‑266) puts autonomous tank transport on the regulatory agenda—deadlines, stakeholder risks, and practical comment themes.
