The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index fell 2.4% in November from a year earlier, DOT said Wednesday.
January 14, 2009Business, Government
Philadelphia Fed Factory Index Shrinks
Manufacturing levels in the Philadelphia region contracted in January, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday. It was the 13th month of contraction in the last 14 months.
January 15, 2009Government
Producer Prices Fall 1.9% in December
Prices paid to U.S. producers fell 1.9% in December, the Labor Department said Thursday.
January 15, 2009Business, Government
Business Inventories See Third Straight Month of Decline
Business inventories fell 0.7% in November, the third consecutive month of decline, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
January 14, 2009Government, Business, Safety
DOT Freight Transport Index Drops 2.4% in November
Business, Safety, Government
ATA Names 2009-2010 America’s Road Team
American Trucking Associations has named the 18 truck-driver captains of its 2009-2010 America’s Road Team.
January 14, 2009Business, Government
Retail Sales Plunge 2.7% in December
Retail sales plunged more than twice as forecast in December, falling 2.7% from the previous month, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
January 14, 2009Government, Business, Safety
Opinion: Assault on Independents Threatens Trucking
If you wanted to shore up a beleaguered industry, would you do it by creating a new threat? Of course not, but that’s exactly what some U.S. policymakers seem ready to do to the already devastated U.S. trucking industry.
January 13, 2009Fuel, Business, Government
DOE Drops ’09 Diesel Price Projection to $2.27 a Gallon
Diesel fuel will average $2.27 a gallon this year and $2.54 in 2010, down substantially from previous projections, the Department of Energy said Tuesday.
January 13, 2009Fuel, Business, Government
Diesel Rises for Second Time in Six Months
Diesel fuel’s nationwide average price rose 2.3 cents to $2.314 a gallon, marking just the second increase in six months, while gasoline jumped a dime, the Department of Energy said Monday.
January 13, 2009Government, Business, Safety, Fuel
Emissions Alert Mandated By EPA Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency, as proposed, has formally required new heavy trucks to have warning lights that indicate when engine emission controls are malfunctioning or deteriorating, starting in 2010.
January 12, 2009