Tank Transport Trader March/April 2024 Issue

["\n\n 2024 PRODUCT SERVICE DIRECTORY AND BUYERS GUIDE! SEPTIC, LIQUID HAZARDOUS WASTE\n COMING MAY\/JUNE\n INCLUDED WITH THIS ISSUE: INCLUDES TANK TRUCK MAINTENANCE FACILITIES \u2022 TANK CLEAN ING FACILITIES Transporters for liquid sewage and liquid hazardous waste transported in the sewage,\n and industrial waste producing industries.\n TANK TRUCK BUYERS GUIDE \u2022 WASTE PUMPER VENDORS \u2022 SPECIAL FOCUS SECTION ADVERTISING. DEADLINE: APRIL 23\n\n Since 1986\n\n\n\n\n www.TankTransport.com MARCH\/APRIL 2024\n [email protected] www.linkedin.com\/in\/garyhightower\n 1-800-537-1320 The National Newspaper of the Liquid and Dry Bulk Transportation Industry www.twitter.com\/tanktransporter\n Fax: 817-348-0289 www.facebook.com\/transporttrader\n\n Fuel the Safety and Security\n\n of Your Petroleum Fleet\n\n Anyone in the business of transporting petroleum knows\n it can be complex and hazardous. Aside from the load itself,\n delivery and security concerns keep fleets and drivers on\n their toes. Maintaining operator safety during deliveries and\n guarding against theft are always top of mind. Engineered\n Transportation International (EnTrans) is helping ease some\n of those worries with its new, innovative LightGuard\u2122 and\n LoadGuard\u2122 technologies, now available on Heil Trailer and\n Polar Tank products, including their full line of petroleum\n trailers.\n Making petroleum deliveries after dark poses a specific\n challenge to operators. It\u2019s essential to their safety and the\n safety of those around them that they can see and be seen.\n That\u2019s where LightGuard comes in. This dynamic, exterior\n lighting system illuminates the area around the side and rear\n of the trailer. Two side-mounted lights, as well as LED rear\n and ring lights at the back of the trailer, project an arc of light\n and a red border on the ground to alert drivers that someone\n EIA predicting lower gasoline prices Analysts see only slight uptick is working in the area.\n for ethanol\n Average U.S. retail gasoline prices are When it comes to addressing the issue of petroleum\n expected to decrease this year because of U.S. Energy Information Administration theft, EnTrans has introduced LoadGuard. This double bar\n increased inventories related to increased (EIA) data showed that the average of weekly locking device fits over the discharge pipe, acting as a theft\n refinery capacity, according to the U.S. Energy ethanol stocks in 2023 was 2.70 percent lower deterrent while the load is enroute. If any issues are detected,\n Information Administration\u2019s (EIA) Short- than that of 2022. Meanwhile, according\n Term Energy Outlook (STEO). EIA predicts to S&P Global, US Corn CIF New Orleans\n slightly reduced gasoline consumption next reached its\u2019 lowest level since late 2020 and\n year to further decrease prices. trended significantly downwards for most of\n Similar supply-side factors should lower 2023. Market sources cited tight inventories\n retail diesel prices this year and 2025, although and cheap corn as primary drivers of the\n U.S. diesel consumption will likely exceed 2023 historically consistent production margins.\n this year and in 2025, according to EIA. Strong production in the fourth quarter of\n \u201cWe expect crude oil prices this year 2023 paired with softening gasoline markets\n to be similar to those in 2023,\u2019\u2019 the energy pushed ethanol values to their lowest levels\n outlook says. \u201cAs a result, our lower gasoline since January 2021. Upon reaching the near\n and diesel price outlooks next year reflect three-year lows, prices were approaching\n narrowing crack spreads, the difference a floor, according to a market source, \u201cbut\n between the wholesale prices of gasoline margins are still positive and there are no\n and diesel compared with crude oil. Crack real bullish drivers on the radar.\u201d\n spreads reflect the price of refining, and a According to EIA data, the average of\n\n (Gasoline prices continued on page 6) (Ethanol stocks continued on page 10) (Petroleum fleet continued on page 6)\n\n\n Tank Transport Trader is pleased to FREE SUBSCRIPTION UPDATE FORM\n Since 1986\n present you with this March\/April 2024\n issue along with the 2024 Product In order to continue receiving Tank Transport Trader,\n The National Newspaper of the Liquid and Dry Bulk Transportation Industry\n Service Directory and Buyers Guide. please check a box in the boxes below and mail, fax or email this form to:\n DIRECTORY & BUYER\u2019S GUIDE 2024\n This special directory issue TANK TRANSPORT TRADER\n includes Tank Cleaning Facilities, 101 W. BLUFF ST.\n Maintenance and Repair Facilities and FORT WORTH, TX 76102-1810\n a Buyer\u2019s Guide of original equipment FAX: 817-348-0289 \/ EMAIL: [email protected]\n manufacturers and vendors that supply\n equipment and services to the liquid Yes! Continue sending me No. Discontinue sending\n and dry bulk transportation industry. Tank Transport Trader Tank Transport Trader\n","\n\n\n\n\n LightGuard\u2122\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Shine a Light, ( )or Three\n ( ( ))\n\n\n\n on Safety.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n RING LIGHT REAR LIGHT SIDE LIGHTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n PROJECTED RED BORDER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Fuel hauling and delivery after dark can be a challenge. That\u2019s why Heil Trailer petroleum\n trailers are now available with LightGuard, an innovative system that illuminates the trailer\n and surrounding area. Part of a full suite of smart trailer features, LightGuard increases\n\n visibility, making unloading at night easier and safer.\n\n Lights mounted on the side and rear of the trailer generate a red border on the ground\n\n to warn drivers that a person is working in the area. Heil Trailer is leading and lighting\n the way with LightGuard.\n\n Visit heiltrailer.com or contact your local dealer or regional sales manager and shine\n\n a light on safety today!\n\n\n\n PREMIUM PERFORMANCE.\n\n\n\n\n heiltrailer.com\n\n\n Heil Trailer is part of the Engineered Transportation International family of brands.\n","\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n (800) 526-4330 [email protected] www.GirardEquip.com\n","\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n The Engineered Suspension Company\n\n\n\n Delivering a Smooth, Seamless Ride\n\n\n\n We\u2019ve got you covered \u2014 smooth suspensions, fast lead times, and\n exceptional customer service. 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From lighting\n LoadGuard will notify the driver and the way for operators to securing\n fleet manager through TANK Ai\u2122, an loads enroute, the company is\n intelligent tank system engineered meeting the challenges of petroleum\n to enhance load security, operational transportation. To learn how\n efficiency and safety. Now fleet LightGuard, LoadGuard and TANK\n managers have a defense against the Ai can enhance the safety, security\n costly pilfering of petroleum from and operational efficiency of your\n their tank trailers. fleet, contact your local Heil Trailer\n Complementing LightGuard or Polar Tank sales representative.\n and LoadGuard, TANK Ai\n provides fleet managers and\n operators unprecedented views\n of a trailer\u2019s performance. That\n means maintenance issues can\n be addressed quickly before they\n become a safety concern and actions\n like tire inflation or deflation can be\n performed in real time. The system Scan the QR code to learn more\n also offers a full suite of exterior about TANK Ai and LightGuard!\n and rearview cameras that provide\n drivers unprecedented views of\n areas around the trailer, assisting\n with trailer operation, including\n lane changes and reversing. When (Gasoline prices continued from page 1)\n it comes to hauling performance, lower crack spread indicates lower\n TANK Ai is putting fleet managers refining cost. Our lower forecast\n and operators in the driver\u2019s seat. crack spread for gasoline is driven\n EnTrans continues to lead by our expectation of increasing\n the industry with advanced tank availability of supply even as\n trailer technologies, taking safety, consumption is reduced.\u2019\u2019\n security and performance to a\n (Gasoline prices continued on page 9)\n\n 6 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER I MARCH-APRIL 2024 www.TankTransport.com\n","\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n www.TankTransport.com MARCH-APRIL 2024 I TANK TRANSPORT TRADER 7\n","\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 10445 North State Road 267, Brownsburg, Indiana 46112\n [email protected]\n\n Tank Transport Repair \u2022 Truck Service \u2022 Tank and Truck Parts \u2022 Charolais Cattle\n\n\n Your Tank repair SpecialiSTS\n\n Family Owned and Operated\n\n\n Bowman\u2019s For All Your\n Maintenance and Repairs \u2022 Cargo Tank Testing and Inspections\n Welding and Fabrication \u2022 Pump Installation \u2022 Custom Hose and Parts \u2022 Warranty Repair\n\n We only use the best parts!