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Highway bottlenecks growing across United States

In 10 years, an additional 1.8 million trucks will be on the road; and in 20 years, for every two trucks today, another one will be added...

CBP still delaying enforcement of empty tank policy

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will continue its policy of not enforcing a requirement that tank trailers and tank cars may not classify equipment containing residue as “empty” until further notice...

Trucking associations support efforts to reduce idling

The American Trucking Associations and several of its affiliates support the Diesel Idle Reduction Campaign headed by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), in partnership with the District Department of the Environment, District Department of Transportation and Maryland Department of the Environment...

Commercial trailer orders
continue strong in May

May 2010 commercial trailer net orders were up 59% from the prior-year month, continuing a healthy rebound from a very weak 2009, according to ACT Research Co. Through May, year-to-date net orders for trailers are up 69%...

Canadian Freight Index up
for fifth month in a row

TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index has climbed for the fifth straight month, showing significant improvement year over year with a 73% increase in spot market freight availability...

Truckers again face driver
shortage, survey indicates

Transport Capital Partners LLC (TCP) has completed its Business Expectation Survey for the second quarter of 2010, which found that two-thirds of carriers surveyed are experiencing a return of the driver shortage...

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
dips slightly in May 2010

The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.6 percent in May 2010, which was the first month-to-month drop since February of this year...

Price of diesel fuel drops
sixth time in seven weeks

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide fell half a cent to $2.956 a gallon, marking the sixth decline in seven weeks, according to US Department of Energy information...

Truckers report high
optimism, survey says

Transport Capital Partners, LLC (TCP) has recently completed its Business Expectation Survey for the second quarter of 2010, which found that 88% of carriers surveyed expect volumes to increase over the next year, and 84% of the carriers expect rate increases over the same period...

Pace of petrochemical price
decline accelerates in May

In May 2010, prices fell at a faster pace in the $3 trillion global petrochemicals market with the average daily price of Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI) dropping 7.5% from $1,237 per metric ton (/mt) in April to $1,144/mt...

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