Diesel Rises 2¢ to $2.919 in First Increase in Six Weeks
Diesel increased after four straight weeks of decline, rising 2 cents to $2.919 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.
July 26, 2010UPS Aims to Improve Truck Fuel Efficiency 20%
UPS Inc. said Monday it has set a goal to increase its automotive fuel efficiency by 20% between 2000 and 2020.
July 26, 2010FedEx Raises 1Q, Yearly Profit Forecasts
FexEx Corp. Monday increased its earnings outlooks for the fiscal first quarter and fiscal year, citing better-than-anticipated volume growth in its FedEx Ground and FedEx Express units.
July 26, 2010New Home Sales Grow in June
New home sales increased 24% in June following a large decrease the month before, the Commerce Department said Monday.
July 26, 2010Company Touts EGR Results in ‘Fluid Efficiency’ Test
Fleet managers should consider total “fluid efficiency” when comparing trucks using exhaust gas recirculation engines with those using selective catalytic reduction, truck and engine maker Navistar Inc. said last week.
July 26, 2010Qualcomm Shipped More Tracking Units in 3Q, Company Says
Qualcomm Enterprise Services shipped more asset-tracking systems, and cut costs in the quarter ended June 27, parent company Qualcomm Inc. said in its latest quarterly earnings statement.
July 26, 2010Gas Prices Stay at $2.73 a Gallon, Lundberg Says
Gasoline’s national average price rose by less than a cent in the past two weeks to $2.73 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.
July 26, 2010Longer Vehicles; Road, Bridge Names; Seat Belts
The July 12 issue of Transport Topics reported on the recently passed resolution of the Western Governors’ Association that calls on Congress to allow for longer combination vehicle pilot programs: “Western Governors Back New Pilot Programs to Study Effects of Longer Trailer Combinations.”
July 26, 2010Best of the Best
The 2010 edition of the Transport Topics Top 100 For-Hire Carriers shows us just how bad 2009 was for the motor carrier industry, but it also illustrates the recovery that took hold in the first half of this year.
July 26, 2010Earnings Improve for 7 of 8 Publicly Traded Carriers
Seven of the eight publicly traded motor carriers that reported second-quarter earnings last week reinforced the trend of improved financial results driven by tight capacity, along with modest rate, volume and utilization improvements.
July 26, 2010