\n 317-858-1900 \u2022 (Toll Fee) 877-826-5269 \u2022 (Cell) 317-508-6903\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 8 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER I MARCH-APRIL 2024 www.TankTransport.com\n","\n\n (Gasoline prices continued from page 6)\n In 2023, additional refinery\n Since 1986\n capacity came online, raising U.S.\n The National Newspaper of the Liquid and Dry Bulk Transportation Industry operable refinery capacity from\n Recognized as\n Gary N. Hightower 18.06 million barrels per day (b\/d) in\n Publisher January 2023 to 18.31 million b\/d in\n Of: 800-537-1320\n Cell: 817-845-6301 an industry best. December 2023.\n [email protected] \u201cWe expect the availability of the\n\n Jack Flanders Supertanker new refinery capacity will ease price\n Executive Editor pressure on petroleum products in\n Cell: 817-476-6137 2024,\u2019\u2019 EIA said. \u201cIn 2025, we expect\n [email protected] lower crude oil prices, which will also\n Supplying the needs\n Neal R. Hightower reduce gasoline and diesel prices.\u2019\u2019\n Publisher-TankTransport.com New international production\n CTO-Content Management of the petroleum hauler.\n Internet Marketing from refineries in the Middle East,\n Cell: 817-945-1305 particularly Kuwait, have also\n [email protected]\n increased the pool of gasoline and\n diesel on world markets. Increasing\n TANK TRANSPORT TRADER\n A GNH Enterprises, Inc. company global refined products supply will\n 1011 W. Bluff St. contribute to easing international\n Fort Worth, Texas 76102\n 800-537-1320 price pressure on both fuels.\n 817-338-0822 \u201cWe expect gasoline consumption\n Fax: 817-348-0289\n [email protected] to remain relatively flat this year\n www.tanktransport.com and to decrease only slightly in\n 2025, by less than 1 percent,\u2019\u2019 the\n Concentrating on industry leaders in the EIA report says. \u201cIn both years,\n liquid and dry bulk industry, no other we expect slowing but consistent\n publication offers a more direct route\n to that audience than Tank Transport economic growth. Flat or decreasing\n Trader. We reach additional industries gasoline consumption despite\n that are not primarily carriers but do\n buy and use tank related products such economic growth is relatively\n as the construction, farming, oilfield, uncommon. 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California will complete its ongoing\n Tank Transport Trader is a dba of GNH Enterprises, Inc. For more information conversion to renewable diesel\n 513.874.8499 production, although the timing\n dixonvalve.com of both may vary based on market\n conditions and the schedules of the\n \u00a92022 Dixon Valve & Coupling Company, LLC. All rights reserved. Uncommon Excellence \u00ae\n owners,\u2019\u2019 EIA said..\n\n bayco-tank-trans-supertanker-Fuels_MarApr_2024.indd 1\n 2\/14\/2024 4:09:19 PM\n www.TankTransport.com bayco-tank-trans-supertanker-Fuels_MarApr_2024.indd 1 2\/14\/2024 4:09:19 PM MARCH-APRIL 2024 I TANK TRANSPORT TRADER 9\n","\n\n (Ethanol stocks continued from page 1) DEF requires proper handling\n \u201cWhile there are important carbon operations.\n weekly domestic stocks in 2023 as of modeling updates and details that \u201cNicholas brings with him a Fluids are essential for machine\n the week ended Dec. 15 was 23.101 still need to be worked out, we are wealth of experience, with more than operation, and contractors should\n million barrels \u2014 640,000 barrels cautiously optimistic that today\u2019s 17 years of exemplary leadership familiarize themselves with how to\n lower than the 2022 average. Market guidance could open the door to an in commercial and operational handle them and use them to ensure\n sources have echoed that logistic enormous opportunity for America\u2019s roles,\u201d said Ryan Rockafellow, chief their equipment functions properly.\n issues and delayed shipments were a farmers, ethanol producers and executive of EnTrans. \u201cI\u2019m confident Diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) has\n theme in 2023, leading to tight supply airlines,\u201d said Geoff Cooper, chief that he will be integral to our been on the market since 2014 as one\n across various regions in the U.S. executive of the Renewable Fuels ongoing efforts to drive commercial component to creating an engine\n Particularly tight supply was Association. expansion with new products and after-treatment system that meets\n seen in the New York Harbor region new markets.\u201d U.S. Environmental Protection\n during the second half of 2023, as the Supply and demand for 2024 Born in Malaysia, Ling is fluent Agency (EPA) standards for diesel\n weekly average of regional stocks in English and Cantonese and engines. Yet there are a lot of people\n from July-December was 6.821 According to S&P Global, proficient in Mandarin, Hokkien, who don\u2019t understand what DEF is,\n million barrels. In 2022, the weekly domestic demand for ethanol is Foochow, Malay, Bahasa Indonesia its function and how to store it.\n average of regional stocks during expected to rise from 896,000 barrels and Thai. He most recently served \u201cMany areas in the world have\n that same period was 7.287 million per day (b\/d) last year to 909,000 b\/d as the managing director of Panus introduced standards to reduce\n barrels. this year. Despite the forecast rise in International. He specializes in emissions that are produced by\n Heading into the new year, the U.S. demand for ethanol, gasoline demand organizational transformation, diesel engines. One of the key\n ethanol industry awaits policy support in the U.S. is expected to begin to market growth expansion, new emissions that these standards\n from the federal government, which, decline this year. market start-ups, strategic sales are designed to reduce is nitrogen\n if realized, could help spur growth this As such, policy support from the and marketing management, oxides (NOx). So, a lot of the latest\n year and beyond. federal government \u2014 including the global product development and equipment use DEF and other\n The Environmental Protection allowance of year-round sales of E15 distribution. system components as a cost-\n Agency (EPA) in a recent court filing gasoline along with the inclusion Ling holds a Bachelor\u2019s of effective means of eliminating\n said it planned to issue a final rule of alcohol-to-jet feedstocks in the Commerce from Curtin University of NOx from diesel engines,\u2019\u2019 said\n by March 28, responding to eight Inflation Reduction Act\u2019s SAF Tax Technology in Australia. Andy Miller, service training\n Midwest governors\u2019 petitions to allow Credit \u2014 will be crucial for the \u201cI am looking forward to manager at Caterpillar. \u201cDEF and\n the year-round sale of a gasoline continued growth of the ethanol expanding Heil Trailer Asia\u2019s the onboard systems that use it\n blend containing up to 15-percent industry going forward. presence in the Asian market,\u201d Ling have been engineered, and most\n ethanol (E15). As such, policy support from the said. \u201cHeil Trailer and EnTrans have engine manufacturers have made\n As it currently stands, the federal government \u2014 including the a reputation of employing the latest considerable investments in it, so\n EPA prohibits the sale of E15 in allowance of year-round sales of E15 manufacturing techniques while it will probably be around for the\n conventional gasoline markets from gasoline along with the inclusion paying the utmost attention to their foreseeable future.\u201d\n June 1-Sept. 15 due to restrictions on of alcohol-to-jet feedstocks in the core values such as safety and safe Here are the top questions about\n air pollution during the summertime. Inflation Reduction Act\u2019s SAF Tax environmental practices.\u201d DEF and the most common ways\n If the EPA rules in favor of the Credit \u2014 will be crucial for the Entrans is a global leader and DEF gets contaminated.\n governors\u2019 petitions, E15 would be continued growth of the ethanol manufacturer of transportation What is diesel exhaust fluid\n allowed to be sold year-round in industry going forward, according to equipment. The company consists (DEF)?