Diesel trucking costs remain elevated even as crude futures retreat. This update tracks EIA, AAA, Samsara, refinery outages, distillate inventories, freight rates, and carrier responses through April 17, 2026.
The Midwest fuel supply squeeze is reshaping Chicago jet fuel, diesel pricing, refinery maintenance economics, export competition, and terminal logistics as Illinois outages collide with a global distillate shock.
EPA renewable fuel standards for 2026–2027 are final: record-high total applicable volumes, a seventy-percent SRE reallocation, revised equivalence values effective in 2027, eRIN removal, updated CWC pricing, and new litigation risk signals.
Jones Act waiver update: CBP’s March 27 guidance, record March fuel exports, tanker-rate spikes, and why domestic coastal relief remains limited.
Valero Port Arthur blast update on cause, TCEQ emissions data, restart status, lawsuits, and impacts to diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel logistics on the Texas Gulf Coast.
California crude by truck is surging as Bay Area crude outlets tighten and a key northbound line sits empty—an insider look at the new route, costs, compliance, risks, and knock‑on effects for tanker fleets, terminals, and fuel supply planning.
Tank fleet compliance gets a March 23, 2026 double hit: PHMSA’s Exxon gasoline preemption docket and FMCSA final rules on eDVIR clarity, fuel-system edits, and warning-device language—what changed, what to document, and what to verify now.
The Ras Tanura refinery strike remains highly relevant on March 10, 2026, because even as Saudi Aramco works to restart the site, Hormuz shipping disruptions, Gulf refining outages, and oil-market volatility are still reshaping global crude, fuel, and freight flows.
Oil tank transportation is entering a new risk cycle as Hormuz shock disruptions pressure Iraqi exports, tanker rates, diesel prices, private fleets, and U.S. tank trucking margins.
HM-265 fuel compliance guide for tank fleets: UN1203/lowest-flashpoint marking flexibility, >10% ethanol exceptions, electronic registration, inspection tech, and shop impacts—effective Feb. 13, 2026.
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