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NEW ORLEANS — Officials at pipeline companies and fuel retailers said they would have to change fuel-distribution patterns, and be careful when loading or storing ultra-low-sulfur fuel, to avoid its being contaminated by fuel with higher sulfur content to an extent that the ULSD would fail to meet government standards.

SAN ANTONIO — Shippers, carriers and brokers can all benefit from technology, provided it is tailored to their specific needs and not simply speeding up existing processes, said speakers and participants at a shippers’ technology committee meeting.

The government needs to do a better job monitoring and inspecting hazardous materials shipped aboard airlines, according to a report released Friday by the Transportation Department's inspector general.

The national average price of diesel fuel held steady at $2.116 a gallon, remaining nearly 10 cents below the all-time record high price set in October, the Department of Energy said Monday.

Some oil deliveries to refineries on the U.S. East Coast have been halted since the Coast Guard closed the Delaware River on Nov. 26 to clean up an oil spill near Philadelphia, Bloomberg News reported.

The largest U.S. pipeline operator, Colonial Pipeline, said it plans to ban diesel fuel with lubricity additives from its system, which would require the oil industry to spend millions of dollars to equip their terminals to add the chemicals. Others are likely to follow.

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The Commerce Department said Wednesday that orders for durable goods dropped 0.4% in October, the second decline in three months..

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