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.
Get ready for the goodies coming from federal transport spending legislation. Money for inland waterway network will be funds well spent.
The Port Report focuses on another vessel being seized in the Strait of Hormuz.
The rise and fall of interest in natural gas trucks typically depends on the price of oil. Now, the availability of clean energy credits in California and tougher NOx rules expected from the California Air Resources Board are additional reasons for purchase.
As with product tanker rates, crude tanker rates show no sign yet of upside from IMO 2020 preparations.
IMO 2020-driven refining activity and tanker demand appears to be materializing slower than previously expected.
Matching tractors to trailers could improve efficiency and lower costs for trucking fleets is among the concepts that vehicle engineers continue to chase, but the North American freight system might not be able to benefit from these advancements.
Idle-reduction technology is still not being used by all fleets, despite laws and clear benefits of such systems.
One market’s strength is actually good news for truckers, who would benefit from the construction of lots of scrubbers.
Are predictions of ever-rising U.S. demand whistling past a possible debt crisis?
Sudden surge in marine fuel costs could spur shippers to consider switch to California over Panama Canal route.
Electric vehicle charge points will now be installed in every newly constructed residential and non-residential building as part of a larger plan to expedite EV adoption in the U.K.
Diesel prices jumped in the Midwest this month due to a significant tax increase. Small carriers will have to adjust to keep costs down and maintain business.
Three reports issued this past week all with the same conclusion: there will be a lot of excess oil in the world next year.
At least 250,000 barrels a day of crude immediately affected by Tropical Storm Barry
A British warship escorted a tanker through the Mideast Gulf yesterday after Iranian naval forces threatened to seize it, the latest incident rattling one of the busiest maritime trade lanes. The Ministry of Defense said that the HMS Montrose “ensured the safe passage of the merchant vessel British Heritage through the Strait of Hormuz.” International […]
Every installed scrubber will be one less ship competing with existing buyers of diesel in the post-IMO2020 world.
Dry bulk transport is about to get more expensive thanks to new marine fuel regulations.
FreightWaves’ Freight Intel Group has released a new study of the impact of IMO 2020 on the U.S. trucking industries (and other industries). Read what may happen to diesel fuel prices.
There’s already a lot of hand wringing about the outcome of the latest OPEC meeting. But the group has stepped aside for virtually the oil market’s growth in the last 10 years.
With IMO2020 just around the corner, FreightWaves Radio this weekend takes a look at how it might impact fuel markets. J. Scott Susich, the director of data analytics and advisory services at DTN, joined co-host John Kingston on SiriusXM Road Dog Trucking for a discussion on how the regulation designed to reduce the amount of […]
