Fuel prices and developments affect the entire supply chain, and can place a lot of pressure on carriers. Check back here for news and information related to fuel prices and the gas sector, plus insights and analysis on trends and issues impacting the industry.
Jeremy Reymer is the founder and CEO of DriverReach, but he’s also a member of the research advisory committee for ATRI, the research arm of the American Trucking Associations. He’s the guest this week on Drilling Deep, and he’s got a good perspective on one of the reasons why the driver market is so tight: […]
Nikola’s 700-station hydrogen fueling network will use solar, nuclear or whatever clean energy is cheapest. Some locations will require truck delivery because electricity costs too much to make hydrogen on-site.
The Amazon Climate Pledge Fund is designed to accelerate the path to net-zero carbon emissions.
With winds diminished, the storm is now seen as more of a rain event. Alabama’s ITRI rises
CEO Tim Hindes also talks about race and the trucking industry.
Foreign-flagged tanker receives 225 metric tonnes of LNG at the Talleyrand Marine Terminal in Jacksonville, Florida.
General Motors is putting its battery and fuel cell expertise to work for startup electric truck maker Nikola in exchange for an 11% ownership stake worth $2 billion.
Is hydrogen or renewable natural gas the better path to powering emission-free battery-electric trucking? Hyliion is all-in on its RNG-fueled generator to make electricity. Nikola’s hydrogen-backing founder predicts its rival will fail if it sticks to fossil fuel.
VW settlement money is helping fleets replace polluting vehicles with cleaner equipment, but so far most of the money is invested in diesel, not electrification.
A professor from UH-Downtown, who also was a driver, is studying the issue
California passed a new rule curbing nitrogen oxide emissions from trucks, potentially setting up another conflict with the Trump Administration over the state’s authority to enact air quality regulations.
Diesel market continues to trend lower after upward movement earlier in the week
Thursday was quiet but heavy activity booking loads will begin quickly.
The head transportation analyst at Deutsche Bank says a market that sped up through the second quarter has raced ahead so far in the third
Commodity diesel prices are up just a few cents from the end of last week
Gasoline soars but diesel inventories are plentiful, curbing impact of possible refinery shutdowns
NEXT Trucking, Fuel Ox, Bendix and Southeastern Freight make strategic employee moves.
With diesel cheap, the fuel advantage for moving a ton of freight narrows for the railroads.
Driven by tax breaks, production is rising of the fuel that is a one-to-one substitute for conventional diesel.
The country’s largest brewer is transitioning more than 180 trucks in its Houston and St. Louis fleets to renewable natural gas to help reduce its carbon footprint.
