Diesel fuel’s national average price fell for a third straight week, dipping 1.2 cents to $2.622 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.
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Leading Economic Indicators Rise for Fifth Month
An index of leading economic indicators rose 0.6% in August, marking the fifth straight increase, the New York-based Conference Board said Monday.
September 21, 2009
Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
FMCSA Is Increasing Use of GPS Logs for HOS Audits, Qualcomm Exec Says
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is increasing its use of Global Positioning System history logs as supporting evidence in driver hours-of-service audits, an executive with Qualcomm Inc. said last week.
September 21, 2009Maine Using Cameras, Scales to Catch Weight Violators
The Maine Department of Transportation has installed cameras and scales in an attempt to catch weight violations in trucks that avoid a weigh station on Interstate 95, the Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald reported Friday.
September 18, 2009Rail, Intermodal Traffic Decline for Week
Intermodal rail traffic in the United States fell 25.8% last week from the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said in its weekly report.
September 18, 2009Oil Gains $2.75 for Week, to $72 a Barrel
Oil prices fell 43 cents Friday to just over $72 a barrel but gained $2.75 this week, Bloomberg reported.
September 18, 2009You Need to Attend MCE
If you’re in the trucking business, you need to be at American Trucking Associations’ annual Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas on Oct. 4.
September 21, 2009Buyers to Have More Brake Choices
RALEIGH, N.C. — The federal stopping-distance rule announced in late July will generate lots of technical choices for truck buyers, but manufacturing executives told fleet managers here the engineering changes should be minimally disruptive.
September 21, 2009House Panel Develops Highway Law Extension
The House transportation committee is preparing a short-term extension of the current highway funding law, while continuing work on a long-term replacement for the legislation that expires in less than two weeks.
September 21, 2009Mohawk Truck Technician Tops at SuperTech 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. — After four years of learning, technician Christopher Tate, 37, overcame the challenges of 81 competitors, 14 skills station hurdles and a four-hour written test to lay claim to the title of grand national champion of SuperTech 2009.
September 21, 2009