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DOT Announces Fourth Round Of TIGER Grants
February 1, 2012
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the availability of funding for transportation projects under a fourth round of the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Discretionary Grant program. TIGER 2012 will make $500 million available for surface transportation projects having a significant impact on the ...
Diesel Prices Nearly Flat For The Week
January 31, 2012
The U.S. average diesel price increased just two-tenths of a cent to $3.85 a gallon for the week ended Monday, Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest price is 41.2 cents higher than the same week last year.
Regions ...
Average Diesel Price Dips Slightly To $3.848
January 25, 2012
After two straight weeks of increases, the U.S. average diesel price eased six-tenths of a cent to $3.848 a gallon for the week ended Monday, Jan. 23, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest price is 41.8 cents higher than ...
U.S. Diesel Price Climbs For Second Consecutive Week
January 18, 2012
The U.S. average diesel price climbed for the second consecutive week following six consecutive weeks of declining prices. For the week ended Monday, Jan. 16, the price rose 2.6 cents to $3.854, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest price ...
Monthly Freight Index Up 0.1%, Year-Over-Year Up 4.9%
January 12, 2012
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 0.1 percent in November from October, rising after one monthly decrease, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Freight Transportation Services Index released Wednesday, Jan. 11.
BTS, a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's ...
Seasonal Capacity Constraints Cause Shippers Conditions Index To Decline, FTR Says
January 11, 2012
FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for November dropped 2.5 points from the previous month to a reading of -6.1 reflecting seasonal tightening of shipping capacity. The SCI sums up all market influences that affect shippers; a reading above zero suggests a favorable shipping environment, ...
Price Of Diesel Up For First Time In Seven Weeks
January 10, 2012
The U.S. average diesel price rose 4.5 cents to $3.828 a gallon during the week ended Monday, Jan. 9, ending a six-week decline, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest price is 49.5 cents higher than ...
Trucking Adds 5,100 Jobs In December
January 6, 2012
The for-hire trucking industry added 5,100 new payroll employees in December -- the most in one month since March, according to preliminary numbers released Friday, Jan. 6, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The gain comes on top of small upward adjustments for October and ...
U.S. Diesel Price Falls For Sixth Consecutive Week
January 4, 2012
The U.S. average diesel price declined for the sixth consecutive week after surpassing $4 a gallon, declining 0.8 cents to $3.783 for the week ending Monday, Jan. 2, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest price ...
Preliminary Steel Imports Down 10% In November
January 4, 2012
The American Iron and Steel Institute reported that the United States imported a total of 2,107,000 net tons of steel in November (down 10 percent), including 1,646,000 NT of finished steel (down 13 percent) vs. the October final data.
Annualized total and finished steel imports in ...
U.S. Diesel Price Falls For Fifth Consecutive Week
December 28, 2011
The U.S. average diesel price declined for the fifth consecutive week after surpassing $4 a gallon, declining 3.7 cents to $3.791 for the week ending Monday, Dec. 26, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest price ...
Monthly Tonnage Index Up 0.3% In November, Year-Over-Year Up 6.0%
December 22, 2011
The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 0.3 percent in November after rising a revised 0.4 percent in October. October’s increase was slightly less than the 0.5 percent gain ATA reported in November. The latest gain put the adjusted index ...
U.S. Diesel Price Falls For Fourth Week In A Row
December 20, 2011
The U.S. average diesel price declined for the fourth consecutive week after surpassing $4 a gallon, declining 6.6 cents to $3.828 for the week ending Monday, Dec. 19, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest price ...
U.S. Diesel Price Falls For Third Straight Week
December 13, 2011
The U.S. average diesel price declined for the third consecutive week after surpassing $4 a gallon, declining 3.7 cents to $3.894 for the week ending Monday, Dec. 12, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest price ...
Average Diesel Price Drops 3.3 Cents
December 6, 2011
The U.S. average diesel price declined for the second consecutive week after surpassing $4 a gallon, the first time it had hit that mark since mid-May, declining 3.3 cents to $3.931 for the week ending Monday, Dec. 5, according to the latest figures from the ...
Trucking Adds 3,600 Jobs In November
December 3, 2011
The for-hire trucking industry added 3,600 new payroll employees in November, according to preliminary numbers released Friday, Dec. 2, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS, however, revised downward its preliminary figures for October by 600 jobs.
Compared to November 2010, trucking employment is up by ...
Solid Demand for Class 8 Trucks In 2012, Study Shows
December 1, 2011
CK Commercial Vehicle Research has completed its annual fleet study for 2011. Sixty-four representatives from small, medium and large for-hire, private and government fleets operating a total of 101,000 Class 8 and 70,000 medium-duty power units responded to the 2011 study questionnaire.
Highlights from the 30-page ...
U.S. Diesel Price Retreats From $4 Mark
November 29, 2011
The U.S. average diesel price retreated from its notable threshold of $4 a gallon, the first time it had hit that mark since mid-May, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The price for the week ending Monday, ...
Diesel Price Tops $4 For Frst Time Since May
November 22, 2011
Although the price of a gallon of on-highway diesel rose just 2.3 cents during the week ended Monday, Nov. 21, the U.S. average diesel price crossed a notable threshold by exceeding $4 a gallon for the first time since mid-May, according to the latest figures ...
U.S. Diesel Price Soars 10 cents
November 15, 2011
After a slight decline last week following three weeks of increases, the U.S. average price of a gallon of diesel resumed its climbing ways, soaring 10 cents to $3.987 during the week ended Monday, Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information ...
