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March 20, 2024
Trimac Transportation recently acquired Feldspar Trucking, a Spruce Pine, North Carolina-based company that specializes in the bulk transportation of feldspar, sand, clay, and minerals crucial to the ceramics and glass industries.
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Total Clean, a subsidiary of Heniff Transportation Systems, recently opened a new tank cleaning facility in Charleston, South Carolina.
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The American Chemistry Council’s 37th Annual Global Chemical Regulations Conference and Exhibition is set for March 25-27 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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For over 50 years the Ridewell Corporation has led the industry in the design and manufacturing of heavy duty truck and trailer suspensions. We own over 70 patents for exclusive features used by large manufacturers of trucks and trailers.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects the benchmark Henry Hub spot price to average about $2.25 per million British thermal units in 2024—a 10% decrease from 2023 and a 65% decrease from 2022.
TrueTMS, a provider of transportation management systems, recently launched TrueLiquid, a cloud-based TMS platform designed to help tank truck fleets to increase safety, efficiency, and profitability.
American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 4.3% in February after decreasing 3.2% in January.
Peterbilt recently introduced three new offerings, including a new sleeper configuration for the Model 589, new PTO (power take-off) functionality, and a new transmission for vocational applications.
It could cost fleets $145,000 per heavy-duty truck to build out electric charging infrastructure nationwide, according to Clean Freight Coalition research. The study finds electrifying medium-duty operations more attainable in the near term but questions how the nation could handle mass electrification.