Search

Showing 10 of 22672 results

= Premium Content

Existing ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Sales Drop 0.3%

Existing homes sales fell in May to the lowest level in four years, while the median home price dropped for a record 10th consecutive month, the Associated Press reported.

June 25, 2007

Soot-Filter Makers Say Units Will Be Ready for Reefers Ahead of Calif. Retrofit Deadline

By Andrea Fischer, Staff Reporter
This story appears in the June 25 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today.

June 26, 2007

Ala. Court Overturns Truck Tax Assessed for In-State Use

An Alabama appeals court ruled Friday that a trucking company with headquarters in the state should not have been required to pay more than $900,000 in state use tax for trucks that were originally delivered to a terminal in Ohio, a state appeals court ruled Friday, the Associated Press reported.

June 25, 2007

Gasoline Prices Fall 11 Cents, Lundberg Says

The average price of gasoline across the country fell by 11 cents over the last two weeks, according to the latest Lundberg Survey released Sunday.

June 25, 2007

Diesel Gains 3¢ to $2.835; Gas Dips 2.7¢ to $2.982

The average retail price of U.S. diesel fuel rose 3 cents $2.835 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday following its weekly price survey.

June 26, 2007

Senate Passes Energy Bill

The Senate passed a comprehensive energy bill late Thursday that raises average auto fuel efficiency standards, but the measure did not include a tax on oil companies that would have boosted alternative fuel development, Agence France-Press reported.

June 22, 2007

CTA Cites Border Concerns

The Canadian Trucking Alliance said it sees some positives in the U.S. cross-border passport rules, but still has concerns about the implications for cross-border truck traffic between the United States and Canada.

June 22, 2007

OEMs Promote Disc Brakes as 2007 Option

Class 8 truck makers said they are offering electronically controlled air disc brakes as an option in 2007 models, promoting them as safer and easier to maintain than the drum brakes most U.S. heavy trucks use.

June 25, 2007

Investors Wait for Economic Growth to Reignite Trucking

Investors in trucking stocks, who watched share prices fall in the second half of 2006 and rebound this spring, are now waiting for a verdict on the U.S. economy.

June 25, 2007