Diesel fell for a fourth straight week, dropping 3.4 cents to $2.946 a gallon, its lowest price in 10 weeks, the Department of Energy said.
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Paccar Gets CARB Engine Certification
Truck maker Paccar Inc. said it has received certification from the California Air Resources Board for its Paccar MX 12.9 liter engine, its first heavy-duty engine.
June 8, 2010TMW Unveils Innovative IES Release 9
Software vendor TMW Systems said it unveiled Innovative IES Release 9, a new version of its green-screen dispatch and operations software.
June 7, 2010Court Lets Calif. Reefer Rule Stand
A federal court denied an American Trucking Associations petition requesting that the full court reconsider a three-judge panel’s previous decision that let California’s “reefer retrofit” rule stand.
June 4, 2010Drive to Make Freight Shipments More Efficient Places New Spotlight on Chassis Management
A generation ago, railroad clerks used four words — “your pig is here” — to inform truckers that an intermodal trailer shipment had arrived and was ready for pickup.
June 7, 2010Diesel Declines 4.1¢ to $2.98
The average price of retail diesel fuel in the country dropped for the third straight week, this time by 4.1 cents a gallon to $2.98, the Department of Energy reported, bringing the price of trucking’s main fuel below $3 for the first time since late March.
June 7, 2010Class 8 Registrations Rise in 1Q as Fleets Seek Out ’09 Engines
Registrations of new Class 8 trucks in the United States totaled 25,635 in the first quarter, a 2.5% increase from a year earlier, R.L. Polk & Co. reported.
June 7, 2010April Truck Tonnage Swells 9.4%
Trucking tonnage grew 9.4% in April above year-ago levels, the strongest monthly gain in more than five years and another sign of solid economic recovery, American Trucking Associations reported last week.
June 7, 2010Trailer Manufacturers Group Names New President
The Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association named Jeff Sims to succeed Richard Bowling as the group’s president, effective July 1.
June 4, 2010Unemployment Falls to 9.7%
The U.S. economy added 431,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 9.7% in May from 9.9% in April, the Labor Department said Friday.
June 4, 2010