The national average price of diesel fuel fell 5.6 cents to $2.366 a gallon, while gasoline’s decline slowed to less than a penny, the Department of Energy reported Monday.
December 23, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
Public Citizen Leads New Challenge to HOS Rule
A coalition of advocacy and labor groups last week again challenged the revised driver hours-of-service rule, asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to reconsider provisions in the rule that allow truckers to drive 11 hours in a workday and reset their weekly hour limit by taking 34 hours off.
December 29, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
TTNews.com to Close for Christmas Holiday
Transport Topics Online will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Christmas holiday. Please check back on Monday, Dec. 28, for the latest trucking and freight transportation news.
December 23, 2008BusinessLogisticsGovernmentTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Ryder Completes Logistics Acquisition
Ryder System said Tuesday it has completed its acquisition of a Canadian logistics firm with operations in China.
December 23, 2008GovernmentBusiness
Third-Quarter GDP Fell 0.5%, Commerce Says
The U.S. economy contracted 0.5% in the third quarter, the Commerce Department said Tuesday in its final of three estimates.
December 23, 2008BusinessLogisticsGovernment
New, Existing ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Sales Decline In November
Sales of both existing and new homes fell in November, the National Association of Realtors and the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
December 23, 2008BusinessGovernment
Consumer Confidence Improves in December
U.S. consumer confidence improved this month from its lowest level in 28 years, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan’s preliminary monthly consumer sentiment index released Tuesday.
December 23, 2008BusinessGovernment
Flying J Files for Bankruptcy
Truck stop chain Flying J Inc. said Monday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, “to address near-term liquidity needs brought about by the precipitous decline in oil prices coupled with the disruption in the credit markets.â€
December 22, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
DOT Signs I-95 Congestion-Relief Agreement
The Department of Transportation and the I-95 corridor coalition signed an agreement earlier this month to help relieve congestion on Interstate 95.
December 22, 2008BusinessFuelGovernment
FedEx Delays Delivery of Air Freighters
FedEx Corp. has delayed delivery of some Boeing Co. 777 freighter planes by as long as 17 months, due to a lag in shipments demand, Bloomberg reported.
December 22, 2008