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A proposed low-carbon fuel standard in Washington state highlights a divide in the transportation industry over regulations aimed at reducing carbon emissions that contribute to global warming. Earlier this month, for example, Alaska Airlines (NYSE: ALK) endorsed the use of sustainable aviation...

Recent trade actions in North America could help rail volumes improve, particularly in the second half of the year, Canadian National (NYSE: CNI) executives said Tuesday. "The trade environment, when you look at how negative it was last year and how things seem to be at least turning [around] … at...

Here's what is almost certainly frustrating many truck drivers and shippers as January draws to a close: On Jan. 2, the first trading day of the year, ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) settled on the CME, the main energy trading platform, at $2.0241 per gallon. A day later, it settled at $2.0614. On...

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The number of oil patch bankruptcies in the fourth quarter of 2019 slowed slightly from the third quarter but also featured the largest bankruptcy filing in the North American energy sector in at least five years. The data from the quarterly report from the law firm of Haynes & Boone reported...

Another batch of solid earnings reports—including a monster performance from chipmaker Intel (INTC)—could combine with retreating fears of the coronavirus to set a positive tone early Friday. Today’s action could determine whether the S&P 500 Index (SPX)...

A new year that started out poorly for energy futures got even rougher this week. WTI Crude Oil futures are down over 5% during this shortened trading week, despite the EIA Petroleum Report showing a 400k barrel decline in inventories and supply concerns over Libya stopping oil exports. This...

Director of Freight Market Intelligence Zach Strickland examines capacity across the country in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Market Expert Donny Gilbert highlights the best markets for dry vans in the Broker Update, and Oil Market Expert John Kingston discusses diesel prices in the...

Oil prices plummeted Wednesday before making a late-day comeback, with the possible spread of the coronavirus cited as the force behind the downturn. Traders have looked over their data, searched their memories and are remembering that in 2003, when the SARS virus was impacting much of China and...

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A joint venture between independent refiner Phillips 66 and Renewable Energy Group (REG) to build a renewable diesel plant in Ferndale, Washington, has been scrapped. The plant would have had capacity of 250 million gallons per year, or about 16,300 barrels per day. By the standards of biodiesel...

European truck manufacturers are urging policy makers to accelerate the deployment of infrastructure to deliver natural gas and renewable gas/biomethane across the European Union. In a joint statement, the European Biogas Association (EBA), the Natural & bio Gas Vehicle Association (NGVA...

Parkland Fuel Corp. (TSX: PKI), a Canadian fuel distributor and seller, will acquire Kellerstrass Oil, growing its retail and commercial footprint and tanker fleet in the United States. Alberta-based Parkland announced the deal to buy Salt Lake City's Kellerstrass on Thursday without disclosing...

Judging a book by its cover, Pablo Rodas-Martini's "IMO 2020: A Regulatory Tsunami" appears to be about the Jan. 1 rule mandating the game-changing global switch to low-sulfur marine fuel. It's actually about something more interesting: the likelihood of a much broader, decades-long,...

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