September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Cancer is the second leading cause of death for children, behind accidents. However, according to the American Cancer Society, more that 80 percent of children diagnosed will survive five years or longer because of medical advancements.
There are many ways you can help children, like our buddy, Alex Lopez. For example, you can:
Diesel fuel average prices jumped from a summer low of of $2.310 per gallon on Aug. 15 back up to $2.409 per gallon just in time for the Labor Day weekend last week. And, as the weekend ended, the prices barely lowered to $2.407 per gallon, according to the Energy Information Administration.
The average price per gallon is still almost 13 cents lower than prices were a year ago this week.
For more information, visit the EIA’s website.
Anthony Harder is the BAT Logistics’ Top Dog for July! He was selected by his peers and management for his consistent hard work throughout the month.
Team members recognized him for helping them manage their workload, and for effectively managing a tough rail issue.
“I wouldn’t be here without the help of everyone,” Harder said. “All for one, and one for all!”
His award included a $50 gift card. He has been working at BAT since September 2013.
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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.
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