Crude oil jumped more than $5 a barrel Thursday to close near $128 a barrel, erasing the declines from earlier in the week, and the Energy Department said it would delay scheduled oil deliveries to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until next spring, Bloomberg reported.
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Long Beach Port Approves Clean Trucks Plan
The Port of Long Beach, Calif., has approved the final details of its terms required for truckers to register for the port’s new clean trucks program, scheduled to begin Oct. 1.
June 9, 2008
TT's Seth Clevenger, Michael Freeze and Keiron Greenhalgh break down what ACT Expo revealed about trucking's road to sustainability.
Saudi Arabia Seeks Meeting on Oil Prices
Saudi Arabia plans to call for a summit between oil-producing and consuming nations to discuss soaring crude prices, the Associated Press reported Monday.
June 9, 2008Congress Tackles ‘Splash-and-Dash’ Loophole Giving Tax Credit for Exported Biodiesel
Two bills circulating in Congress would eliminate a loophole that permits foreign producers of biodiesel to get a tax credit if they “splash” their product with petroleum-based diesel in the United States and then sell it overseas.
June 9, 2008Mullen Buys Fluid, Oilfield Transport Firm
Canadian transportation firm Mullen Group Income Fund said Thursday it would buy the transport unit of Essential Energy Services Trust for C$135 million.
June 5, 2008ATA Backs Oil-Market Investigation
American Trucking Associations said Wednesday that it supports the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission for taking steps toward increasing transparency of the energy futures markets.
June 4, 2008GM Closing Four North American Plants
General Motors Corp. is closing four North American truck and sport utility vehicle plants, in light of high fuel prices that are pushing consumers to smaller vehicles, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
June 3, 2008Oil Declines to $122 a Barrel
Crude oil continued its recent slide Wednesday, falling $2 to close at $122.30 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Bloomberg reported.
June 4, 2008Letters to the Editor: Fuel-Protests, Fuel-Intermodal, Fuel-Surcharges, Troopers in Trucks, Border Pilot Program
The only way fuel prices will ever come back down to reasonable levels is for our nation’s truckers to park their rigs for three to seven days. Even drivers for major companies would need to park and refuse to drive.
June 4, 2008Biodiesel Firm Secures $15.5 Million Investment
Three institutional investors have put $15.5 million in financing into Innovation Fuels, an Albany, N.Y., company that makes and distributes biodiesel fuel worldwide, financial firm Credit Suisse said Tuesday.
June 3, 2008