The average national price of retail diesel fuel rose 2.1 cents to $3.28 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.
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Ohio Eyes Higher Fines for Overweight Trucks
The Ohio State Patrol wants higher fines for trucks carrying overweight loads, the Associated Press reported Monday.
February 4, 2008
Matt Silver, CEO of Cargado, discusses how AI, data and smarter platforms are reshaping cross-border shipping.
Oil Falls to Near $88 a Barrel
Crude oil prices fell for a third trading day in pre-market trading Monday, with futures falling almost $1 to $88.07 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Bloomberg reported.
February 4, 2008EPA Budget Would Boost ‘Clean Diesel’ Spending
The Environmental Protection Agency’s fiscal year 2009 budget request includes $49.2 million in clean diesel grants, EPA said Monday following the release of President Bush’s budget.
February 4, 2008Bush Proposes $68 Billion for DOT’s ’09 Budget
President Bush proposed a $3.1 trillion fiscal 2009 budget on Monday that would give the Department of Transportation $68 billion, a $1 billion increase over last year’s request.
February 4, 2008Panel Recommends NYC Congestion-Fee Plan
The commission in charge of creating congestion-fee plan for New York City voted Thursday to approve a scaled-down version of an original proposal, but the plan would still charge cars and most trucks fees to enter the central part of Manhattan, the Associated Press reported.
February 1, 2008Fleets Weigh Competing Technologies as New Emission Standards Loom
Truck buyers for some of the nation’s largest fleets are already contemplating their choices for the January 2010 generation of heavy-duty truck engines. Their challenge is matching the original equipment manufacturers they like with one of the two main technologies upon which the OEMs will rely.
February 4, 2008Truck Tonnage Rises 1.4% in December
December truck tonnage increased by 1.4% from year-ago levels, the first back-to-back improvement in freight volume since May and June 2006, American Trucking Associations reported in its national index.
February 4, 2008Oberstar Criticizes Administration on Handling of Transport Issues
WASHINGTON — The Democratic chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, in a speech to American Trucking Associations’ winter meeting here, delivered a scathing criticism of the Bush administration’s handling of transportation issues as he backed the report of a congressional commission that called for major federal spending on infrastructure funded by fuel-tax increases.
February 4, 2008ATA Leaders Agree on Need for Unity to Address Key Issues
WASHINGTON — With an eye on the congressional debate next year over reauthorizing transportation legislation, leaders of American Trucking Associations agreed on the need for the industry to come together on key issues and established a task force to work on safety issues.
February 4, 2008