In 2017, the Boston Public Schools (BPS) faced a major transportation challenge. Ten percent of the district’s budget, or approximately $2,000 per student, went to funding transportation costs. Transportation costs for buses increased because they are facing a shortage of drivers along with higher costs for fuel and maintenance. The BPS bus fleet had around […]
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Many times, when people talk about the future alternatives for fueling vehicles, they are talking about battery electric vehicles. Recently though there has been more discussion of fuel cell vehicles.
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As everyone woke up to the first punch of winter weather this morning, as a fuel distributor, it certainly makes us think about the low level of diesel inventories in PADD 1 and the potential impact it will have on our customers this winter.
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Plenty of people have heard of Weights & Measures Inspections, but not everyone knows what is regulated and who is responsible for the regulation. Individual States, not the Federal Government, have bureaus of Weights and Measures that employ inspectors to make annual rounds. The inspectors typically notify the business ahead of time that they will […]
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The nation of South Sudan plans to hold an oil licensing auction, inviting oil companies from around the world to bid for 14 oil exploration blocks. The young country intends to officially launch the tender for the licenses at a conference in the capital city of Juba on October 29-30 with results being declared toward […]
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November is here, and that means it is peak deer season. Avid hunters rejoice while motorists take warning now that mornings and evening commutes are bathed in darkness. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, “Animal-strike-related insurance claims are more than twice as frequent as the yearly average in November, when the search for […]
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As 2019 winds down, here are the main issues that faced the trucking industry this year according to a survey conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). As expected, driver compensation was the most critical issue in the trucking industry for commercial drivers in 2019. The top issue for motor carriers was finding drivers […]
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Seattle is making an attempt to move aggressively towards cutting the city emissions. In September, Mayor Jenny Durkan signed a bill that would tax home heating oil an additional 24 cents per gallon. This tax would be on top of the existing 10% heating oil tax that currently exists for the residents of Seattle. This […]
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Since 2010 the number of female truck drivers has increased by 68 percent. While the vast majority of drivers are men, women are often-overlooked candidates who can also excel in these roles. Companies in the trucking industry have struggled to fill open positions, and the problem continues to grow because of high turnover, retirement and […]
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We have approximately six weeks left of the 2019 hurricane season as Tropical Storm Nestor landed in Florida over the weekend as a post-tropical cyclone. There was zero impact to areas of the Gulf Coast with most refineries, and for now it looks like the tropics are quiet for the time being.
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