Avery ViseBusinessAverage diesel price drops 1.2 centsThe national average retail diesel price dropped 1.2 cents to $4.073 a gallon for the week ended Monday, April 30, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The average price is 5.1 cents below the same week in 2011. The week before, prices were down year over year for the first time […]April 30, 2012BusinessAverage diesel price drops 4.2 centsThe national average retail price of on-highway diesel was lower during the week ended Monday, April 23, than it was during the same week the year before — the first time that’s happened since November 2009, according to data from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The average diesel price dropped 4.2 cents […]April 23, 2012BusinessAverage diesel price drops 2.1 centsFor only the second time in 12 weeks, the national average price of diesel was lower than the previous week. The average price dropped 2.1 cents to $4.127 a gallon during the week ended Monday, April 16, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. Prices are, on average, 2.2 cents higher than […]April 16, 2012BusinessDiesel prices head higher againA week after diesel prices dipped after nine straight increases, the national average price of diesel rose once again, increasing 0.6 cent to $4.148 a gallon during the week ended Monday, April 9, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. Prices are, on average, 7 cents higher than the same week last […]April 9, 2012BusinessTrucking sheds 1,900 jobs in MarchAfter hiring about 20,000 new payroll employees in the past three months, trucking companies cut 1,900 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis in March, according to the latest numbers released Friday, April 6, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The last time payroll employment dropped month-to-month in for-hire trucking was August 2011. However, due to […]April 6, 2012BusinessDiesel prices drop for first time in 10 weeksAfter nine straight increases in the national average retail diesel price, the price dipped one-half cent to $4.142 a gallon during the week ended April 2, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. That’s the same price diesel was during the week ended March 19. Prices are 16.6 cents higher than the […]April 2, 2012BusinessAverage diesel price rises by half a centThe average retail price of a gallon of on-highway diesel rose for the ninth straight week during the week ended Monday, March 26, but only by half a cent, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The average price now is $4.147. Prices are 21.5 cents higher than the same week last […]March 26, 2012BusinessAverage diesel price rises 1.9 centsThe average retail price of a gallon of on-highway diesel rose for the eighth straight week during the week ended Monday, March 19, but the amount of the increase continues to decline, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The average price increased 1.9 cents to $4.142. The increase the week before […]March 19, 2012BusinessAverage diesel price rises 2.9 centsWith the price of crude oil starting to stabilize, so too is the price of diesel. The average retail price of a gallon of on-highway diesel rose 2.9 cents to $4.123 during the week ended Monday, March 12, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. Although prices have now risen for seven […]March 12, 2012BusinessTrucking adds 10,200 jobs in FebruaryPayroll employment in trucking surged in February as the trucking companies added 10,200 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest numbers released March 9 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. February represents the largest one-month gain in trucking employment since February 2011, when the industry added 12,400 jobs. Hiring was brisk in the overall economy, which added 227,000 nonfarm jobs in February, according to the BLS figures.March 9, 2012Previous PagePage 10 of 85Next PageTop StoriesDriver coaching and scorecardingDrivers rank camera as top safety tech, as long as it faces outwardTruck drivers ranked a camera, depending on which way it faces, as having a good and bad influence on driver safety.Test DrivesQuick spin: Pete's electric Model 579Recruiting & retentionTrucking's youth movement lagging, but no retirement in sight for most driversTechnologyTransportation a top 10 target of cyberattackers, cases nearly triple last yearFeatured SponsorDownload the Heavy Duty Maintenance Checklist