Though diesel prices dropped, the average cost of a gallon went up on the East Coast, Lower Atlantic and Gulf Coast. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News) Diesel prices nudged slightly lower, dipping three-tenths of a cent to a national average of $3.794 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released June 12. Highlights With the modest ...more
Though diesel prices dropped, the average cost of a gallon went up on the East Coast, Lower Atlantic and Gulf Coast. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News) Diesel prices nudged slightly lower, dipping three-tenths of a cent to a national average of $3.794 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released June 12. Highlights With the modest ...more
Crews work at the site of the collapsed section of I-95 in Philadelphia. (WPVI-TV/6ABC via Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said a complete rebuild of a damaged section of I-95 would take “some number of months,” and in the meantime officials were looking at “interim solutions to reconnect I-95 and get traffic ...more
Tom Perez, then Democratic National Committee chair, speaks before the start of the Democratic presidential primary debate in February of 2020. (Patrick Semansky/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has named Tom Perez, a former labor secretary and Democratic National Committee chairman, to be a senior adviser and his liaison to state and local governments ...more
A 30-day state of emergency in South Dakota was declared June 10, while Nebraska's action June 6 extended an earlier HOS waiver. (vitpho/Getty Images) Regional diesel and gasoline shortages prompted the governors of Nebraska and South Dakota to issue emergency executive orders temporarily waiving federal hours-of-service mandates for fuel haulers. A 30-day state of emergency ...more
GXO's new facility will be built in Dormagen, Germany. (GXO via Twitter) GXO Logistics launched a multiyear plan to expand operations in Germany, the company announced June 8. GXO ranks No. 6 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest logistics companies in North America The Greenwich, Conn-based contract logistics provider said the ...more
On Monday, officials reported recovering the remains of a person inside the tanker truck involved in a fire that resulted in the collapse of a major interstate in Philadelphia. On Sunday around 6:20 a.m., a truck driver hauling 8,500 gallons of gasoline north on I-95 in Philadelphia lost control on an exit ramp.The truck struck a ...more
A truck driver was arrested over the weekend following an alleged road rage incident that left a fellow truck driver injured. The incident occurred on the evening of Saturday, June 10, on I-75 near the Georgia – Tennessee state line, according to the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO).Police say that the incident began as two ...more
Police in Louisiana are searching for a tractor truck stolen while parked at a casino over the weekend. The blue Peterbilt 389 was stolen on June 10th from 165 LA 744, the Quarters Casino in St. Landry Parish at around 4:15 a.m. The color is described as “viper blue.”The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office urges ...more
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