Avery ViseBusinessDiesel prices take break from surgeFor only the second time since late November, diesel prices nationwide dropped from the previous week’s level, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The national average retail price of on-highway diesel dipped 0.7 cents to $4.098 a gallon during the week ended Monday, April 25. Diesel prices are $1.02 higher than […]April 25, 2011BusinessVehicle tracking firms fight patent lawsuitFour mobile communications companies – Qualcomm, PeopleNet, Xata and DriverTech – have asked a federal court in Minnesota to declare invalid a patent that a Texas firm is relying on to sue about 240 trucking companies, private fleets and logistics providers. Over a period of nearly two weeks in March, PJC Logistics filed nine separate […]April 21, 2011BusinessState of FreightJoin Noel Perry and Larry Gross, senior consultants with leading transportation forecasting firm FTR Associates, and Avery Vise, head of trucking research and analysis for Randall-Reilly for a discussion of the latest trends in freight demand, trucking capacity and costs.April 12, 2011BusinessDiesel jumps 10.2 cents to $4.078The national average price of on-highway diesel topped $4 a gallon for the first time since mid-September 2008 during the week ended April 11, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. Prices jumped 10.2 cents to $4.078 — just over $1 higher than the same week last year and about $1.03 — […]April 11, 2011BusinessTrucking adds 1,600 jobs in MarchThe U.S. economy added 216,000 nonfarm jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis during March, and trucking companies accounted for 1,600 of those jobs, according to the preliminary estimates released Friday, April 1, by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The increase follows a revised 10,400-job surge in February. Payroll employment at for-hire […]April 1, 2011BusinessMore than 200 carriers sued for patent infringementThe apparent owner of a patent issued in 1993 for a Global Positioning System-based vehicle tracking and security system has sued 211 trucking companies, private fleets and logistics providers for patent infringement in eight separate federal courts across the country. The lawsuits, filed by Hewitt, Texas-based PJC Logistics LLC over several days beginning March 16, […]March 28, 2011BusinessTonnage index falls in FebruaryWinter weather apparently took its toll on freight volumes in February, according to the American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, which decreased 2.9 percent after increasing a revised 3.5 percent in January 2011. The latest drop put the SA index at 113.3 in February; in January, the SA index equaled […]March 22, 2011BusinessFMCSA, groups settle CSA lawsuitAs part of a settlement with three trucking organizations, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will change the disclaimer it places in the website that disseminates Safety Measurement System data and to remove the term “alert” from its characterization of the data. The settlement follows mediation with the National Association of Small Trucking Companies (NASTC), […]March 9, 2011BusinessDiesel prices soar 15.5 cents, largest jump since May 2008Diesel prices last week soared 15.5 cents higher for the largest one-week jump since the week ended May 26, 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration’s report for the week ended March 7. The increase, which is the 10th largest since EIA began tracking prices in 1994, follows a 14.3-cent increase […]March 7, 2011BusinessDiesel price surge continuesBased on data from truckstops, the price of diesel appears to have jumped significantly over the past week. Last week’s Energy Information Administration report showed a 14.3-cent jump in diesel prices in the wake of turmoil in Libya and the Middle East. According to FuelSurchargeIndex.org, advances of 8 to 9 cents per gallon were common […]March 7, 2011Previous PagePage 15 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