IRP Gives Oklahoma Ultimatum
The board that governs the International Registration Plan gave Oklahoma officials until January to come up with a plan to reimburse other states for revenue lost because of the Oklahoma Tax Commission’s truck-registration scandal.
Uneven Reporting Skews Safestat Data, Conferees Told
ORLANDO, Fla. —California and certain other states are much more likely than most states to report truckers’ out-of-service violations to the federal government, a fact that skews the computer program that helps target fleets for enforcement, a trucking insurance official said last week.
Auto Haulers, ATA Reaffiliate As Federation Talks to Others
ORLANDO, Fla. - The National Automobile Transporters Association returned to the American Trucking Associations fold last week, as officials of both groups put their signatures on a reaffiliation plan that had been in the works for some time.
MC&E: Connecticut Leader Earns First President's Award
ORLANDO, Fla. - American Trucking Associations presented Michael J. Riley, president of the Motor Transport Association of Connecticut, with its first President's Award for Federation Leadership.
E-ZPass Runs Into Problem
Some state officials said the automatic toll payment devices that truckers and car drivers use in the Northeast’s E-ZPass system were faulty and more than 900,000 would be replaced.
MC&E: McCorkle Officially Opens MC&E Exhibit Hall
ORLANDO, Fla. -- David G. McCorkle, chairman of American Trucking Associations, officially cut the ribbon Sunday to open the exhibit hall of ATA's annual Management Conference and Exhibition.
Canada Proposes Stronger Underride Guards for Trailers
Canada has proposed requiring new trailers to have rear underride guards stronger than those trucks must have in the United States.
Supreme Court Hears Challenge by Yellow to Michigan License Fee
WASHINGTON — Yellow Transportation took to the U.S. Supreme Court its fight to be repaid $500,000 in trucking fees it says Michigan illegally collected.
West Coast Port Closings Idle Many Truckers
The closure of U.S. West Coast ports by a lockout of longshoremen by terminal operators idled thousands of port truckers, piled up shipborne cargoes that will take weeks to clear and began rapidly affecting businesses throughout the nation.
ATA Tells Congress It Opposes Fuel Tax Hike for Highways
WASHINGTON — American Trucking Associations told House transportation leaders that the industry cannot support a federal fuel tax hike that some members of Congress have said is needed to fund future highway spending.