Dieselās national average pump price fell for a 12th straight week, declining 3 cents to $3.648 a gallon, while gasoline fell for a 13th week, the Department of Energy said.
July 3, 2012Fuel
U.S. Bank Expands to Service Classes 7-8 With Purchase of TransCardās Fuel Card
U.S. Bank said it purchased TransCardās Classes 7-8 fuel card product to expand its offerings to the heavy-duty truck market, with truckload firm U.S. Xpress Enterprises as its initial customer.
July 9, 2012BusinessFuel
Fuel Drops for 12th Week, Diesel Average at $3.648, but Oil Price Spikes
Retail diesel prices declined for a 12th straight week, dipping 3 cents a gallon to $3.648, the Department of Energy reported, but a spike in crude oil prices could signal an end to the downturn.
July 9, 2012BusinessFuel
Oil Falls Following Fridayās $7 Surge
Oil fell more than $1 in early trading Monday after jumping more than $7 on Friday to finish last week near $85 a barrel, Bloomberg reported.
July 2, 2012BusinessGovernmentFuelAutonomous
UPS to Add āPlasticā Trucks to Existing Delivery Fleet
UPS said it has completed testing of its āplastic truck,ā a composite-bodied vehicle thatās lighter and uses 40% less fuel than its current package cars, and will soon add 150 of the new vehicles to its delivery fleet.
July 2, 2012BusinessFuel
Diesel Dips Another 5.1Ā¢ to 16-Month Low of $3.678 Per Gallon
Retail diesel prices tumbled another 5.1 cents to $3.678 last week, the lowest level in 16 months, the U.S. Department of Energy reported.
July 2, 2012BusinessFuelGovernment
Court Upholds EPA on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A federal appeals court backed the Obama administration's campaign to limit greenhouse-gas emissions, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
June 27, 2012BusinessFuel
Oil, Gas Production Curbing U.S. Imports, Journal Reports
Expanded U.S. oil and natural gas production could cut oil imports in half by 2020 and end them by 2035, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
June 27, 2012BusinessFuel
Diesel Drops 5.1Ā¢ to 16-Month Low $3.678; Gasoline Tumbles 9.6Ā¢ to $3.437 a Gallon
Diesel fell for the 11th straight week, dropping 5.1 cents to $3.678 a gallon, a 16-month low, while gasolineĀ dropped almost a dime, the Department of Energy said.
June 26, 2012EditorialBusinessFuel
Editorial: ATAās Natural Gas Summit
As noted on other pages of this weekās edition of Transport Topics, American Trucking Associations will be conducting the first comprehensive summit on the use of natural gas in trucking.
June 25, 2012