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Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has created new fuel standards, which require a major reduction in the sulfur content of diesel fuels and emission levels from diesel engines and vehicles. To meet these new EPA standards, the petroleum industry is producing Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) fuel, a cleaner-burning diesel fuel containing a maximum 15 parts-per-million (ppm) sulfur. As of June 1, 2006, 80 percent of highway diesel fuel produced or imported is ULSD fuel and it has replaced most Low Sulfur Diesel (LSD) fuel, which contains a maximum of 500-ppm sulfur. Used in combination with cleaner-burning diesel engines and vehicles, ULSD fuel will help to improve air quality by significantly reducing emissions.
To further read about ULSD, click here for a ULSD FAQ. |
Amended Fuel Surcharge Language
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The Highway Reauthorization Bill (H.R. 3) passed by the House on March 10, 2005 contains language mandating a fuel surcharge in transportation contracts or agreements providing for "truckload transportation." As passed by the House, the language specifies that the surcharge would be mandatory in "any contract or agreement, providing for truckload transportation or service involving a motor carrier, broker or freight forwarder subject to jurisdiction under chapter 135 of this title that regularly provides such transportation or service." In addition, a motor carrier using owner-operators must pass through any fuel surcharge or adjustment in a transportation contract or agreement to the owner-operator assuming the owner-operator pays the actual fuel costs... |
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Fuel
Pricing |
Fuel pricing
- inventories are low across the country and continued
uncertainty is eminent in the months and years to come.
War, low inventories, supply/demand shocks, refining capacity
and OPEC all affect your daily fuel price. You have no
control over any of these factors but there are tools
available for you to control your fuel price... |
| Maintaining
MPG |
Are your
vehicles delivering all the fuel efficiency you paid for?
All it takes is good, solid maintenance. |
| Figuring
Drivers Into Fuel |
Developers
of trucks and truck components have tried for years to
make trucks fuel-efficient regardless of driving technique.
But even today, fleet owners realize that while they can
reduce the effect drivers have on fuel economy, they can't
take them out of the equation. |
| Stretching
Out the Gallons |
Looking
for the best MPG from your equipment? Powertrain hardware
is just the beginning. |
| Crunch
Time |
As October
fast approaches, carriers ask: How much will the new engines
cost? How will they affect my operation? And most importantly,
will manufacturers be ready? |
| What
to Expect From EGR |
Later this
year, most new diesel engines will begin using exhaust
gas recirculation to curb emissions. Learn how EGR works
and how it will affect you on the road and in the shop. |
| Hibernation
for Unused Trucks |
Lack of
freight and a glut of used equipment have forced some
carriers to park underutilized trucks indefinitely. Fleet
managers risk destroying their investments, however, if
they don't store these units intelligently. |
