Retail diesel prices will average $2.82 a gallon this summer, down 6 cents from last summer, but the average price for the full year will be the highest on record, the Department of Energy said.
April 11, 2007Business, Safety, Government, Logistics
Exec Downplays Rail Takeovers
Norfolk Southern Corp. Chief Executive Officer Charles 鈥淲ick鈥 Moorman told the Surface Transportation Board that buyout firms probably will not try to acquire major U.S. railroads because of opposition by rail management, Bloomberg reported.
April 12, 2007Business, Fuel, Government
Oil Rises Following DOE Report
Crude oil prices climbed to more than $62 a barrel Wednesday following the Energy Department鈥檚 weekly inventory report that showed gasoline inventories plunged for a ninth straight week, Bloomberg reported.
April 11, 2007Business, Government, Safety
FMCSA鈥檚 New-Carrier Program Criticized
April 11, 2007
Fuel, Business, Government
Fuel Averages to Hit Records
Business, Government, Safety
IANA, Ocean Carriers Hit Proposed Rule on Safety of Intermodal Chassis
April 11, 2007
Fuel, Business, Government
Diesel Climbs 5垄 to $2.84
The average pump price of diesel fuel continued to rise Monday, climbing another nickel following last week鈥檚 11.4-cent jump to $2.84 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported.
April 10, 2007Business, Safety, Government
Saddle Creek Names President
Transportation and warehousing firm Saddle Creek Corp. said Tuesday that Bruce Abels is retiring as the company鈥檚 president effective July 1, and will be replaced by Cliff Otto.
April 10, 2007Business, Government, Autonomous
Daimler Sets Dealer Initiative
DaimlerChrysler Truck Financial announced a regional initiative Monday that it said will improve service to its Freightliner, Sterling and Western Star dealers in the United States and Canada.
April 9, 2007Business, Government, Safety
Technology Briefs 鈥 April 3 - April 9
April 9, 2007
Government
Gasoline Jumps 18垄 to $2.79
Gasoline pump prices jumped 18 cents in the past two weeks to $2.79 a gallon, the highest since September, analyst Trilby Lundberg said in her latest filling-station survey released Sunday.
April 9, 2007