Love’s Travel Stops has added more truck parking across the country by opening four new Stops in four states in a single day. Each location is open 24/7 and offers many amenities. The James Town, Wyoming location offers 87 truck parking spaces, 9 diesel bays, 7 showers, laundry facilities, a…
Neste, a producer of renewable diesel fuel, has announced the opening of four new fueling stations throughout California. These stations are open 24/7 and offer quick and seamless customer service. Each is located in a convenient and popular spot for commercial vehicles of all sizes. There are two locations in…
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is starting construction on a $13 million store in Baldwin, Florida. This new stop will be located at northwest Interstate 10 and U.S. 301 and will include an over 11,000 square foot convenience store (which will include trucker amenities) and an over 10,000 square…
The second-highest expense for a trucking company is for fuel and over the years companies have come up with different ways and strategies for lowering or offsetting this expense. Truck driver behavior and practices is one way to lower it; drivers can reduce unused idle time and slow down. Companies…
Last Friday night a fleet of drones attacked Saudi Arabia, taking out almost half of its oil production capabilities. News reports have stated that it could take weeks to resume normal operations. On Sunday evening, oil future markets opened with the first trades over 20%. If this holds, the price…
Biodiesel is a very simple and cost effective alternative to diesel fuel. With the increase of goods shipped and retail sales in 2018, trucking companies are looking for an alternative to costly and environmentally hazardous diesel fuel. With a 111% increase in biodiesel usage between 2012 and 2018, more fleets…
Starting July 1, the Virginia Legislature’s newest law will go into effect and the sales tax of fuel sold along Interstate 81 will go up. The tax on gasoline will increase 7.6 cents and the tax on diesel will increase 7.7 cents. Revenue collected from this tax increase will be…