Transport Topics has issued its 2015 lists of the 100 largest for-hire trucking fleets in North America of which UPS, FedEx, J.B. Hunt, Con-way and YRC Worldwide, in that order, are the top five again this year. The number 1 company on the for-hire list, UPS operates 106,000 company-owned tractors, vans, straight trucks, package cars and motorcycles.

Tata Motors and Total Lubrifiants have signed an after-market partnership agreement, to supply Total's lubricants across Tata Motors sales & service points in the global market, a first of its kind partnership for the French company with an Indian OEM.

Porter, Texas-based synthetic lubricant manufacturer Royal Purple announced the launch of its all-new BioMax™ line of environmentally acceptable lubricants (EAL). Developed primarily for marine application, BioMax EALs meet pertinent environmental standards mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and are Vessel General Permit compliant.

BRB International announced it is forming a 65/35 joint venture with Ban Guan Chemical to build a plant in Singapore to produce the VISCOTECH® VI improvers under the name Viscotech ASIA PTE Ltd. . The joint venture will be headquartered in Tanjong Penjuru Crescent, Singapore. Operation at the company’s facility in Singapore will begin in July 2016.

Crane manufacturer Manitowoc has filed a Form 10 Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pertaining to its previously announced plan to separate the Cranes and Foodservice businesses into two independent, public companies.

• Phillips 66 Decreases Prices of Its API Group II Pure Performance 70N, 80N by 15 CPG, Its 110N by 10 CPG and Its 225N by 15 CPG, Effective Today, September 14 - No Change to 600N
• Motiva Reduces Prices of Its API Group II Star 4 (100 SUS) by 10 CPG and Group II Star 6 (220 SUS) by 15 CPG, Effective September 9
• Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Purchases Another 3.5 Million Shares of Phillips 66 Increasing Its Stake to 61.5 Million Shares or 11.4 Percent
• Todd Cawley Joins Nanotech Industrial Solutions as VP of Sales and Marketing
• Frost & Sullivan Honours Shell Lubricants' Innovation in Deriving Base Oils from Natural Gas Using its Proprietary Shell PurePlus Technology