diesel
Diesel Rises 2.6¢ to $2.696 as Price Continues to Increase
The largest gain came in the New England region, where diesel jumped 6.4 cents a gallon to $2.764. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
For the second week in a row, drivers in 2021 are seeing higher diesel prices as the nationwide cost of trucking’s main fuel ticked up, this time 2.6 cents to $2.696.
January 19, 2021Diesel Forward Acquires Dipaco
A production worker at a Diesel Forward facility. Diesel Forward provides aftermarket diesel-engine fuel systems and technical components for light-, medium- and heavy-duty and off-highway vehicles. (Diesel Forward)
Diesel Forward is expanding its diesel fuel systems services by increasing its repair parts offering with the acquisition of Dipaco.
January 14, 2021US Diesel Stockpiles Swell as Global Fuel Demand Falters
A tanker truck sits parked at a diesel fuel pump in Princeton, Ill., in April 2020. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
The world’s appetite for U.S. diesel is falling, leaving stockpiles of the fuel at their highest level since early October.
January 13, 2021Diesel Rises 3¢ to $2.67 a Gallon
The largest gain in the price of diesel came in the Lower Atlantic, where it jumped by 6.8 cents per gallon to $2.608. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
The first full week of 2021 saw the nationwide price of diesel continue to rise, as it had for the last weeks of 2020. Trucking’s main fuel notched a 3-cent increase, according to the Energy Information Administration’s weekly data released Jan. 11.
January 11, 2021Diesel Continues Upward Trend, Rises 0.5¢ to $2.640
Diesel is 43.9 cents less expensive than it was a year ago during the same week. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
The last days of 2020 and the first few of 2021 continued the same trend, with diesel prices rising nationwide.
January 4, 2021Diesel Rises 1.6¢, Reaches Nine-Month High of $2.635 a Gallon
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News
The U.S. average retail price of diesel rose 1.6 cents to $2.635 a gallon and notched a new nine-month high after first reaching that peak a week earlier, the Energy Information Administration reported Dec. 28. The average price of diesel was $2.659 on March 23.
December 28, 2020Diesel Jumps 6¢ Per Gallon to Nine-Month High
Trucking’s main fuel costs 42.2 cents less than it did a year ago. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
The U.S. average retail price of diesel rose 6 cents to $2.619 a gallon and notched the highest price in nine months, the Energy Information Administration reported Dec. 21.
December 21, 2020Volkswagen Loses Top EU Court Case in Diesel Scandal
Michael Sohn/Associated Press
The European Union’s top court ruled that Volkswagen breached the law by installing on its cars a so-called defeat device to cheat on emission tests and cannot argue it was merely protecting car engines.
December 17, 2020Diesel Rises 3.3¢ in Sixth Straight Increase
A masked pedestrian passes a Shell station in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles Dec. 6. (Richard Vogel/Associated Press)
The average price of diesel increased by 3.3 cents a gallon nationwide to $2.559, according to weekly data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Dec. 14. Still, trucking’s primary fuel costs 48.7 cents less than it did a year ago.
December 14, 2020Diesel Continues to Climb on Increasing Global Oil Demand
Trucks refuel at a station at night. The biggest increase was in the Central Atlantic, where the price rose 3.6 cents per gallon to $2.779. (Thinkstock Images)
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s weekly survey published Dec. 7 showed trucking’s primary fuel increased 2.4 cents nationwide and now costs $2.526 a gallon.
December 7, 2020