association News Updates

Business

Michael Card Elected ATA Chairman

LAS VEGAS — Michael Card, president of Combined Transport, Central Point, Ore., was elected American Trucking Associations’ 68th chairman at ATA’s annual Management Conference & Exhibition here.

October 12, 2012
Special Coverage, Business

Michael Card Elected ATA Chairman

LAS VEGAS — Michael Card, president of Combined Transport, Central Point, Ore., was elected American Trucking Associations’ 68th chairman at ATA’s annual Management Conference & Exhibition here Wednesday.

October 11, 2012
Perspective, Business

Opinion: An Industry at the Crossroads

As an industry as connected to the highways as trucking, we know an awful lot about roads. We know about smooth roads — those that are easy to traverse, the ones where you can feel the wind at your back and the sun on your face.

October 8, 2012
Editorial, Business

Editorial: ATA’s MCE 2012

The leaders of the nation’s for-hire trucking fleets and the suppliers that serve them are gathering in Las Vegas this week to address the state of the industry as American Trucking Associations holds its annual Management Conference & Exhibition.

October 8, 2012
Business

Trucking Leaders Gather in Las Vegas as ATA Hosts Its Annual Convention

Trucking industry leaders will gather this week at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition to discuss recent accomplishments and prepare for the challenges of the upcoming year.

October 8, 2012
Special Coverage, Business

Trucking Leaders Gather in Las Vegas as ATA Hosts Its Annual Convention

Trucking industry leaders will gather this week at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition to discuss recent accomplishments and prepare for the challenges of the upcoming year.

October 5, 2012
Special Coverage, Business

ATA Unveils Highlights of Annual Conference

American Trucking Associations unveiled several spotlight events of its 2012 Management Conference & Exhibition, scheduled for Oct. 7-10 in Las Vegas.

October 5, 2012
Perspective, Business

Opinion: A Year of Slowly Driving Forward

Nearly 12 months ago, I proudly accepted the title of chairman of American Trucking Associations, thus beginning one of the most exciting and exhausting years of my professional life, and an experience I’ve been humbled and honored to have.

September 24, 2012
Business

ATA’s Graves Cites Transportation Needs as Election-Year Casualty, Blasts Parties

ARLINGTON, Va. — American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves blasted federal lawmakers in a recent speech, telling an audience of a shippers’ association here that the upcoming election has halted the legislative process and Republicans’ pushes to decrease the federal role in transportation are missing the mark, among other criticisms.

May 14, 2012
Business

ATA Promotes Sharma to General Counsel

Prasad Sharma has been promoted to senior vice president and general counsel of American Trucking Associations, ATA said Monday.

January 31, 2012