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With the Red Sea crisis roiling shipments of everything from cars to energy, it’s a matter of time before soaring costs and supply chain strains show up in companies’ earnings reports.

A U.S. Department of Transportation leasing task force has begun examining maintenance provisions in lease-purchase agreements.

The national average diesel price fell for the third time in the first four reporting periods in January, dipping 2.5 cents to reach $3.838 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data for the week ending Jan. 22.

Nearly half of $18.89 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture biofuel grants recently awarded to 22 states will be funneled to projects that increase biodiesel storage, distribution and dispensing.

Idaho is now offering commercial vehicle operators the option of bulk online renewal of annual special permits in an effort to help save time and money.

Pennsylvania truckers are paying slightly less for diesel this year, thanks to lower average wholesale fuel prices last year that led the state to drop the motor fuel tax rate.

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board, which oversaw hearings into the possible restart of Gulf Coast rail during 2022, is calling the parties involved in the case for a status hearing.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. plunged after the U.S. agricultural trading giant suspended its CFO and cut its earnings outlook pending an investigation into its accounting practices.

Stellantis NV CEO Carlos Tavares said elections in the U.S. and Europe this year will dictate how quickly he can execute his 30 billion euro investment plan in electric vehicles.

Chaos in the Red Sea is starting to disrupt shipments of produce from coffee to fruit — and threatening to halt a slowdown in food inflation that brought some relief to strained consumers.