Diesel Prices Drop Below $3 Per Gallon

June 2nd, 2010

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, diesel prices dropped 4.1 cents over the last week to a national average of $2.98 per gallon.

This is the third consecutive week for a drop in diesel prices and the first time since March 29 that diesel prices have been below the $3 level.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration posts updated fuel prices by 5PM every Monday.

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Keep Your Rates Competitive

May 6th, 2010

Strategy Systems has partnered with Truckloadrate.com to display the industry’s most current rates in Strategy Live trucking software and freight broker software.

Truckloadrate.com provides the following information on any lane in the United States and Canada.

  • The average rate that carriers are billing on that lane
  • The minimum rate that carriers are billing on that lane
  • The maximum rate that carriers are billing on that lane
  • The average fuel surcharge that carriers are billing on that lane

TruckloadRate.com is compiled from over 12 million actual freight bills provided by U.S. carriers.

TruckloadRate.com currently provides over 5 million rates annually and supports over 9000 customers.

Click here to sign up for their service. (You must use this link to sign up or the integration will not work.)

Enter the userid and password they give you into the TRUCKLOADRATE.COM tab of your user profile. This will give you access to all Truckloadrate.com functionality as well as the Strategy Live integration to their service.

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