\n Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, industry officials. of Heil Trailer, Polar Tank Trailer, \u201cDEF is a simple product made of\n Missouri, Ohio, South Dakota and Jarco and Kalyn Siebert. Heil Trailer 67.5 percent deionized water and 32.5\n Wisconsin. New Asia president at Heil has been manufacturing durable percent urea. You could use regular\n The EPA sent a draft final tank trailers since 1901 for liquid, dry water, but deionized water prevents\n rule to the White House Office of bulk, oil-field, construction, platform, scaling in the system, among other\n Management and Budget for inter- specialized, towing and defense things,\u2019\u2019 Miller said.\n agency review that is expected to transportation. How does DEF work?\n side with the governors\u2019 petitions and Further information about Heil \u201cIn diesel exhaust emissions\n spur greater blending of ethanol in Trailer can be obtained at www. systems, when DEF is sprayed into\n gasoline sold in the Midwest. heiltrailer.com. the diesel exhaust gases, a chemical\n The U.S. Department of the reaction takes place. As the newly\n Treasury Dec. 15 published much- \u201cHEIL TRAILER AND combined molecules flow through the\n awaited guidance on eligibility for the ENTRANS HAVE catalyst filter in the after-treatment\n Sustainable Aviation Fuel tax credit A REPUTATION system, it breaks down those\n under the Inflation Reduction Act. OF EMPLOYING components into nitrogen and water,\n Treasury announced recognition of THE LATEST which are harmless gasses so it\u2019s\n the GREET model, to which updates MANUFACTURING taking harmful gases and converting\n were expected to be made by March TECHNIQUES WHILE it into a harmless gas,\u2019\u2019 Miller\n 1, to also determine the life cycle Nicholas Ling PAYING THE UTMOST explained.\n GHG emissions rates for SAF. President, Heil Trailer Asia ATTENTION TO THEIR What happens when you operate\n It remains to be seen if SAF a machine without DEF?\n produced with corn ethanol as well Nicholas Ling has been named CORE VALUES SUCH \u201cWithin Cat, and among industry\n as other feed-stocks will qualify president of Heil Trailer Asia, officials AS SAFETY AND SAFE peers, the systems are robust against\n under the new GREET model, so at Engineered Transportation ENVIRONMENTAL operating a machine without DEF,\u2019\u2019\n the ethanol industry has not fully International (EnTrans) announced. PRACTICES.\u201d Miller said. \u201cIn the simplest form,\n declared a victory in this ongoing Ling will assume full managerial NICHOLAS LING there is a level sensor in the tank that\n development. authority over Heil Trailer Asia\u2019s PRESIDENT, HEIL TRAILER ASIA monitors the DEF level, and if the\n\n\n 10 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER I MARCH-APRIL 2024 www.TankTransport.com\n","\n\n level gets too low, the machine will \u201cDEF IS A SIMPLE lubricants. Zinc oxide is primarily from this market situation by\n advise the operator that that tank is PRODUCT MADE used in engine oils for automobiles to enhancing coating production in\n getting low and needs filling up. If the OF 67.5 PERCENT reduce engine oxidation, corrosion, China\u2019s new factories.\n operator ignores the warnings, the DEIONIZED WATER and wear. Europe is anticipated to grow\n machine will start logging diagnostic AND 32.5 PERCENT Due to their cost, cell voltage, at a CAGR of 3.60 percent over the\n codes. And then, if warnings UREA. YOU COULD USE and energy density advantages, projection period. Germany is the\n continue to be ignored, the machine REGULAR WATER, BUT zinc chloride batteries are one of principal manufacturer of tires\n will de-rate the engine to basically DEIONIZED WATER the most promising technologies and other rubber goods in Europe.\n force the operator to get out of the for medium to large-scale energy Continental AG, Dunlop GmbH,\n machine and refill the system. Once PREVENTS SCALING IN storage applications. Due to its Michelin Reifenwerke AG and Co\n it\u2019s refilled, all the fault codes are THE SYSTEM, AMONG growing use in manufacturing KGaA, Pirelli Deutschland GmbH,\n reset, and life goes back to normal. If OTHER THINGS.\u2019\u2019 batteries used in the automobile Freudenberg Group, etc., are some\n an operator goes to the extreme and ANDY MILLER, industry, the market for zinc of the biggest manufacturers of\n operates the machine without any SERVICE TRAINING MANAGER AT chloride grade batteries is tires and non-tire products in the\n DEF, a dealer may need to come out CATERPILLAR growing. Opportunities are being country. Meanwhile, there has been\n and reset some codes, but the system created for producers in the a long period of stagnation in the\n can\u2019t be damaged by operating the \u2022 \u201cThe second biggest issue we zinc chloride market due to the German tire market. The top players\n machine without DEF.\u2019\u2019 see is dirt contamination. End- automobile industry\u2019s migration in the tire industry are growing and\n How should DEF be stored? users sometimes use a dirty fill from zinc carbon to zinc chloride shrinking in Germany due to market\n DEF will freeze in extremely container \u2014 one with sand or batteries. Since manufacturers changes in Europe that favor larger\n cold weather, so storing it out of the grit in it. This doesn\u2019t impact make enormous quantities of zinc rim-diameter tires. Germany is a\n elements is ideal. However, DEF the ability of the after-treatment chloride batteries, they are the most primary paint and coatings producer\n can freeze and thaw without any system to turn NOx to ammonia affordable batteries on the market. in Europe. There are numerous\n negative consequences. It is common and water, but dirt causes Zinc oxide (ZnO) is the activator small and medium-sized businesses\n for machines to be parked outside problems for the pump and other of choice during the vulcanization and about 300 paint and printing ink\n and may be exposed to these colder components, and it clogs the or curing procedure used to make facilities.\n temps. The on-board systems will filters,\u201d Miller said. \u201cExtra care rubber tires. Additionally, it helps Key Highlights:\n heat up and thaw the DEF in these should also be taken when filling rubber adhere better to metal. \u2022 The global zinc chemicals market\n conditions so it can be used when the tank. If dirt is not cleaned Too little zinc oxide may result in is bifurcated based on type into\n needed. There is greater concern away from the fill location, it can burning problems, but too much zinc oxide, zinc sulfate, zinc\n on the warm side. \u201cAbout 95 degrees get into the system when filling zinc oxide may enhance hot air\/heat carbonate, zinc chloride, and other\n (F) is the maximum temperature and possibly lead to system issues aging properties, similar to more classes. The zinc oxide segment\n the DEF should be stored long term. down the road.\u201d significant zinc oxide loadings. It is a is the highest contributor to the\n Also, sunlight degrades the urea, so \u2022 Wrong fluid. \u201cThirdly, we see vital area of the rubber tire business market and is estimated to boost\n keeping DEF in a shaded space that people accidentally putting the since it reduces heat buildup and at a CAGR of 4.10 percent during\n is dry and clean will help prevent wrong fluid into the DEF system, tire wear. As a result, the use of the forecast period.\n contamination,\u2019\u2019 Miller said. and filling up the DEF tank with zinc oxide is increasing along with \u2022 Based on the end-user industry,\n How long does DEF last? diesel fuel is about the worst thing the growth of the tire industry. The the global zinc chemicals market\n If stored under correct conditions, that can be done,\u2019\u2019 Miller said. \u201cSo industry under consideration is is bifurcated into agriculture,\n DEF should last up to two years,\u2019\u2019 we have tried to engineer that expanding due to the absence of chemicals and petrochemicals,\n according to Miller. out. DEF fill necks are usually substitute materials that may be ceramic, pharmaceuticals, paints\n DEF proper handling and a different color and shape employed in crucial applications. and coatings, rubber processing,\n storage compared to diesel fill necks. Asia-Pacific is the highest and other end-user industries.\n DEF should always be kept free revenue contributor and is The rubber processing segment\n from contamination and stored Battery makers turning to anticipated to grow at a compound is the highest contributor to the\n properly. zinc oxide annual growth rate (CAGR) of market and is estimated to boost\n \u201cWe are about seven years into 4.75 percent during the projection at a CAGR of 3.90 percent during\n using after-treatment with DEF Zinc compounds have a wide period. The first 10-year action the forecast period.