Diesel Average Rises 2.4¢ to $2.878 a Gallon in Fourth Straight Increase
Diesel’s national average price rose for the fourth straight week, climbing 2.4 cents to $2.878 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported May 11.
May 11, 2015Best Trucking Accounting Software 2024
If you’re simply looking for a bookkeeping tool, you can stop reading here, and look no further than QuickBooks. If you’re embracing the notion that trucking accounting goes far beyond that, or want to have a more expansive trucking accounting system of which QuickBooks is a key part, then read on.
Top T&I Dems Request Hearing on Long-Term Highway Bill
The top two Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee are pressing the panel’s chairman and the chamber’s top tax policy authorizer to schedule a joint hearing very soon that focuses on a long-term highway bill.
May 11, 2015Worldwide Express Hires Joel Clum from CarrierDirect
Worldwide Express, a reseller of express shipping for UPS Inc. and other freight carriers, said it has hired Joel Clum to be senior vice president of franchise operations.
May 11, 2015Video: Freightliner’s ‘Inspiration’ for Autonomous Driving
LAS VEGAS — Freightliner Trucks made the largest splash yet in the development of autonomous-driving trucks, receiving the world’s first license to operate on public highways. Watch TT's exclusive interview with Daimler Trucks North America's Martin Daum.
May 11, 2015VP Biden: Highway Funding Patch to ‘Hopefully, Occur Very Soon’
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden said Congress will soon unveil a highway funding patch that ensures states continue to receive federal funding assistance after transportation funding authority expires at the end of the month.
May 11, 2015FedEx Freight Beats Teamsters in Chicago-Area Vote
FedEx Freight announced that a majority of drivers at its Chicago Heights, Illinois, terminal rejected representation by the Teamsters union in the most recent election at the largest less-than-truckload carrier.
May 11, 2015Oil Retreats on Speculation Global Supply Glut to Endure
Oil dropped a third day in London May 11 amid speculation that a global oversupply will persist.
May 11, 2015Greg Nadeau Nominated to Be Administrator of FHWA
President Obama on May 8 nominated Greg Nadeau to be administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.
May 11, 2015Flexport Wants to Be the Uber of Ocean Freight
Uber Technologies Inc. is changing the way people move around cities; Flexport wants to do the same with cargo in the holds of ocean-going containerships.
May 11, 2015Opinion: Nat-Gas Vehicles and Low Oil Prices
For light- and heavy-duty truck operators evaluating a switch to natural gas from diesel, the recent oil-price collapse represents the most significant “bump in the road” in several years.
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