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Oil Prices Take Biggest Drop Since August

Crude oil prices fell almost $6 a barrel Wednesday following a Department of Energy report that showed crude oil inventories rose last week, Bloomberg reported.

March 19, 2008

Letters to the Editor: SAFER Scores, Fuel Prices, Border Opening

The Opinion column by John Hausladen, Be Ready to Explain Your SAFER Scores, is an excellent reminder to fleets about how important the Safety and Fitness Electronic Record System score is and, how it can be misinterpreted by those uninformed about the industry.

March 19, 2008

Forward Air Corp. Completes Acquisition

Forward Air Corp. said Tuesday it closed a deal, first announced last week, to buy transportation firm Pinch Holdings and a related company, AFTCO Enterprises, for an undisclosed sum.

March 18, 2008

ATA Projects Record Diesel Fuel Costs for 2008

American Trucking Associations is projecting a record high diesel fuel bill for the trucking industry this year, at $135 billion.

March 17, 2008

EPA to Award $5 Million for Midwest Clean-Diesel Projects

The Environmental Protection Agencys Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative said Friday today announced that it expects to award about $5 million in grants for diesel-emission reduction projects in five Midwestern states.

March 17, 2008

Diesel Jumps to $3.819 a Gallon

The U.S. average retail diesel price broke its record high for the third straight week, surging to $3.819 a gallon and topping $4 a gallon in some places, pushed by soaring crude oil prices that also set all-time highs and closed above $110 a barrel for the first time in history.

March 17, 2008

EPA Sets New Ozone Standard

The Environmental Protection Agency reduced its primary eight-hour ozone standard to 0.075 parts per million from 0.084 ppm to comply with the requirements of the Clean Air Act.

March 14, 2008

EPA Sets Emissions Standards for Trains, Ships

Railroad locomotive engines and marine vessels will be subject to new clean air standards that would sharply reduce particulate and nitrogen oxide emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday.

March 14, 2008

Forward Air to Buy Houston Firm

Forward Air Corp. said it will buy transportation firm Pinch Holdings and a related company, AFTCO Enterprises, for an undisclosed sum.

March 11, 2008

DOE Boosts Fuel-Price Forecast

The Department of Energy sharply boosted its projection for diesel prices, saying it will average $3.45 a gallon this year 57 cents above last years average and $3.70 in March and April.

March 11, 2008