\n systems and we still see issues,\u201d range of applications, and the plan for China\u2019s manufacturing- \u2022 Asia-Pacific is the most significant\n Miller said. \u201cAfter-treatment systems automobile industry is one of their based strategy, \u201cMade in China revenue contributor and is\n are very robust, but only if the DEF fastest-growing markets. The use of 2025,\u201d has been made available expected to grow at a (CAGR)\n fluid is clean and uncontaminated.\u201d glass-fiber sheet molding compound to the public. The manufacturing of 4.75 percent comp during the\n Here are the top three ways DEF (GF-SMC) in automobiles is an industry is the foundation of the forecast period.\n gets contaminated. increasing environmental concern. economy, the skeleton of the Competitive Players\n \u2022 Cross contamination. \u201cBy far the A zinc oxide (ZnO) blended natural country, the secret to prosperity, The Top 10 players in the\n biggest issue we see is transfer fiber-reinforced bio-composite was and the heart of a vital state. global zinc chemicals market\u2019s\n containers not being cleaned developed and tested to replace the China currently accounts for more are American Chemet Corporation,\n of other fluids,\u201d Miller said. industrial automotive GF-SMC due than one-fourth of the worldwide Changsha Lantian Chemical Co.\n When end-users use a transfer to its superior characteristics and coatings market. According to the Ltd, EverZinc, Flaurea Chemicals,\n container for both fuel and DEF, ecological friendliness. China National Coatings Industry Global Chemical Co. Ltd, Hakusui\n there is residual diesel fuel that Additionally, zinc oxide is Association, the industry recently Tech, Intermediate Chemicals\n gets introduced into the DEF necessary for synthesizing zinc saw 7-percent growth. At least 10 Company, L. Br\u00fcggemann GmbH\n system, and it can damage the dithiophosphates and particular significant coatings investment and Co. KG, Nexa, Old Bridge\n tank, the pump unit, and the lines lubricant and grease formulations, projects in China are expected to Chemicals Inc., Pan-Continental\n that carry the DEF to the after- such as high-temperature or high- start construction in 2019 and be Chemical Co. Ltd, Rech Chemical\n treatment system. pressure greases or automotive publicized. Nippon has benefited Co. 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Order levels were above\n Westmor Industries has named with a products used to store, senior analyst. \u201cWhile we do not the historical average and above\n Ryan Watzke manager of its transport and dispense petroleum, yet have the underlying detail for seasonal trends, although we\n northwest sales region, the company propane and other liquids and gases January orders, Class 8 demand still expect 2024 activity to reflect\n recently announced. In his new role, from pipeline to pump. In addition, continuing at high levels at the start replacement demand.\u201d\n Watzke will serve the propane and Westmor provides customers with of 2024 suggests that over-the-road ACT also reported that\n petroleum industries, providing aftermarket support including parts U.S. truckers are still buying.\u201d seasonably adjusted North American\n expertise to customers in the bobtail, sales, product repair, infrastructure Seasonal adjustments pushed Class 5 through Class 7 net orders\n refined fuel truck and crane-service installation, and in-field services. ACT\u2019s January numbers up 11 increased the year from 20,300 units\n truck sectors. percent to a 12-month seasonally in December to 20,800 in January,\n Watzke joined Westmor with adjusted annual rate of 292,000. FTR\u2019s according to ACT\u2019s State of the\n more than 20 years of transportation Trucking fleets in buying mood 12-month figures total 259,000 Class 8 Industry: Classes 5-8 Vehicles report.\n industry experience, having owned Despite a sluggish freight orders. The firm noted that the heavy- \u201cUnlike Class 8, medium-duty\n and operated two different over-the- economy in 2023, over-the-road duty truck market has been picking seasonality is modestly positive in\n road trucking companies. trucking fleets opened 2024 in a up in recent months: orders from January, boosting the seasonally\n \u201cRyan\u2019s got a lot to bring to the buying mood, according to the latest the last three months would equate adjusted order tally to 20,800 units,\n table,\u2019\u2019 said Brady Griffith, sales data from two leading commercial to a 354,000-unit annualized rate; down 21 percent month-over-month\n manager for the northwest region. vehicle research firms. the previous six months would be a from a tough best-month-of-2023\n He\u2019s a great addition to our team who FTR reported that January Class 327,000-unit annualized rate. December comp,\u201d according to the\n enjoys working with our customers. 8 preliminary in North America \u201cBuild slots continue to be filled report.\n Much like the rest of us, he wants to came in at 26,400 units, up 2 percent at a healthy rate,\u201d FTR Chairman\n provide great service and address from December and up 35 percent Eric Starks said. \u201cWith January Robinson shrinking its\n the variety of needs our customers year-over-year. ACT Research\u2019s orders coming in at a rate that was workforce\n have. His years in the transportation preliminary data showed 27,000 comparable to the previous month,\n industry tie closely to the industries orders, up 600 units from December the market is still performing at C.H. Robinson Worldwide\u2019s\n Westmor serves so, it\u2019s a natural fit. and 45 percent year-over-year. a high level historically. It was a workforce shrank by another 13.3\n We\u2019re excited to have him.\u201d \u201cWeak freight and carrier mixed market for manufacturers this percent year-over-year in the fourth\n Based in Morris, Minn., with profitability fundamentals, and large month, with some seeing increases quarter of 2023 \u2014 its fifth consecutive\n satellite locations throughout carriers guiding to lower capex in and others seeing decreases in quarterly decrease \u2014 resulting in a\n the U.S., Westmor Industries is a 2024, would imply some pressure in orders. Fleets continue to be 15.3 percent year over year drop in\n privately owned company with more the North American Class 8 market\u2019s willing to order new equipment employee expenses, according to the\n than 500 employees. The 51-year- largest segment, U.S. tractor,\u201d said despite uncertainty in the freight company.\n\n\n 14 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER I MARCH-APRIL 2024 www.TankTransport.com\n","\n\n Like in previous quarters, the surface transportation business and new multimodal freight office. Castagnetto will face the challenge\n headcount reductions came through another 10-percent improvement \u201cI often hear directly from truck of turning around the Minnesota-\n attrition, retirements, reorganization in global forwarding this year, drivers on the serious challenge based brokerage\u2019s largest business\n and elimination of roles, a company Zechmeister said. The company will of finding safe parking, and today, segment, which reported a fourth-\n spokesperson said. The brokerage continue seeking ways to eliminate we are answering those concerns quarter, year-over-year revenue\n employed 2,400 fewer workers after waste in its processes, he said. with more action,\u201d Transportation decline of 15.8 percent.\n the fourth quarter. Secretary Pete Buttigieg said\n Company-wide productivity has \u201cCONSISTENT WITH in a statement. \u201cThis major Hunt buys Walmart\n improved as the workforce\u2019s size OUR STRATEGY, investment from President Biden\u2019s intermodal assets\n returned to 2021 levels last year. WE BELIEVE THESE infrastructure law will build new\n \u201cI\u2019m focused on ensuring that COST SAVINGS truck parking facilities and create J.B. Hunt Transport Services, one\n we\u2019ll be ready for the eventual freight WILL IMPROVE smart systems to give drivers better of the largest supply chain solutions\n market rebound with a durable cost OUR OPERATING information about available spots.\u201d providers in North America, said\n structure that decouples volume LEVERAGE AND HELP Central Florida will get not only its subsidiary, J.B. Hunt Transport\n growth from headcount growth and OUR MARGINS AS new parking but also electric vehicle Inc., has entered into a multi-year\n drives operating leverage,\u201d president DEMAND AND A MORE hookups at the four locations along intermodal service agreement with\n and chief executive Dave Bozeman Interstate 4 with the largest of the Walmart that includes J.B. Hunt\u2019s\n told analysts. BALANCED FREIGHT truck parking-geared grants. purchase of Walmart\u2019s intermodal\n The brokerage has tapped MARKET RETURN.\u201d Alix Miller, president of the Florida assets.