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Chesapeake Energy's merger with Southwestern Energy delayed as FTC requests more info. Expected to be completed in second half of 2024.

The Diesel Technology Forum released data on trucks getting cleaner, but is it enough in the energy transition? The post Will cleaner diesel trucks matter in ZEV world? appeared first on FreightWaves.

A Kansas truck stop less than 2 years old already is recognized as one of the best in the country.

Also on the podcast: A roundup of recent news in the oil and diesel world.

Share: U.S. Xpress (NYSE: USX) first-quarter earnings release and subsequent conference call with analysts gave CEO Eric Fuller an opportunity to start putting some numbers on the impact of its Variant initiative, a truckload carrier inside a truckload carrier.  One number that was not released for Variant: an operating ratio. But for what is believed to be the first time since the tech-driven alternative to U.S. Xpress legacy business was announced last year, a figure on mileage was provided....

Drilling Deep: Canada’s very gentle launch of its ELD mandate The Great North is taking the slow road on implementation 300 Less than a minute On this week’s Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston speaks with Scott Stofer of electronic logging device manufacturer Orbcomm about how Canada will be rolling out its ELD mandate in the next few months. Given the amount of cross-border trade, the ELD rule in that country could have impacts on either side of the border. Also on Drilling Deep,...

Share: On this weeks Drilling Deep podcast, James Frith of Bloomberg NEF brings his expertise in battery technology to the show and discusses some significant technological developments in battery technology just in the past few months. How rapidly are we moving toward cost-competitive batteries? Also on Drilling Deep, host John Kingston talks about the record set just a few days ago: 16 consecutive weeks of increases in the weekly DOE/EIA retail diesel price, used as the basis for fuel surchar...

Share: Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN) had just about the best earnings performance of any of the truckload carriers in the fourth quarter of 2020, based on the latest numbers released in recent weeks. On this weeks Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston welcomes Deutsche Banks Amit Mehrotra to discuss whats going on with Werner to post those kinds of numbers. Mehrotra also takes a look at the changes and market trends hitting the LTL industry. In addition, Kingston will talk about how the...

Share: Parts of the manufacturing world were laggards in the strong freight market of 2020. But on this weeks Drilling Deep podcast, Jason Miller of Michigan State University discusses his bullish outlook for manufacturing in 2021 and the impact it will have on the nations fleets. Also on Drilling Deep, host John Kingston talks about the red-hot diesel market that is sending prices back to where they were at the start of the pandemic. Its part of a broad surge in prices for many commodities.

Share: Keeping the vaccine supply chain cold is of paramount importance, and the head of the association of companies involved in that effort joins FreightWaves on the Drilling Deep podcast. Host John Kingston and FreightWaves Senior Editor Eric Kulisch sit down with Nicola Caristo, the airline partner manager at SkyCell AG. But he is also the secretary general of the Cool Chain Association, a worldwide organization of companies and individuals involved in the movement of refrigerated goods thr...