Diesel fuel rose for a second straight week, jumping 13.1 cents to an average $2.221 per gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.
March 31, 2009Letters to the Editor, Government, Business, Safety
Letters: Closed Rest Areas, Those Railroad Ads (Cont.), Diesel Prices, Road Tax, Honoring Covenants
Someone needs to read the article that was published about the truck driver shot and killed in Knoxville, Tenn.
April 6, 2009Government, Business, Logistics, Fuel
Diesel Price Jumps 13.1¢
U.S. retail diesel prices jumped sharply last week, a second straight bump that raised the national average a two-week total of 20.4 cents a gallon, or about 10%, as gasoline also rose, topping the $2 a gallon mark for the first time since November, according to the Department of Energy.
April 6, 2009Fuel, Business
Diesel Jumps 13.1¢ to $2.221; Gas Tops $2
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, Fuel
Diesel Increases 7.3¢ to $2.09; 1st Price Rise in Over 2 Months
Rising oil prices and growing distillate demand pushed the U.S. national diesel average 7.3 cents higher to $2.09 last week, the first increase in more than two months, the Department of Energy reported.
March 30, 2009Fuel, Business, Logistics
Diesel Jumps 7.3¢ to $2.09 a Gallon
Diesel fuel rose 7.3 cents to a national average $2.09 per gallon, sharply reversing its downward trend since last summer, the Department of Energy said Monday.
March 24, 2009Government, Business, Fuel, Logistics
Diesel Falls 2.8¢ to $2.017
Diesel fuel fell 2.8 cents to a $2.017 per-gallon national average, the lowest price in more than four years, the Department of Energy said.
March 17, 2009Business, Government
N.H. Truckers Balk at 15-Cent Diesel Tax Boost
A proposed 15-cent boost in New Hampshire’s diesel tax will badly hurt the trucking industry, truckers told state lawmakers, the Associated Press reported.
March 16, 2009Fuel, Business, Government
Diesel Declines 4.2¢ to $2.045; Gas Rises
The U.S. retail diesel fuel average dropped 4.2 cents last week to $2.045 a gallon, as the price in the Midwest fell below $2, the first time that has occurred anywhere in more than four years, the Department of Energy reported.
March 16, 2009Fuel, Business, Government
Diesel Price May Fall Below Gasoline This Summer, DOE Says
The Energy Department lowered its projection for diesel prices from a previous forecast and said it is possible that trucking’s main fuel will fall below gasoline in price this summer.
March 11, 2009Government, Business, Safety, Fuel, Logistics
Diesel Falls 4.2¢ to $2.045
Diesel fuel fell another 4.2 cents Monday, dropping to a four-year low national average price of $2.045, the Department of Energy said Monday.
March 9, 2009