\n Bozeman\u2019s experience in supply MIKE ZECHMEISTER Trucking Association, said the I-4 The strategic service agreement\n chain optimization to guide its cost CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, C.H. ROBINSON corridor in District 5 has the highest increases the companies\u2019 respective\n reduction strategy, which it adopted unmet truck parking demand in the current volume and capacity\n in fall 2022. \u201c(C.H.) Robinson is positioned well state, with only 36 existing spaces, commitments and enables the\n C.H. Robinson doesn\u2019t have a to further reduce waste and drive despite being one of Florida\u2019s busiest development of comprehensive\n specific employee headcount number structural cost changes that improve freight routes. intermodal solutions to drive long-\n it\u2019s trying to reach, according a our operating leverage and help \u201cDrivers have no choice but to term value for both organizations, the\n company spokesperson, though it deliver on the long-term operating park illegally for their federally companies said. In connection with\n is focused on achieving productivity income margin expectations,\u201d mandated rest period, or if they the service agreement and increased\n improvement targets. Zechmeister said. are tired and need to stop,\u201d Miller commitments, J.B. Hunt will acquire\n The reductions reached a personnel wrote. \u201cThis grant will make our Walmart\u2019s operational intermodal\n line item target that the company More truck parking in Florida professional truck drivers, motorists container and chassis fleets.\n identified previously. The company and roads safer.\u201d For decades, J.B. Hunt has worked\n reduced its spending guidance in More than 900 new truck parking closely with Walmart to provide\n early 2023 and met its projection by spots will be built at multiple sites Robinson names president efficient transportation solutions.\n controlling employee costs to under along Interstate 4 in Central Florida \u201cMr. Hunt always said \u2018Good\n $1.47 billion for the year. with funding from the Bipartisan C.H. Robinson promoted Michael partners attract good partners,\u2019\u201d\n Personnel expenses for the Infrastructure Law, the Transportation Castagnetto to president of North said Spencer Frazier, executive vice\n fourth quarter fell to $361.8 million, Department announced. American Surface Transportation president of sales and marketing at\n primarily due to cost optimization The $180 million headed to the (NAST), the company announced last J.B. Hunt. \u201cOur customers trust us to\n initiatives and lower compensation, Sunshine State is among nearly month. develop solutions that scale and drive\n the company reported. $5 billion in grants awarded to Castagnetto, most recently vice efficiencies across their ever-changing\n Efficiency initiatives overall for the transportation projects around the president of customer success for supply chains. Today\u2019s announcement\n year saved the company $346 million, country \u2014 hundreds of millions of it the Surface Transportation unit, has is a testament to the mutual trust\n which was more than the $300 million for truck parking. The money comes worked at the brokerage since 2005. and shared vision our companies\n the company projected in April of from the longstanding Infrastructure He formerly served as president of have developed over time, and\n last year, according to chief financial for Rebuilding America program, its Robinson Fresh business. innovative arrangements like this one\n officer Mike Zechmeister. which received a more than \u201cMichael has a proven demonstrate J.B. Hunt\u2019s disciplined\n \u201cConsistent with our strategy, 50-percent funding increase from the track record of building strong approach to strategically allocating\n we believe these cost savings will Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. relationships with our people and capital to advance our mission of\n improve our operating leverage and \u201cOne parking spot for 13 drivers is our customers, driving operational driving long-term value for our people,\n help our margins as demand and just simply not adequate,\u201d American excellence and delivering exceptional customers and shareholders.\u2019\u2019\n a more balanced freight market Trucking Associations President results,\u201d said President and Chief Fernando Cortes, senior vice\n return,\u201d he said. Chris Spear said. \u201cThey\u2019re spending Executive Dave Bozeman. president of transportation at\n Zechmeister said the company up to an hour a day looking for a spot. Castagnetto replaces Mac Walmart, said: \u201cFinding new ways to\n is seeing results from improved That\u2019s nearly $5,500 on average a Pinkerton, who had been NAST serve our customers and members\n efficiencies, which it has achieved year in lost wages. This is something president since January 2019. and exceed their expectations is\n through increased use of artificial that our federal government and Pinkerton, who joined the brokerage in important to us. Walmart\u2019s long\n intelligence and other technologies. states have to focus on.\u201d 1997, is leaving the company at the end history of working with J.B. Hunt\n For the year, its North American The truck parking projects include of the month to pursue other interests, has many milestones of innovation\n Surface Transportation segment a new multimodal facility at Lehigh a company spokesperson said. and growth. This agreement will\n saw 17-percent productivity Valley International Airport and an \u201cWe thank Mac for his 27 years of strengthen our commitment to\n improvement and while Global initiative to provide real-time truck dedicated service to C.H. Robinson, delivering goods at an every day low\n Forwarding experienced a 20-percent parking visibility along Interstate the impact and contributions he had cost to our customers and members.\u201d\n productivity boost. 5 on the West Coast, which Allison on the company, and we wish him the J.B. Hunt is an industry leader in\n The company is targeting another Dane Camden worked on before best,\u201d Bozeman said in a statement. converting over-the-road shipments\n 15-percent improvement in its heading the federal government\u2019s In Pinkerton\u2019s former job,\n (J.B. 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Featuring an \u201cOnce the nine planned solutions Select, the companies said in a press\n to intermodal, which reduces a advanced modular fueler, the station are in place by mid-year, Nikola will release.\n shipment\u2019s carbon footprint by an in Ontario will be capable of fueling have established one of the world\u2019s The joint venture between the\n average of 60 percent, according to up to 40 Nikola hydrogen fuel cell largest heavy-duty hydrogen refueling three truck manufacturers will\n the company. Operating one of the electric Class 8 trucks daily, the networks, providing customers localize battery cell production for\n largest company-owned intermodal company said. accessibility at their current locations commercial electric vehicles and\n fleets in the world, J.B. Hunt The Ontario station, according to and along their planned routes.\u2019\u2019 is expected to create more than\n Intermodal specializes in domestic the company, is part of a strategic The Hyla refueling solutions 2,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs, with\n and international freight movement plan to establish up to 60 hydrogen network will offer Nikola hydrogen fuel- the option for further expansion as\n that offers shipping options such as refueling solutions in the coming cell electric vehicles and other Class demand grows. The 21-gigawatt hour\n ocean, transloading, temperature- years, with nine planned to be in 8 customers flexible refueling options, (GWh) factory is expected to begin\n controlled and expedited capabilities. place by the close of the second including modular and permanent Hyla producing battery cells in 2027.\n In 2023, J.B. Hunt and its long-time quarter of this year. stations, customer-owned facilities, and The planned joint venture between\n joint service provider BNSF Railway The company said it will provide partnerships with public truck stops, Accelera, Daimler Truck and Paccar\n launched Quantum, an intermodal 24-hour support with on-site \u201cHyla according to the company. was announced in September\n service to convert service-sensitive ambassadors\u201d and operation Part of this network includes 2023. The ultimate goal is to create\n highway freight to intermodal. The technicians. the recently announced 10-year scale to deliver cost effective and\n two also created a new service option Nikola launched the Hyla brand agreement with First Element Fuel differentiated battery cell technology\n to support cross-border freight a year ago when it unveiled the for a hydrogen refueling station in that supports the adoption of electric\n movement to and from Mexico with production version of the fuel-cell- Oakland, Calif. vehicles for medium and heavy-duty\n coast-to-coast access in the U.S. electric Nikola Tre, a global brand commercial transportation, company\n J.B. Hunt services include devoted to procuring, producing, officers said.