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Elkhorn Industries Logistical Support

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:19:50 +0000

Offering a full range of trucking services, ELKHORN INDUSTRIES is your personal freight management consultant. We can handle all types of domestic & import cargo – from an envelope to a truckload with company owned and maintained power equipment. If product storage is an issue, we can warehouse your product onsite. We have a Flatbed and Van division, along with a Heavy Machinery/Oversize Transport division. If it can go ON or IN a trailer we can haul it! Serving all 48 states and Canada. We also accommodate Train to Truck deliveries. When you combine the finest local transportation service with a long haul freight procurement division, you only need to make one phone call to move your product anywhere in the United States. We have our own tanker/trailer division for flexible delivery schedules. We can transload from rail car to our tanker trucks for special applications. Additionally we offer a “keep fill” system with customer’s facilities. Totes are an added option.

Jeff Foster Trucking, Inc. Joins U.S. EPA SmartWay® Transport Partnership

dean — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:06:01 +0000

Superior, WI – Jeff Foster Trucking, Inc. today announced that it joined the SmartWay^® Transport Partnership, a innovative collaboration between U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry which provides a framework to assess the environmental and energy efficiency of goods movement supply chains.

Jeff Foster Trucking will contribute to the Partnership’s savings of 1.5 billion gallons of fuel, $3.6 billion in fuel costs, 14.7 MMT of carbon dioxide (CO₂), 215,000 tons of oxides of nitrogen (NO_x) and 8,000 tons of particulate matter. Carbon dioxide is the most common greenhouse gas, and nitrogen oxide is an air pollutant that contributes to smog. By joining SmartWay Transport Partnership, Jeff Foster Trucking demonstrates its strong environmental leadership and corporate responsibility.

“We are committed to SmartWay’s cause and determined to increase our fleet’s efficiency and environmental footprint not only for our own gain, but for the good of the environment and our Earth’s future in general,” said Shawn LaValley, Director of Maintenance at Jeff Foster Trucking.

Developed jointly in early 2003 by EPA and Charter Partners represented by industry stakeholders, environmental groups, American Trucking Associations and Business for Social Responsibility, this innovative program was launched in 2004. Partners rely upon SmartWay tools and approaches to track and reduce emissions and fuel use from goods movement.

The Partnership currently has over 3000 Partners.

For more information about Jeff Foster Trucking call 1-800-669-5043.

For information about the SmartWay Transport Partnership visit www.epa.gov/smartway.

Rising Diesel Prices Stretch Trucking Company in Duluth/Superior

admin — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:39:29 +0000

See the video from WDIO here http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/S2075244.shtml

Sundew to lead tall ships

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:13:45 +0000

When the Grand Parade of Sails enters the Duluth port today, the former Coast Guard cutter Sundew probably will lead the way. Jeff Foster, who bought the Sundew last year, expected it to be the first boat in. “We’ll come in before the tall ships with our water cannons going,” he said.

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Sundew Charts New Course

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:26:32 +0000

Jeff Foster was a happy man Tuesday afternoon after the former U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sundew made its first voyage. The sight of the Sundew coming to life again attracted the attention of tourists and ship watchers. Commanding the ship was Joe Walters a Coast Guard veteran who served on the Sundew from 1994 97. Foster hopes to keep the Sundew there until after the Tall Ships Festival in July and August.

AMS OIL Performance Test

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:40:42 +0000

With the help of Jeff Foster Trucking Inc. of Superior, WI, AMSOIL put its Series 3000 Synthetic 5W-30 Heavy Duty Diesel Oil (HDD), as well as its Dual-Gard filtration system, to the test. Ten 1996 Kenworth Class 8 tractors used as interstate freight hauling vehicles and equipped with Cummins N-14 ESP3 diesel engines participated in the demonstration. Five trucks equipped with AMSOIL Series 3000 Synthetic 5W-30 Heavy Duty Diesel Oil, AMSOIL BMK-12 Filter mounts and BE-110 By-Pass filtration elements utilized 120,000-mile oil drain intervals,20,000-mile full- flow oil filter change intervals and 40,000-mile By-Pass filter change intervals, while the other five trucks continued using petroleum motor oil, utilizing 20,000-mile oil and filter drain intervals.

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