Fuel/Emissions

Diesel lowest in years; prices slower to react in Canada

WASHINGTON -- The national average of diesel fuel in the U.S. continued to fall last week even as crude oil futures hit a four-year low.

Natural gas Sterlings delivered to ports

LONG BEACH, Ca. -- Some 132 owner-operators contracted to California Cartage are now driving near-zero-emission Sterling Set-Back 113 tractors in the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

East coast ferry line cuts fuel surcharge ahead of schedule

NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. -- Marine Atlantic customers got an early Christmas present as the ferry service decided to immediately cut its fuel surcharge.

Alberta set for biodiesel content in 2010

EDMONTON -- The Alberta government unveiled a new energy strategy, which included a timeline for renewable content in the province's fuel supply.

CARB greenlights retrofit enviro regs

SACRAMENTO, Ca. -- As expected, California will become the strictest jurisdiction in North America for trucks to operate in.

Oil price dip could trigger some market recovery: Analyst

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Lower oil prices and an expected government stimulus package should give the economy a jump start during the second half of the year, and that may be a signal for some pent-up truck buying demand to kick in.

2010 timetable affirmed; now OEMs want to move on

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -- Truck OEMs invested in SCR technology are applauding the Environmental Protection Agency for standing firm on its scheduled Jan. 1, 2010 deadline for new emission reduction rules to kick-in.

Urea prices plummet; bodes well for SCR trucks

LONDON -- Following the record highs of summer 2008, the global urea price has now hit the floor, according to British market analysis firm Integer Research.

DEF heavyweights team up for 2010 supply deal

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Terra Environmental Technologies and Brenntag North America announced a mutually exclusive, multi-year strategic alliance designed to efficiently supply the United States and Canada with TerraCair ultra pure diesel exhaust fluid (DEF).

Manitoba eager to join the ranks of early bio-users

WINNIPEG -- Both Alberta and B.C. have revealed plans to require renewable content in their diesel supply by 2010, but it appears Manitoba might try and beat them to it.

Navistar campaign touts EGR over competing solution

CHICAGO -- Saying it wants to "clear the air" over the competing emission reduction technologies, Navistar says it will offer customer seminars, public Webinars and trade advertising that addresses the "fuel economy, cost-of-ownership and operational impacts

Promises, promises: What happened to the diesel tax cut?

OTTAWA -- Even if Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives manage to hold on to power through to the end of this month and beyond, truckers shouldn't hold their breath waiting for the Tories' promised (and much-hyped) diesel excise tax cut.

Eaton to produce non-urea aftertreatment system

KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Eaton has signed an agreement to use Clean Diesel Technologies' patented Advanced Reagent Injector System (ARIS) for injection of hydrocarbon fuel in emissions reduction applications, including Eaton's Aftertreatment System.

Cummins Filtration to support SCR systems with DEF

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Cummins Filtration has reaffirmed plans to fully support service requirements of 2010 Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) equipped engines with Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF).

EIA reports first diesel price hike since July

WASHINGTON -- After months of weekly declines, the average price of a gallon of diesel in the U.S. fuel rose 2.3 cents this past week.