\n intermodal, dedicated, refrigerated, distributing and dispensing hydrogen Mississippi wins joint-venture Accelera, Daimler Truck and\n plant\n truckload, less-than-truckload, to fuel its zero-emissions trucks \u2014 Paccar will each own 30 percent of \u2014\n flatbed, single source, last mile, and and those of other original equipment And the winner is: Marshall and jointly control \u2014 the business.\n transload. Further information is manfacturers. County, Mississippi. Research, development and\n available at www.jbhunt.com. \u201cEasing the transition to a Located just south of Memphis, production will focus on lithium-iron-\n zero-emission trucking future and this northern Mississippi county is phosphate (LFP) battery technology\n prioritizing access to a hydrogen the future home of a state-of-the- for commercial battery-electric\n Nikola opens hydrogen station\n solution network is our top objective art manufacturing that will supply trucks. EVE Energy will serve as\n Nikola has opened its first Hyla and we\u2019re just getting started,\u201d said advanced battery cells to Accelera by the technology partner in the joint\n hydrogen refueling station in Ole Hoefelmann, president of energy. Cummins, Daimler Truck and Paccar venture with 10-percent ownership.\n\n\n www.TankTransport.com MARCH-APRIL 2024 I TANK TRANSPORT TRADER 17\n","\n\n EVE Energy is a global developer struggling third-party insurance accelerate the construction of \u201cTO ENABLE\n and manufacturer of LFP battery service, which took a $71.7 million nationwide charging infrastructure THEIR SUCCESS,\n cells for the vehicle industry. The operating loss in Q4, prompting the for medium and heavy-duty zero- WE MUST WORK\n company will contribute its battery carrier to decide to exit that line of emission vehicles in the United COLLABORATIVELY\n cell design and manufacturing to the business, President and CEO Dave States. ACROSS SECTORS\n future cell-manufacturing plant. Jackson said Wednesday on a fourth- Daimler Truck North America, TO DELIVER AN\n \u201cThis site selection represents quarter earnings call. Navistar and Volvo Group North\n an exciting and tangible step toward The loss leveled the carrier\u2019s America announced last month INFRASTRUCTURE\n advancing our Destination Zero overall operating income to $18.3 \u201cPowering America\u2019s Commercial THAT PROVIDES\n strategy and our vision to lead the million \u2014 a 91-percent decrease from Transportation (PACT),\u2019\u2019 a coalition ACCESS TO SEAMLESS\n industry toward a decarbonized the $202.5 million boom Knight-Swift that will use education and advocacy ELECTRICITY\n future,\u201d said Jennifer Rumsey, experienced in the fourth quarter of to speed the construction of AND MEETS THE\n Cummins chair and chief executive. 2022, according to an earnings report. nationwide electric-truck charging COMMERCIAL\n \u201cWe are excited to join the Marshall \u201cWe have begun canceling policies infrastructure. TRANSPORTATION\n County community to drive economic and expect to have that completed The coalition will work to INDUSTRY\u2019S UNIQUE\n growth and job creation in Mississippi, by the end of the first quarter of overcome the many barriers delaying NEEDS.\u201d\n while continuing to expand our strong 2024,\u201d Knight-Swift chief executive access to medium and heavy-duty\n MATHIAS CARLBAUM,\n partnerships and serve the diverse Adam Miller said on the earnings charging infrastructure, including PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE\n needs of our customers.\u201d call. \u201cWe\u2019ll still have the outstanding lobbying to change state and national OF NAVISTAR\n \u201cLocalized battery cell production claims to administer until ultimate policies to address those challenges.\n is an important component of settlement.\u201d Together, Daimler, Navister and that keep America moving \u2014 is\n delivering our customers \u2013 the fleets Knight-Swift reported operating Volvo represent about 70 percent critical to meeting our nation\u2019s\n that keep America and the world losses with its third-party insurance of all new medium and heavy-duty climate goals. But the transition to\n moving \u2013 cost effective options for services every quarter throughout 2023 truck sales in the U.S. Each already zero-emission vehicles is stalling\n decarbonizing their operations,\u201d said as executives noted claims were more has battery-electric vehicles in the without the deployment of the\n John O\u2019Leary, president and chief frequent and severe than in the past. marketplace, but access to charging needed charging infrastructure,\u201d\n executive of Daimler Truck North At first, the carrier pursued a infrastructure is a major bottleneck said John O\u2019Leary, president and\n America. \u201cWe\u2019re grateful to the state strategy of temporarily reducing to widespread adoption. chief executive of Daimler Truck\n of Mississippi and the Marshall exposure as an operating loss for The coalition will be based in North America. \u201cThrough PACT, we\n County community for joining us in the offering went from $22.8 million Washington, D.C. Membership is aim to accelerate this infrastructure\n achieving this goal and helping to in the red in the first quarter to open to all stakeholders interested in buildout so that fleets can adopt zero-\n realize our shared climate goals.\u201d negarive $15 million the second accelerating the deployment of zero- emission vehicles at scale and we can\n Preston Feight, Paccar\u2019s chief quarter and negative $15.9 million emission commercial vehicles and the all benefit from impactful emissions\n executive, said: \u201cThe state, the in the third quarter. The company needed infrastructure. That includes reductions as quickly as possible.\u201d\n communities and the people of moved to raise premiums and made other manufacturers, infrastructure To effectively deploy zero-emission\n Mississippi are wonderful business underwriting more stringent, but developers, electric utilities and grid truck fleets at scale, \u201ccommercial\n partners for Paccar. We look forward smaller carriers still also faced a operators, and others. vehicle customers require fast,\n to expanding that partnership in harsh market. Other founding members include reliable, affordable, and convenient\n northern Mississippi with this new With losses persisting, executives ABB E-mobility, Burns & McDonnell, power,\u201d said Mathias Carlbaum,\n battery cell factory that will provide determined the need to exit a model Greenlane, J.B. Hunt Transport, president and chief executive of\n industry-leading cost effective that the company previously hailed Prologis and Voltera. Navistar. \u201cTo enable their success,\n zero-emissions solutions for our as a potential for growth. Knight- So far in the United States, we must work collaboratively across\n customers.\u2019\u2019 Swift\u2019s 2023 outlook previously transportation electrification has sectors to deliver an infrastructure\n forecast \u201cincreased customers and largely focused on the needs of light- that provides access to seamless\n \u201cWE ARE EXCITED TO higher premiums.\u201d duty passenger vehicles. electricity and meets the commercial\n JOIN THE MARSHALL While third-party insurance Quickly deploying reliable and transportation industry\u2019s unique\n COUNTY COMMUNITY offerings are slated to close at the end accessible infrastructure to power needs.\u201d\n TO DRIVE ECONOMIC of the first quarter, addressing claims commercial transportation involves Stephen Roy, chairman of Volvo\n GROWTH AND and closing outstanding liabilities unique considerations involving Group North America and president\n JOB CREATION IN could take time, Miller said. As part capital investment, electrical grid of Mack Trucks, said \u201cthe scale of\n MISSISSIPPI, WHILE of its transition, the business had upgrades, and dedicated charging infrastructure required for medium-\n reduced the number of trucks under\n and heavy-duty EV adoption is\n equipment.\n CONTINUING TO coverage by 75 percent, he said. According to the International unprecedented. Understanding and\n EXPAND OUR STRONG \u201cBecause we have to give certain Council on Clean Transportation, coordination across the different\n PARTNERSHIPS AND notice to the insurees before we can nearly 700,000 chargers will be stakeholders is imperative to deploy\n SERVE THE DIVERSE cancel policy, there is this run-out needed nationwide to accommodate chargers quickly and cost-effectively.