Trucking Industry Safety News

The 14,307-square-foot location includes 123 truck parking spaces, as well as nine diesel bays, seven showers, laundry facilities, RV amenities and a dog park.

More than 80 energy facilities have been damaged during the hostilities, and a recovery could take as long as two years, Fatih Birol warns.

Brent crude, the international standard, rose back to $100.49 per barrel and is well above its roughly $70 price from before the war.

Soybean farmers are struggling with the high cost of fuel, equipment and fertilizer — compounded by the Iran war — and also tariffs.

Output collapsed by 7.88 million barrels a day to 20.79 million a day in March, driven by losses in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.

Effective driver safety and injury prevention programs begin with recognizing the scope of the problem. That can be a problem for small to midsize carriers.

At a time when margins are tight and operating costs continue to climb, preventing and managing driver injuries has become a core business priority.

Analysts say resumption of prewar levels by July “might introduce $15- to $20-a-barrel upside risk to prices.” 

Brent crude oil, the international standard, fell 0.5% to $95.47 on April 10.

Benchmark U.S. crude was 6.8% higher on April 9 at $100.79 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, rose 3.7% to $98.24 per barrel.