Dieselwill average $2.60 in the fourth quarter, down slightly from the August-September average of $2.63, the Department of Energy said in its monthly short-term energy outlook.
October 7, 2009Government, Business, Safety, Fuel
Fleet Execs See Green in Going Green
LAS VEGAS Fleet executives said that while going green does provide societal and environmental benefits, the biggest benefit to carriers is that is saves money in fuel and other costs.
October 12, 2009Government, Business, Safety, Fuel
Ports Clean Trucks Goals Will Be Met by 2010, Los Angeles and Long Beach Officials Say
Officials with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said they expect to reach their clean trucks goal of reducing port diesel emissions 80% by the end of 2010 a year or more ahead of schedule.
October 12, 2009Government, Business, Safety, Fuel
ATA Leaders Set Policies on HOS, Alternative Fuels
LAS VEGAS The leadership of American Trucking Associations addressed several policy issues here during the groups annual conference, ranging from the supporting documents fleets need to provide for hours-of-service compliance to what alternative fuels are used in the nation.
October 12, 2009Fuel, Business, Government
Diesel Fuel Drops 1.9瞽 to $2.582 for 5th Straight Weekly Decline
U.S. retail diesel prices fell 1.9 cents to $2.582 a gallon last week in the fifth consecutive decline, a run that has seen the average cost of truckings main fuel fall 9.2 cents, the Department of Energy said.
October 12, 2009Business, Fuel, Government
Express-1 Acquires Freight Forwarder LRG
Express-1 Expedited Solutions said that it has acquired LRG International, an international freight forwarder specializing in ocean and air freight.
October 8, 2009Business, Fuel
Diesel to Average $2.60 in Fourth Quarter, DOE Says
Business, Fuel
Oil Dips Following Inventory Report
Oil dipped slightly Wednesday following a Department of Energy report that showed inventories of gasoline and distillates rose last week, Bloomberg reported.
October 7, 2009Fuel, Business, Logistics, Government
Diesel Falls 1.9瞽 to $2.582 in Fifth Straight Drop
The national average price of diesel fuel fell for a fifth straight week, dropping 1.9 cents to $2.582 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.
October 6, 2009Government, Business, Safety, Fuel
EPAs New Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule to Exempt Medium-, Heavy-Duty Fleets
The first-ever federal rule for greenhouse gas emissions reporting will not require trucking companies operating medium- and heavy-duty fleets to record and report carbon emissions data.
October 5, 2009Letters to the Editor, Business, Fuel, Safety, Government
Letters: No to Natural Gas, Driver Recruiters, Drivers and Lumpers
Just say no to the T. Boone Pickens plan and to H.R. 1835, the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act the NAT GAS Act of 2009 a bipartisan bill recently introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.).
October 5, 2009