Maverick Transportation to Increase Driver Pay
Maverick Transportation announced a pay raise for current and potential drivers, effective April 1.
U.S. DEF pump price drops
The average pump price for diesel exhaust fluid in the U.S. fell by a penny to $2.75 a gallon from December to January, discoverdef.com reported.
Clean Energy Contracts with Green Energy Oilfield Services to Build LNG Station for Texas Tanker Fleet
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. signed a 10-year agreement with Texas transport provider Green Energy Oilfield Services to build, supply and maintain a new liquefied natural gas fueling station at Green Energy headquarters in Fairfield, Texas.
Hino Trucks Honored at National Biodiesel Conference
Hino Trucks was recognized by the National Biodiesel Board with the 2012 “Eye on Biodiesel Impact Award” during a ceremony at the National Biodiesel Conference in Orlando, Fla.
Hino awarded for supporting biodiesel
ORLANDO, Fla. — Hino Trucks was recognized this week by the National Biodiesel Board for promoting the fuel. [Full Story]
FMCSA Closes Down Indiana Trucking Company as Imminent Hazard
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered U&D Service Inc. of Indianapolis to immediately cease all transportation services in or affecting interstate commerce, declaring the commercial truck comp…
Mothertruckers – from Wetton
Three young women from Wetton are the stars of a new documentary for Channel 4, which focusses on the two per cent of Britain’s truck drivers who are female.
DOE Predicts 2012 Will See Highest Oil Prices Since ’08
The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil to average about $100 per barrel in 2012, almost $6 per barrel higher than the average price last year.
U.S. Xpress Promotes Ray Harlin to President
U.S. Xpress Enterprises promoted Ray Harlin to president of the company. Harlin succeeds Patrick Quinn, the company’s co-founder, who passed away in December.
Wildcat Truckers Strike Hits Port of Seattle – Hundreds Walk Off
The impact is being felt by some Puget Sound businesses. At Culinary Collective, a Mukilteo-based importer of cultural foods, a vital shipment from the Port of Seattle arrived Friday — a week late — costing the business an estimated $25,000 in lost s…