U . S. trucking executives are warning of a shortage of tank truck capacity, due to growing demand for ethanol (which cannot be distributed by pipeline) and for ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel (which is subject to sulfur contamination and may require dedicated tankers). In a recent issue of Transport Topics, the American Trucking Associations newspaper, truckers predicted that petroleum shippers will see freight rates for tank trucks go up with demand.
Lubricants, base oils and other components shipped by tank truck will be competing with fuels in the increasingly tight transport market. We have a ?nite number of drivers, and our trucks are running to capacity, one executive said. As the petroleum hauling industry, well see a continuation of solid demand in the face of an already strained fuel transportation infrastructure.
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