John Kingston

John has an almost 50-year career as a journalist, most of them covering commodities and markets. The largest part of his career was spent at Platts, now part of S&P Global Energy. He created the Dated Brent benchmark, now the world’s most important crude oil marker. He was Director of Oil, Director of News, the editor in chief of Platts Oilgram News and the “talking head” for Platts on numerous media outlets, including CNBC, Fox Business and Canada’s BNN. He covered metals before joining Platts and then spent a year running Platts’ metals business as well. He was awarded the International Association of Energy Economics Award for Excellence in Written Journalism in 2015. In 2010, he won two Corporate Achievement Awards from McGraw-Hill, an extremely rare accomplishment. He was awarded the 2020 Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah International Energy Award for Lifetime Achievement for the Advancement of International Energy Journalism.
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21 October
John Kingston

TQL’s RICO response: rips carriers’ ‘poor business practices’

The first response in the RICO case initiated by a group of carriers against giant 3PLs C.H. Robinson and TQL has been filed by the latter, and it has two key arguments. TQL, in a series of three individual motions filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, is seeking […]

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20 October
John Kingston

Benchmark diesel price up as market takes a short breather

After months of volatility, the diesel market going into Tuesday appeared to have calmed down, at least for now. The day also featured the release of the weekly benchmark diesel price from the Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration that is used for most fuel surcharges. After a big one-day increase last week in the price […]

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19 October
John Kingston

Pump price is trucking’s #1 concern: ATRI survey

This year’s study of the top issues facing trucking undertaken by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) had a number one concern that didn’t even crack the top 10 in the prior two years: fuel prices. That issue was number one in the responses submitted by drivers and number two for carriers, finishing in the […]

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16 October
John Kingston

Louisiana attorney, staged accident scammer, finally sentenced

Louisiana staged accident mastermind Danny Keating got 32 months in jail.

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John Kingston

ATRI gets a new head: TeamOne’s Siplon

ATRI named a new head to replace retiring Rebecca Brewster.

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15 October
John Kingston

Federal DOT grants will fund more than 2,400 parking spots

Federal funding will be used in a variety of states for more than 2,400 new parking spots.

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John Kingston

Penske Automotive accepts offer, will be bought out

Penske Automotive has chosen to accept the buyout offer from its two corporate owners for what they do not own already.

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14 October
John Kingston

English language rule’s comments bring criticism from Sikh organization

The Sikh Coalition was one of the louder voices in opposition to FMCSA’s English language proposed rule.

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13 October
John Kingston

UPDATE: Benchmark diesel falls as futures rise

The diesel market is going through its typical recent volatility, and there doesn’t seem to be much impact from the Trump deal with Russia.

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12 October
John Kingston

Penske request for en banc hearing gets pushback from victim’s estate

Both sides have their argument in to the court on the Penske request for a bigger hearing in significant loss.

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09 October
John Kingston

Formal EO order on red dye diesel short on specifics

The formal executive order allowing red dye diesel use over the road has been published.

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08 October
John Kingston

FMCSA split sleeper berth pilot program moves closer to launch

FMCSA is launching another comment period as it moves toward a pilot program on sleeper berth hours.

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07 October
John Kingston

Red dye diesel break is being greeted with a big yawn

So far, nobody in the trucking market is racing to embrace the tax break from using red dye diesel.

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John Kingston

Garten Trucking appeal on NLRB order rejected by SCOTUS

The Supreme Court has rejected a request for review by Garten Trucking on its dispute with a union.

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06 October
John Kingston

Wall Street analysts positive on C.H. Robinson deal; S&P more cautious

On the day after the C.H. Robinson-RXO deal was announced, Wall Street positive, S&P is cautious.

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John Kingston

Benchmark diesel slides; what will be impact of red dye change?

A change in federal rules regarding diesel coloring might have impact on retail prices.

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05 October
John Kingston

UPDATE: C.H. Robinson acquisition of RXO may give a jolt to industry consolidation

In a move that may have been foreshadowed by strong upward stock movement Thursday and Friday, C.H. Robinson, the country’s biggest 3PL, is getting a lot bigger by acquiring RXO. The transaction was announced Monday morning.  RXO’s (NYSE: RXO) stock price had risen sharply Thursday and Friday, with it rising Friday by $2.02, a gain […]

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John Kingston

Cybersecurity portal to fight bad guys open for business: NMFTA

The NMFTA has launched its threat portal, where targets of successful and unsuccessful cyberattacks can share their stories.

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