Fuel News

Host John Kingston talks about predictive wholesale diesel prices with Scott Susich of DTN.

Guest columnist Sri Laxmana writes about the impacts of IMO 2020.

Problems continued into the afternoon for customers of WEX fuel cards, including its EFS and FleetOne cardholders, as a system outage rendered cards useless at fuel pumps.

Truck drivers using EFS fuel cards have been unable to fuel their vehicles as a systems outage has shut down the cards, according to multiple reports.

Economist Noel Perry joins the podcast as a guest this week.

The message is now pretty clear: that the rule hasn’t hit markets yet doesn’t mean much.

It was conventional wisdom, accepted by all – the price of diesel was going to rise, and IMO 2020 was the cause. One example of many, a report by the Fitch ratings agency, was published in August 2019. “Fuel switching due to IMO 2020 will drive a large and sudden shift in demand for diesel […]

Substantial point-of-sale incentives are available through a new voucher program funded by cap-and-trade fees.

Darren Prokop writes about the implementation of IMO 2020 and how its costs will be absorbed and/or passed along…

Head of giant independent refiner not surprised by lack of movement this early in the regulation.

A proposed sustainable fuel mandate in Washington state highlights a divide in the transportation industry over regulations aimed at reducing carbon emissions.

It’s a bold plan and FreightWaves’ Mark Solomon has plenty of experience covering XPO to give us a unique perspective.

It’s the same story for carriers and shippers: up like a rocket and down like a feather

Singapore surge is “trigger” for Maersk to add fuel new surcharge.

Plus, a subdued CES 2020 and Ralph Nader disses Tesla.

Seeing expansion of the truck stop business as finite, Pilot Flying J is rapidly expanding its energy business. Reflecting that is a name change to the Pilot Company, an homage to the single gas station founder Jim Haslam purchased in 1958.

Jet fuel demand could be impacted by a drop in air travel, which would work to push down diesel prices.

Rob Moseley is an attorney at Moseley Marciniak in South Carolina. He’s defends trucking companies in the courtroom, and he’s watched as verdicts against trucking companies have been soaring. Is this a sudden shift or just another period in a cycle? And how should trucking companies deal with it? Host John Kingston talks to Rob […]

Companies cite permitting issues, but the market for the product remains hot on environmental regulations.

We gear up into this frigid week with a wild ride of headlines and industry updates. First, some bad news: a fatal shooting at a family-owned trucking company in San Antonio leaves two dead. A new cap-and-trade carbon emissions bill unveiled in Oregon last week continues to draw criticism from the trucking industry that helped […]