LAS VEGAS – Asking for unity and speaking with passion, American Trucking Associations President William J. Canary urged members of the Truckload Carriers Association to resurrect their affiliation with ATA.

LAS VEGAS — The Truckload Carriers Association took a step toward rapprochement with American Trucking Associations Sunday afternoon when the group’s board of directors voted unanimously to create a joint task force to draft an affiliation agreement.

ATLANTA - Soaring insurance costs may prove to be the main source of price pressure when new less-than-truckload freight rates are released in August or September, according to an analyst with a prominent industry rate bureau.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The 94-year-old National Industrial Transportation League has advanced a plan to expand its membership to motor carriers and freight brokers as early as next year.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Trucking companies that wish to continue hauling freight to airports may have to register as freight forwarders, according to a security official with the Federal Aviation Administration.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- State governments should continue to issue commercial driver licenses under old standards until the U.S. Department of Transportation gives them updated guidance, according o Deputy Secretary Michael P. Jackson, the No. 2 man at DOT.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- After a speech from retired Army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf on the importance of leadership, David G. McCorkle of Oklahoma City took command of American Trucking Associations on the final day of the group’s Management Conference & Exhibition at the Opryland Hotel here.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -– The Department of Labor”s top priority “is getting displaced workers re-connected with the workforce,” Labor Secretary Elaine Chao said here Tuesday night.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- An economy that had been showing signs of recovery in August and up to Sept. 10, is now in a slump and could remain so, according to a panel of economic analysts meeting here as part of the Management Conference & Exhibition.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -– Short-term sacrifices in mobility may be a necessary price to pay in order to increase security after Sept. 11, according to the secretary of transportation.