Diesel fuel’s national average price climbed 3 cents to $2.803 a gallon and gasoline continued to soar, setting an all-time record for the second straight week with an 11.5-cent spike to $3.218, the Department of Energy said Monday.
May 22, 2007GovernmentBusiness
Pacer, Trailer Bridge Set New Service
Pacer Stacktrain and Trailer Bridge Inc. said Tuesday they have partnered to move 53-foot containers on an integrated, intermodal basis between the United States and Puerto Rico.
May 22, 2007GovernmentBusiness
FMCSA’s Hill Takes Questions in TT Chat Session
John Hill, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, took questions Tuesday from Transport Topics readers in a 90-minute online chat session.
May 22, 2007BusinessSafetyGovernment
McLeod Updates Software Package
McLeod Software, said Thursday it added several features to its LoadMaster transportation management package.
May 21, 2007Government
Gas Average Jumps to $3.18
Gasoline prices rose another 11 cents in the past two weeks to reach $3.18 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.
May 21, 2007GovernmentBusinessSafetyEquipment
Class 8 Truck Sales Plunge in April
Sales of new Class 8 trucks plunged 45% in April, compared with a year earlier, the most severe decline in six years.
May 21, 2007BusinessGovernmentSafetyLogistics
Fleets Offer Expanded Storage Options
With demand for freight-hauling services relatively slack, some trucking companies are branching out beyond logistics to offer more warehousing services.
May 21, 2007BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous
House Limits Plan Granting Mexican Trucks Access
The House voted last week to impose more restrictions on the DOT’s plans to grant Mexican trucks access to U.S. highways, in a move aimed at significantly slowing a proposed pilot program.
May 21, 2007GovernmentBusinessFuel
Diesel Slips 1.9¢; Gas Hits Record
The U.S. average price paid for retail diesel fuel fell another 1.9 cents last week to $2.773 a gallon, while the average gasoline price rose 4.9 cents to an all-time record of $3.103.
May 21, 2007