Diesel prices are averaging $2.348 per gallon this week, according to the Energy Information Administration. That’s 3.1 cents lower than last week’s average, and 7.5 cents lower than the average price a month ago.
The average diesel price is 32 cents less than prices were a year ago this week.
For more information, visit the EIA’s website.
The Surface Transportation Board has proposed a new rule that would require freight railroads to share their tracks. However, the Association of American Railroads claims the rule would make the rail system less efficient.
To learn more about the rule, see the STB’s release.
To read the AAR’s full response, click here.
More can also be read in this Associated Press article.
Jared Kutschara is the BAT Logistics’ Top Dog for June! He was selected by his peers and management for his consistent hard work throughout the month.
Team members noted he jumps in and helps with all work in the office, and is constantly on the phone helping make sure jobs get completed.
“It is very nice to be appreciated and to feel like I am doing a good job,” Kutschara said.
His award included a $50 gift card. He has been working at BAT since May 2016.
Diesel prices haven’t changed much in the past few weeks. The average price this week is $2.423 per gallon, down just a third of a cent from last week’s and the previous week’s prices, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Prices are still almost 41 cents lower than prices were a year ago this week. Prices reached the highest point of year June 13 at $2.431 per gallon.
For more information, visit the EIA’s website.
Mike Wajda is the BAT Logistics’ Top Dog for May! He was selected by his peers and management for his consistent hard work throughout the month.
Team members noted he has excellent customer service skills, and helps to manage can gets and quotes for customers that aren’t his. They also said he never gives up.
“I would like to thank the whole BAT team for making it possible,” Wajda said. “Every single one of us deserves this award, and it is really a toss-up as to who will win each month. We are all Top Dogs in my opinion, and it just goes to show what a BAT has to do to be recognized as the top of all us dogs.”
His award included a $50 gift card. He has been working at BAT since July 2014.
Diesel prices are steadily climbing, reaching an average $2.407 per gallon this week. This price is 2.5 cents more than last week’s prices, and 5 cents more than prices two weeks ago, according to the Energy Information Administration.
The good news is that a year ago, prices started to fall after this week. If diesel prices follow the same pattern as last year, lower prices could be on the way.
Average prices this week are 47.7 cents less than last year’s prices this week. The last time we saw average prices above $2.40 was November 2015.
For more information, visit the EIA’s website.
A few weeks ago, we shared that self-driving trucks were being tested. This week, a technology news website predicts that not only will driverless trucks be delivering goods all over the country, but that driverless cars will be transporting people in the future.
The TechCrunch article presents that both cars and modes to transport goods are inefficient. It even states that “many trucks are carrying little to no product.”
According to stats from 2002 in a 2015 report from the U.S. Department of Transportation, only about 20 percent of the miles traveled by trucks were by trucks carrying no product. Some of that is unavoidable.
But, at BAT Logistics, we help customers fill trucks! We find ways to cap off a partial load or offer an LTL solution.
So, while automated trucks may seem like a solution to some issues in the future, the human team at BAT Logistics is already making the transportation of cargo efficient.
Otto is a company working to put systems in trucks so the vehicles can go on auto-pilot while the driver naps or performs other tasks. Three trucks have already been outfitted with the technology, and went through the first test this weekend in Nevada, according to an Associated Press story.
Now, the company is looking for truck drivers to volunteer to have self-driving kits installed in their cabs to “fine-tune” the technology.
Do you think this technology would be great for the industry? The American Trucking Association hasn’t decided yet, according to the story.
Would you want to drive on a highway with a self-driving truck?
See the technology in action in Otto’s YouTube video.
Justin Peffer is the BAT Logistics’ Top Dog for April! He was selected by his peers and management for his consistent hard work throughout the month.
Team members noted he stays late to make sure everything gets done, goes above and beyond to help others, and always works hard and continues to stay busy no matter what.
“I couldn’t do it without the best team in freight,” Peffer said. “Trust me, I don’t know all the answers, but there’s about four or five people in here who can help solve problems for me quickly.”
His award included a $50 gift card. He has been working at BAT since February 2015.
Intermodal transportation has several benefits for companies, but it also benefits our environment. Many businesses are including intermodal transportation as part of their plan to be more green, according to CSX’s “A Focus on Sustainability.”
CSX states that one intermodal train can take 280 trucks off the road. An opinion piece in Inbound Logistics stated that trucks emit about 19.8 pounds of carbon dioxide per 100 miles, while trains emit 5.4 pounds.
If you are interested in a greener supply chain, contact one of BAT’s representatives.
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