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News•March 19, 2012

Diesel Reaches Highest Price Since Summer 2008

The average diesel price spiked 1.9 cents this week to $4.142 a gallon, its highest price since the summer of 2008, according to the Energy Information Administration's weekly fuel update

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News•March 15, 2012

ATA, TCA File Issue Statements with Court in HOS Challenge

The American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association each filed motions to intervene with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in litigation challenging the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's recently published hours-of-service regulations

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News•March 15, 2012

U.S. Fuel Exports to Double by 2015

U.S. exports of gasoline, diesel and other fuels will more than double in the next three years as refiners take advantage of a growing supply of domestic crudes and ship more fuel to emerging markets, according to UK research firm Wood Mackenzie

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News•March 14, 2012

Senate Passes Highway Bill, 74-22

In an unusual display of bipartisanship, the Senate passed a two-year, $109 billion highway bill by a vote of 74 to 22. All of the Senate's Democrats and half of its Republicans voted for the bill

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Articles•March 14, 2012

Mile-Hi Foods Plugs Into Savings

Western food service distributor Mile Hi Foods, Denver, is saving an estimated $85,000 annually in fuel costs while also improving the sustainability of its operations by taking advantage of the electric standby capability of its 27 Carrier Transicold Vector multi-temperature trailer refrigeration units

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Articles•March 14, 2012

Florida 3PL Adding Natural-Gas Trucks to For-Hire Fleet

Saddle Creek Corp., a nationwide third-party logistics provider based in Lakeland, Fla., is taking delivery of the first 40 natural gas trucks in a planned purchase of 120

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News•March 14, 2012

Dealer Plans to Participate in New Wisconsin Job-Training Program

Peterbilt dealer JX Enterprises hosted Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as he signed Assembly Bill 450, popularly known as Wisconsin Wins, into law this week

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News•March 13, 2012

Senate Close to Passing Highway Bill

The Senate is close to passing a two-year, $109 billion highway bill that could become a model for what the House will do with its transportation legislation. The bill, called Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), would streamline the federal transportation program, accelerate project delivery, eliminate earmarks, increase financing resources and fund improvements in freight distribution

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News•March 13, 2012

Louisiana Plant Turns Animal Fat Into Fuel

A high-fat diet might not be good for humans, but it could be great for trucks, trains, planes and cars.

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News•March 12, 2012

Dart Launches CNG Dedicated Service

Dart Transit launched a small fleet of CNG-powered tractors dedicated to Andersen Window Corp.

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