Retail Diesel Continues Rise; Oil Falls After 30-Month High
On-highway diesel prices rose by 10 cents last week, more than double the previous week’s increase of 4.4 cents. Prices have now topped $4 per gallon on the national average and in every major region.
Heckmann Orders 200 LNG Trucks
Heckman Corp. has placed what is believed to be the single largest order for liquefied natural gas trucks by a U.S. customer. Heckmann Water Resources will transition its water-transportation fleet from traditional diesel vehicles to natural gas.
Right to Repair Act Introduced in Congress
Representatives Todd Platts, R-Pa., and Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., have introduced the Motor Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act, HR 1449, into the 112th Congress.
Truck Industry Safety Performance Reached Record Levels in 2009
The rate of truck-involved fatalities on U.S. highways fell to 1.17 per 100 million miles in 2009 – making that year the trucking industry’s safest since the federal government began keeping track in 1975. But American Trucking Associations represen…
‘Hybrid’ replacing ‘composite’ in the trailer and body business
Since the advent of fuel-saving hybrid-drive cars and trucks, the “h” word has taken on enough shine that it’s now sometimes employed in place of older terms. I notice things like this because I’m a word merchant, see?
Air France jet clips small plane at Ny JFK airport
An Air France Airbus 380 jetliner clipped the tail of a smaller regional jet on the ground at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport on Monday night, but no injuries were reported, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Help Wanted at Virgin Galactic — Prior Spaceflight Experience Desired
Virgin Galactic is hiring. That’s good news for people looking for work. The bad news is the company’s latest job description is quite specific and rather limiting.
Truckers Fill Up Tanks For About $800
If you think your gas bill is bad, read this: Somebody paid about $400 Monday at a Jacksonville truck stop.
TCA Honors John Boyd as a Highway Angel – Again
Nearly a year ago, John Boyd, a professional truck driver for ABF Freight System, was named a Truckload Carriers Association Highway Angel for helping a severely injured man trapped in a dangerous situation.
Maxwell Technologies more than doubles ultracapacitor production capacity
Maxwell Technologies, Inc. has more than doubled production capacity for ultracapacitor electrode, cells and modules over the past year, and is moving forward with additional capacity expansion to satisfy increasing demand for its BOOSTCAP ultracapacit…