Diesel fell 4.3 cents to $4.061 a gallon, its third decline in four weeks and the biggest downturn in almost a year, the Department of Energy reported.
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Consumer Price Index Increases 0.4%
The consumer price index gained 0.4% in April, the Labor Department said Friday.
May 13, 2011Comments on Mexican Trucks Program Due to DOT Friday
Comments on the Department of Transportation’s revised program to allow Mexican trucks access to U.S. highways are due on Friday.
May 13, 2011Port of L.A. Container Volume Rises 3.7% in April
Total container volume at the Port of Los Angeles rose 3.7% in April from a year ago, the 15th consecutive month of growth, the port said.
May 13, 2011Intermodal Volume Rises 9% in First Quarter
Intermodal traffic volume rose 9% in the first quarter, the fifth straight year-over-year increase, the Intermodal Association of North America said Friday.
May 13, 2011Far Too Much Is Made of Fatigue’s Role in Truck Crashes, Forum Speakers Say
Government and industry should shift their driver-safety focus away from regulation and toward more supportive measures, speakers at a National Transportation Safety Board forum said last week.
May 16, 2011P&G Refugee Says ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ Inspired Him to Save Sunny Delight
Billy Cyr, a 19-year veteran executive with Procter & Gamble Co., had 90 days to begin the transformation of a struggling, spun-off subsidiary into the beginnings of a prosperous stand-alone beverage company, so he sought inspiration from a muse.
May 16, 2011Enforcement of Tanker Residue Rule Delayed as Carrier Industry, U.S. Customs Debate
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials have postponed the July 17 effective date for a controversial regulation requiring that motor carriers and exporters report even small amounts of residual chemicals left inside cargo tank containers when returning from deliveries in Canada and Mexico.
May 16, 2011FMCSA Sets New CDL Permit Standards That Require English-Only Testing
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last week published a rule setting new national standards for commercial learner’s permits, or CLPs, and the tests drivers must pass to obtain a commercial driver’s license.
May 16, 2011FMCSA Relies on Challenges by Carriers to Refine States’ Accident Data, Official Says
WASHINGTON — Reports from states on commercial vehicle accidents are so inconsistent that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration probably will rely on carriers to challenge findings of who was at fault, a top agency official told the National Transportation Safety Board last week.
May 16, 2011