C o m p a n y P r of i l e
Pump from Blackmer®. For two straight days a steady stream
of fuel transports arrived at the dock in Newport and offloaded
through the meter on Kabraul's truck and into the Michael
Murphy's fuel-storage tanks.
"This operation is Coast Guard-regulated so we couldn't just
come down with 10 different trucks and 10 different hoses; the
fuel had to go through that specific hose and that specific meter
that were approved by the government," said Tasha. "My pump
would grab the fuel, throw it through my meter and out the
discharge. As we were fueling water was coming off the boat and
there was not a stitch of rainbow in that water. It was a two-day
pump, it was impressive, and when we were done, all we did was
add a little grease to the pump and that was it.
So, an operation that began less than two decades ago with
one man (and a supportive wife), one truck and one dream has
grown into an operation that features a rolling fleet of 50 sixwheel and six 10-wheel delivery trucks that operate under the
Loud Fuel banner and eight 18-wheel fuel transports that fly the
Tasha Trucking flag. l F O N
Kent Crawford is the Regional Manager, USA and Canada, for Blackmer® and Pump
Solutions Group (PSG®). He can be reached at Kent.Crawford@psgdover.com. For
Loud Fuel Co., delivered 300,000 gallons of fuel over two days to the USS Michael Murphy,
a newly commissioned guided-missile destroyer.
more information on Grand Rapids, MI, USA-based Blackmer and the company's
full line of pumps and compressors, please go to www.blackmer.com or call (616)
241-1611. Blackmer is a member of Dover Corporation's Pump Solutions Group
(PSG®), Oakbrook Terrace, IL, USA, which is comprised of several leading pump
brands – Abaque®, Almatec®, Blackmer®, Ebsray, Griswold™, Maag, Neptune™,
Mouvex®, Quattroflow™ and Wilden®. You can find more information on PSG at
www.psgdover.com.
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