31 Aug Diesel Rises 0.9¢ a Gallon The U.S. average retail price of diesel rose 0.9 cent to $2.605 a gallon, inching past the $2.60 mark for the first time in more than two years after Tropical Storm Harvey’s fierce winds and record rainfall battered oil production and fuel refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast. Read more...
31 Aug Big Changes Seen in Truck, Bus Design California is the “incubator” for commercial vehicle innovation that will spread throughout the nation, generating a wave of new powertrains and driver-assistance technologies designed to decrease truck emissions and increase safety and freight efficiency, a vehicle engineering consultant said. Read more...
31 Aug Speedy Change for GHG Phase 2 Not Expected A notice from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revisit parts of the Phase 2 final rule on greenhouse gas emissions from heavy- and medium-duty trucks isn’t likely to create changes quickly, as the agency has not presented plans for expedited action and environmental groups are vowing to pursue a challenge in a federal appeals court — once the case is no longer being held in abeyance. Read more...
30 Aug Harvey Knocks Out More Refineries, Shifting Global Oil Flows DALLAS — Hurricane Harvey is sending pump prices higher for U.S. motorists and causing temporary shifts in the flow of oil and gasoline around the world after taking down a huge chunk of U.S. refining capacity. Read more...
30 Aug Trucking Companies Climb on Expected Demand for Harvey Cleanup Expectations that trucking demand will increase for cleanup from Hurricane Harvey helped boost shares of Landstar System Inc., YRC Worldwide Inc. and C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. Read more...
30 Aug Driver Pay Shows Marginal Second-Quarter Growth The National Driver Wage Index, which measures over-the-road driver pay, rose 0.9% year-over-year in the second quarter, but the index is likely to grow at a faster pace as truckload carriers experience the positive effects of economic growth and the electronic logging mandate on freight rates, according to the National Transportation Institute. Read more...
30 Aug Insurance Institute Conducts Successful Test of Side Underguard Protection An aftermarket device that attaches to the sides of a tractor-trailer successfully prevented a midsize car from sliding underneath the trailer in a 40 mph crash test, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety officials said. See crash test video. Read more...
30 Aug Arrive Logistics Expands Chicago, Austin Offices to Accommodate Growth Arrive Logistics will move to larger offices in Chicago and Austin, Texas, to accommodate the rapid growth in volume for the 3-year-old freight broker. Read more...
30 Aug Electric Trucks Will Help ‘Kill Dirty Diesel,’ California Lawmakers Say Parked east of the California Capitol steps was a long line of vehicles as clean as they were large, including a yellow school bus, a UPS delivery truck and an AC Transit bus — all with electric or hybrid motors. Read more...
30 Aug German Firm Körber to Acquire U.S. Supply Chain Software Company HighJump U.S.-based supply chain software firm HighJump is being acquired by Körber AG in Hamburg, Germany, for an undisclosed amount from Accellos Holdings and its primary investor, Accel-KKR, in Menlo Park, Calif. Read more...