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NewsMarch 12, 2012

Fuel Prices Rise Yet Again, Oil Prices Fall

The national average price for diesel is up yet again this week by almost 3 cents, from $4.094 to $4.123 per gallon, according to the Energy Information Administration's weekly fuel update. This is the seventh week in a row that prices have risen.

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NewsMarch 12, 2012

ACT: Truck Buying Cycle Peak Moved to 2014

ACT Research has shifted its long-term forecast for the commercial vehicle industry. The cycle peak in 2013 has been adjusted, with stronger demand now stretching through 2014

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NewsMarch 12, 2012

White House Report Shows Drop in Oil Imports

The White House released a one-year American energy progress report showing that the U.S. has reduced dependence on foreign oil by more than 2 million barrels per day.

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NewsMarch 12, 2012

FTR Shippers Conditions Index Relatively Flat Month-Over-Month

FTR Associates' Shippers Conditions Index for January remained basically unchanged from the previous month with a reading of negative 4.8

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NewsMarch 12, 2012

Shippers Group Honors U.S. Xpress

The National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council named U.S. Xpress Enterprises its Truckload Carrier of the Year

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NewsMarch 11, 2012

I-75 South Closed in NE Tennessee for About Two Weeks

The Tennessee Department of Transportation has closed both lanes of Interstate 75 South in Campbell County in northeast Tennessee on the Kentucky border, due the collapse of a section of embankment

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NewsMarch 11, 2012

Diesel Exhaust Found to be 'Negligible' Contributor to One Type of Pollution

Contrary to what the scientific community expected, the exhaust fumes from gasoline vehicles are a bigger polluter than diesel exhaust when it comes to a specific type of pollution, according to a new study

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NewsMarch 9, 2012

FTR: Trucking Industry to Fare Adequately in 2012, Oil Prices Will Fall

FTR Associates says the outlook for the 2012 trucking industry is fair. In FTR's "State of Freight" webinar late last week, analysts addressed the overall economy as well as specifics about trucking and oil, a particularly hot topic because of climbing prices

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NewsMarch 8, 2012

Mid-America Trucking Show Drawing Near

The 2012 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., is almost upon us, with concerts, seminars and a "listening session" on electronic onboard recorders in addition to the extensive exhibit halls

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NewsMarch 8, 2012

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Completes All-Electric Toll Study

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is considering converting to a cashless, all-electronic toll collection system due to advantages such as enhanced safety, a cleaner environment, reduced travel time and reduced operating costs

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