\n NEEDS OF OUR period,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s essentially the 1 million Class 4-8 medium and \u201cPACT will promote best practices\n CUSTOMERS.\u201d running out the claims and closing heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles to streamline this complex transition\n out the outstanding liabilities over anticipated to be deployed by 2030. while minimizing impacts on fleets,\n JENNIFER RUMSEY,\n CUMMINS CHAIR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE the next probably year or two.\u201d Those 700,000 chargers will utilities, and the economy.\u201d\n consume 140,000 megawatts of While supporting the deployment\n electricity every day \u2014 equivalent to of commercial zero-emission vehicle\n Knight closing insurance 3 firms launch EV charging the monthly energy needs of more infrastructure, PACT will not\n service initiative\n than 100 million American homes. advocate for specific vehicle, power\n Knight-Swift Transportation Three truck makers have \u201cDecarbonizing the commercial generation, or utility distribution\n Holdings will shut down its launched a coalition designed to transportation sector \u2014 the fleets technologies, Roy said. \u201cPACT\n\n\n 18 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER I MARCH-APRIL 2024 www.TankTransport.com\n","\n\n exists to educate stakeholders MD and MD Electric continues to segment logging 6 percent year-over- Clean Fleets rule,\u2019\u2019 said Andrea\n about infrastructure challenges that grow beyond our expectations,\u201d Roy year volume improvement. Vidaurre, senior policy analyst for the\n hamper zero-emission adoption said. \u201cThis investment and expansion \u201cAs we gained velocity in 2023, we People\u2019s Collective for Environmental\n in the marketplace and work with will well-position Mack Trucks for the feel like we can better compete for Justice. \u201cThere is no acceptable level\n stakeholders to find solutions for the future.\u201d our customers on consistency in the of exposure to deadly diesel pollution\n benefit of all interested parties. The transit model that the customers \u2014 so it has got to go, for the sake of\n coalition also champions practical Bison, CPKC ink intermodal need,\u201d Roberts said during the call. our health and our lungs.\u2019\u2019\n and efficient infrastructure solutions pact Mark Rourke, Schneider Some of the country\u2019s major truck\n capable of supporting increasing National\u2019s president and chief manufacturers and their lobbying\n zero-emission deployments.\u2019\u2019 Bison Transport and Canadian executive, said during a quarterly groups have strongly opposed the\n Pacific Kansas City recently inked a earnings call it was among the regulations, arguing that requirements\n new intermodal services agreement. carrier\u2019s priorities to grow its are costly as electric models are\n Mack expanding in Virginia\n This deal is among the latest intermodal business, though he more expensive than diesel trucks.\n Mack Trucks is investing $14.5 announced between intermodal recognized that would take time Large trucks are more expensive to\n million to expand its Roanoke Valley players emphasizing opportunities given the weak freight market. convert to electric models than smaller\n Operations (RVO) manufacturing to convert truckload freight to \u201cOur second strategic imperative vehicles due to their size and weight.\n plant in Virginia to prepare the save shippers money and improve is to grow intermodal earnings, The trucking industry has\n facility for higher demand for its MD positioning to capture market share primarily through accelerating over- also said that the deadlines are\n Series and MD Electric vehicles. of growing cross-border shipping the-road conversion opportunities,\u201d unrealistic given the lack of electric-\n \u201cMack is committed to making the activity. Rourke told analysts. \u201cThat objective vehicle charging infrastructure and\n industrial and product investments Bison President and Chief was a driving force behind our new available space at ports.\n we need to be a North American Executive Rob Penner highlighted rail partnership alignments with The mandate would require\n market leader,\u201d Stephen Roy, global the business potential of the CPKC Union Pacific and CPKC.\u201d companies that operate 50 or more\n president of Mack Trucks, said. partnership in a news release. \u201cWith trucks to convert their fleets into\n \u201cThe expansion of the RVO plant Bison\u2019s established operations California banning diesel rigs electric or hydrogen models and\n will help us grow in a strategic in Mexico and our commitment achieve zero-emissions by 2042.\n market segment and support our to growth of cross-border freight California regulators have voted The earliest deadline is for\n sustainability goals.\u201d services in that market, the timing of to ban the sale of new diesel big rigs drayage trucks, which carry cargo\n Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin this agreement is ideal,\u201d he said. by 2036 and require all trucks to be to and from major ports, which must\n announced the $14.5 million Bison Transport of Winnipeg, zero-emissions by 2042, a decision be converted to electric models by\n investment during an event with Canada, and CPKC said in the that puts the state at the forefront of 2035, while new sales starting in 2024\n state and local officials at RVO. announcement that the growing mitigating national tailpipe pollution. must be zero-emissions. Vehicles\n Gov. Youngkin approved a $255,000 trend of near-shoring production in The California Air Resources like garbage trucks and school buses\n grant from the Commonwealth\u2019s Mexico made the time right for the Board (CARB) unanimously approved must be zero-emissions by 2027.\n Opportunity Fund for the project. partnership. the Advanced Clean Fleets rule, the California had sought waivers\n The project will result in 51 jobs. \u201cThis agreement between CPKC state\u2019s second zero-emissions trucks from the Clean Air Act to set\n Roanoke County offered a package of and Bison Transport will generate rule and first in the world to require stricter standards than the federal\n incentives totaling $842,420. multiple synergies for customers as new commercial trucks, including government for heavy-duty\n \u201cMack Trucks\u2019 expansion further they benefit from reliable capacity garbage trucks, delivery trucks vehicles. The state\u2019s stricter tailpipe\n strengthens Virginia\u2019s manufacturing and industry leading service,\u201d and other medium and heavy-duty emissions rules will have broader\n industry ecosystem, which is a Jonathan Wahba, CPKC SVP sales vehicles, to be electric. effects beyond California \u2014 which\n core focus of the Commonwealth\u2019s and marketing, bulk and intermodal, Supporters of the rule say has significant authority over the\n economic development strategy,\u201d said in a statement. it will improve public health in U.S. auto industry \u2014 and could pave\n Gov. Youngkin said. \u201cWe are proud Bison\u2019s fleet includes 3,000 tractors marginalized communities that have the way for other states to follow suit.\n that Mack Trucks\u2019 initial investment and 10,000 trailers and containers, endured polluted air while mitigating For instance, New York, New Jersey,\n in a new Roanoke County operation which will now have access to CPKC\u2019s the effects of climate change. The Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts,\n four years ago has yielded a second 20,000 route mile network that mandate is estimated to deliver $26.5 Vermont, and Colorado have already\n major investment. This is truly reaches major shipping destinations billion in public health benefits in adopted California\u2019s Advanced Clean\n another voice of confidence in in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. California in avoided health impacts Trucks rule.\n Virginia by a global industry leader.\u201d Convincing shippers that railroads and deaths due to diesel pollution. The state has committed to\n Mack\u2019s investment will go have improved network reliability is Heavy-duty trucks represent achieving 100-percent renewable\n toward equipment, tooling and an important step in shifting freight to nearly one third of the state\u2019s energy by 2045. Last year, it banned\n a 72,000-square-foot building intermodal, Union Pacific President nitrogen oxide and more than one the sale of new gasoline-powered cars\n expansion, making the facility Beth Whited said during the Midwest quarter of its fine particle pollution starting in 2035. Today\u2019s mandate also\n 352,000 square feet, according to the Association of Rail Shippers Winter from diesel fuel, according to CARB. comes a day after the state adopted a\n company. Construction will begin in Meeting in January, noting that While medium and heavy-duty trucks historic rule to limit emissions from\n April and is expected to be completed railroads have an opportunity \u201cto are just 10 percent of the vehicles diesel-powered trains.