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Diesel fuel price reaches
highest level in 18 months

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide rose to its highest level in more a year and a half, gaining 4.4 cents to $3.122 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

Few drivers rate fleet
benefits 'above average'

Open Road Drivers Plan, a legal program serving thousands of over-the-road drivers across the United States and Canada, conducted a survey earlier this year to determine the key benefits that influence...

Engine changeover pulls
truck demand forward

In the April North American Commercial Truck and Trailer Outlook flash update, FTR Associates reports strong current production but cautions that a significant portion of current demand is a short-run surge...

ATA March Truck Tonnage
Index rises; level highest
tallied since November '08

The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 0.4% in March 2010 after a revised 0.3% decrease in February...

Diesel fuel price achieves
its ninth gain in 10 weeks

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide increased for the ninth time in 10 weeks, rising 0.4 cent to $3.078 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

ATA applauds senator’s
bill that would curtail
energy market speculation

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) applauds US Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) for introducing a strong derivatives market reform bill to curb excessive commodity speculation while protecting the ability of the trucking industry to hedge its exposure to increased fuel prices. The legislation could be attached to the Financial Reform Legislation...

TransCore freight index jumps 259% in March

Spot market freight availability increased by 259% in March 2010 compared with the same month in 2009, according to TransCore’s North American Freight Index. The high load volume in March, added to the atypically high totals of January and February, contributed to the strongest first quarter volume since 2004...

Petrochemical price index
shows continued increases

Prices in the $2.8 trillion global petrochemicals business continued to forge ahead in March 2010, hitting new six-month highs and continuing to build on the dramatic gains seen in January, when the Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI) rose 10.4%...

Diesel fuel price increase
slows; gain is half a cent

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide slowed its increase after two big gains in the past two weeks, with the price rising half a cent to $3.074 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

Corporate budgets open
to training in 2010 despite
economy, survey reveals

The 2010 results of The Ken Blanchard Companies annual Corporate Issues Survey find that corporate leaders plan to either maintain or increase spending on training and development, despite skepticism about the near economic future...

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