Carriers Outline Efforts to Retain Drivers
SAN DIEGO — Necessity is the mother of invention and for trucking companies today, nothing is as necessary as obtaining and keeping drivers. So two trucking company executives told their colleagues about their efforts on the labor front.
October 6, 2014Long Ready for ATA’s Top Post; Wants to Lure More People Into Trucking
SAN DIEGO — Having attended MC&Es for a quarter of a century, Duane Long said he is ready on Oct. 7 to step into the top position at American Trucking Associations — the chairmanship.
October 6, 2014TCA's Dunn Says Truckload’s Time is Now for Driver Reform
SAN DIEGO — Truckload carriers have entered into a rare window of opportunity for addressing the long-bedeviling problem of the driver shortage — as long as they can muscle shippers into paying higher rates.
October 6, 2014Byrd Grateful for Year as Chairman, Urges Successors to Continue Unfinished Work
SAN DIEGO — Even after a 35-year career in trucking, Philip Byrd Sr. said he has been amazed at what he has learned about the industry during his one-year term as chairman of American Trucking Associations.
October 5, 2014UPS Urges Study of LRR Tires
SAN DIEGO -- Parcel carrier UPS Inc. continues with its investments in and operation of alternative-fuel vehicles, aiming for 1 billion miles driven by 2017, but one of the company's engineers said low-rolling-resistance tires need to be analyzed carefully as they have problems as well as advantages.
October 5, 2014House Ethics Committee Reviews Petri
The House Ethics Committee will extend its review of behavior by U.S. Rep. Thomas Petri, following up on a report from the Office of Congressional Ethics on the Wisconsin Republican.
October 1, 2014Idaho Police Officer to Head CVSA
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance members elected officers at the end of their recent annual meeting in Buffalo, New York, the group said Sept. 24.
September 25, 2014Lagana Returns to ATA to Run Pair of Councils
Brian Lagana, a former American Trucking Associations executive, is returning to ATA on Sept. 30 as executive director of two federation councils dealing with safety and security.
September 23, 2014Publishing Exec Brad Bentley Hired as President of Truckload Carriers Association
Alabama publishing executive Brad Bentley has accepted the presidency of the Truckload Carriers Association and will begin Oct. 13, both parties confirmed Sept. 18.
September 18, 2014Western Star Unveils 5700XE
Sensing that its core customer group of small and medium-size fleets is now buying more trucks, Daimler’s Western Star unit launched a new highway tractor offering improved fuel efficiency while maintaining the brand’s classic styling. (See photos.)
September 12, 2014