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Buying Fuel Where It's Cheapest
Trucking companies base fuel purchasing decisions on regional variations in prices, and that tendency has increased with the advent of products or policies that point drivers to truck stops with the lower diesel prices.
April 20, 2000P.M. Executive Briefing - April 20
This afternoon's headlines: UPS to buy back up to $1.2 billion in shares after record first-quarter performance; Study reveals conventional diesel/biodiesel mix cuts emissions; and Oregon's preclearance system reaches milestone.
April 20, 2000Roadlink USA Expects to Alter Intermodal
The top boss at RoadLink USA made big promises of changing the business model for intermodal trucking and logistics, saying his firm will will provide bigger profits to owner-operators and reshape how things are done.
April 20, 2000Class 8 Sales Still Defy Expectations
Class 8 truck sales went up again in March, staying above 1999鈥檚 pace, despite projections the truck market would drop off this year.
April 20, 2000A.M. Executive Briefing - April 20
In the news this morning: Sudden jump in crude oil futures may delay diesel price drop; CN's Tellier confident merger with BNSF will go through; and USA Truck's earnings walloped by high diesel prices.
April 20, 2000White Flag Raised in Oregon
Truckers fighting to abolish Oregon鈥檚 weight-distance tax have been forced to concede defeat because of sky-high gasoline prices and fierce opposition from the American Automobile Association.
April 19, 2000Social Security Revision Could Help Trucking
Older truckers earning Social Security may want to drive more each year because of a change in the law that will let them earn more outside income each year, and that could spell relief for some parts of the trucking industry.
April 19, 2000Pollution Regulations Put Spotlight on Biodiesel
What if there were a way to have an endless supply of diesel fuel 鈥 a supply that did not depend on the whims of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries?
April 19, 2000Fuel Price Fall-Off Continues
Fuel prices continued to descend from the Mount Everest-like summits seen in March and analysts predicted the trend would continue.
April 19, 2000Fuel Costs Exact Toll in Truck Financing
Truckers overwhelmed by high fuel costs are falling behind in payments on their vehicles, and finance companies are seeing an increasing number of 鈥渧oluntary repossessions鈥 in which equipment is returned to lenders because operators think they can no longer make money by driving the truck.
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