\n in the fourth quarter of 2025. make the pie bigger for all railroads.\u201d on the country\u2019s roads, they emit\n All Mack medium-duty models are J.B. Hunt Transport Services 25 percent of the greenhouse gas\n produced at RVO. Mack launched its Chief Executive John Roberts said emissions from transportation, Berkshire completes Pilot\n buyout\n diesel-powered MD Series in 2020 and during the fourth quarter earnings according to the Union of Concerned\n MD Electric in March 2023. Adding call that intermodal suffered amid Scientists, a nonprofit. Holding company Berkshire\n the new model to the product lineup reliability issues with railroads, but \u201cFront-line communities across Hathaway has acquired the remaining\n increased the need for more space at that turned as velocity improved in California who breathe in deadly 20 percent interest in Pilot Co. from\n the facility, company officials said. 2023. That likely was a contributing diesel pollution every day can finally the Haslam family, which founded the\n \u201cCustomer demand for the Mack factor to J.B. 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Ext. 299 [email protected]\n\n\n 20 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER I MARCH-APRIL 2024 www.TankTransport.com\n","\n\n (Berkshire continued from page 19)\n production capacity for aluminum\n travel center chain in 1958, according flatbed, drop deck, dump, round INDEX OF ADVERTISERS\n to a recent announcement. bottom and refuse trailers along\n This marks the final step in with steel dump trailers and\n a series of ownership transfers aluminum truck bodies to a portfolio\n between the two companies that that includes Fruehauf van trailer\n 1993 Walker 6800 gallon food grade equipped began when Berkshire acquired a manufacturing in Mexico and, Allegheny ....................................Page 6\n with pump & intransit heat. 38.6 percent stake in Pilot in 2017. At beginning last year, in Bowling Green, Amston ......................................Page 12\n Semo Tank\/Baker Equipment Co. the time, the Haslam family retained Ky. The company also has truck sales\n 800-264-8348. [email protected] about a 50.1-percent ownership stake and service, leasing and parts brands. Beal ..............................................Page 5\n [email protected] in Pilot, but agreed that Berkshire \u201cWe are thrilled to welcome East\n would become majority owner by Manufacturing to the family,\u201d said Betts ..........................................Page 23\n acquiring an additional 41.4 percent Jorge Martinez, chief executive of\n in 2023, leaving the Haslams with 20 Fultra. \u201cEast really fits with our Bowman\u2019s ...................................Page 8\n percent. vision to be the trusted solutions Classifieds ................................Page 16\n The deal comes 10 days after partner for the commercial vehicle\n Berkshire and the Haslam family market in North America. We are Classifieds (food grade) .........Page 16\n WILLIAMS TANK WASH LEASING settled a lawsuit that saw the confident that our employees and\n Lease 6250-GAL Walker food grade tankers. companies accuse each other communities as well as customers, Cygnus ......................................Page 13\n We make it easy to assemble a fleet of high- of accounting tricks meant to dealers and suppliers, will benefit\n quality GPS trackable trailers that will meet manipulate Pilot\u2019s sale price. The from our combined strengths. Dixon Bayco ...............................Page 9\n your shipping demands. recent agreement closes the door We are honored and proud to be\n Reduce debt and capital expenses with on a tumultuous, months-long back the stewards of two iconic brands Girard Equipment Inc. ...........Page 3\n Williams Tank Leasing. and forth between Berkshire and the like East and Fruehauf in North Heil Trailer .................................Page 2\n 877-367-9160 or [email protected] Haslam family. America.\u201d\n The deal made in 2017 gave the With East, Fultra\u2019s trailer Hendrickson .............................Page 13\n Haslams an annual 60-day window production capacity in North\n to sell its remaining 20 percent in America will approach 13,000 units Imperial Industries ..................Page 6\n Pilot, with that sale price based on per year, said Tom Wiseman, who will\n Pilot\u2019s earnings from the previous serve as chief executive for both East Kerley & Sears ..........................Page 7\n year. But late last year, the Haslams and Fruehauf Inc.\n Two units available for sale or lease accused Berkshire of tweaking their \u201cIt was no secret East was for MAC LTT ............................Back Page\n Dedicated for North Eastern States. Each unit accounting practices to deflate the sale, so employees were primed for MAC Trailer ...............................Page 5\n is a 8000 USG, tri-axle, sanitary transport. sale price, while Berkshire accused the announcement,\u201d Wiseman said.\n Contact: Melanie Dufresne @ Tremcar. Pilot chairman Jimmy Haslam of \u201cEast will continue to operate as a Midwest Meter ........................Page 12\n [email protected]. 450.347.7822. X299. attempting to bribe Pilot employees standalone entity with all existing\n with payments to spike the sale price. management and employees as a key Moo Juice Express .................Page 17\n Berkshire and the Haslams to moving forward. We will build on\n reached a settlement on Jan. 7. Terms East\u2019s strengths combined with group Northland Capital ...................Page 22\n of the settlement were not disclosed. synergies to deliver even greater PT .................................................Page 4\n After the recent agreement, value to our customers and dealers.\u201d\n Berkshire officially owns 100 percent Founded in 1968, East boasts R.A. Ross ....................................Page 7\n of Pilot. a reputation for strong, reliable\n \u201cWhile this has certainly been aluminum trailers and high resale Ridewell ......................................Page 4\n 2003 Tremcar , 6500 USG tandem Axle. an emotional decision for us, it is prices, the company said. East\u2019s\n Also have 2021 Tremcar transport available. one we felt was right for our family dealer network includes 90 locations RMC Engineering...................Page 14\n For sale or lease. at this time,\u201d said Jim Haslam II, across the United States and Canada.\n Contact: Melanie Dufresne @ Tremcar. Pilot\u2019s founder. \u201cWe look forward to \u201cI feel privileged to have had Scully .........................................Page 17\n [email protected]. 450.347.7822. x299. continuing to support our life-long the opportunity to step in as Semo ............................................Page 8\n home of Knoxville, Tenn. and to president after my father passed\n furthering our deep commitment and last year,\u201d Howard Booher Jr., son of Stephens ...................................Page 22\n philanthropy throughout the region co-founder Howard D. Booher, said. \u201cI\n that we all love.\u201d am confident that Fultra will lead our Southeastern Pneumatic ......Page 14\n Knoxville-based Pilot operates more legacy forward with pride and care.\u201d\n than 870 travel centers across 44 U.S. Robert Bruce, co-founder of Subscription Form ..................Page 16\n states and six Canadian provinces. East, noted \u201ca lot of companies\u201d\n had expressed interest buying the Superior Tank ..........................Page 16\n manufacturer.\n Fultra acquires East \u201cBut at the end of the day, we Tremcar ....................................Page 23\n Manufacturing\n selected Fultra because it has a Westmor ....................................Page 12\n Coming Spring 2024. Lot of stainless steel Mexico-based transportation demonstrated track record of taking\n transport tanks. 8200 USG, 2 axle units. holding company Fultra has acquired care of its employees, customers and Youngs Tank .............................Page 16\n For sale or lease. East Manufacturing of Randolph, communities,\u201d Bruce said. \u201cWe are\n Melanie Dufresne @ Tremcar. Ohio, the companies announced. proud to have Fultra carry forward\n [email protected]. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. and grow the East brand and legacy\n 450.347.7822. x299. 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