ORLANDO, Fla. 鈥 Dave Huneryager, president of the Tennessee Trucking Association, was named the winner of American Trucking Associations President鈥檚 Trucking Association Executives Council Leadership Award.
October 21, 2013Special CoverageBusiness
ATA Honors 7 Trucking Executives for Service
ORLANDO, Fla. 鈥 American Trucking Associations鈥 honored seven trucking association executives here Oct. 21 for their distinguished service to the trucking industry.
October 21, 2013Special CoverageBusiness
Dave Barry Entertains at MC&E
ORLANDO, Fla. 鈥 Author and columnist Dave Barry only said the word 鈥渢rucking鈥 three times, but he delivered humor and guffaws to the American Trucking Associations鈥 Management Conference & Exhibition here.
October 21, 2013Special CoverageBusiness
ATA Outreach Program Sponsors Renew for 2014
ORLANDO, Fla. 鈥 Mack Trucks Inc. and Michelin North America said they will continue as the main sponsors of American Trucking Associations鈥 Share the Road educational program in 2014, and Volvo Truck agreed to again sponsor the America鈥檚 Road Team program.
October 21, 2013Business
Sept. Truck Sales Up 11.3%
U.S. retail Class 8 truck sales rose in September for the first time in 13 months, gaining 11.3% from a year earlier for a total of 16,125 vehicles, WardsAuto.com reported.
October 21, 2013Special CoverageBusiness
ATA Technology Conference to Feature Autonomous Vehicle Experts
ORLANDO, Fla. 鈥 American Trucking Associations announced that the leader of Google Inc.鈥檚 driverless car project, along with two other experts in the field of autonomous vehicles, will give keynote addresses at the group鈥檚 December conference on trucking technology.
October 20, 2013Special CoverageBusiness
First LEAD ATA Class Meets
ORLANDO, Fla. 鈥 The inaugural 17-member class of American Trucking Associations鈥 LEAD ATA program met for the first time Oct. 19 during the group鈥檚 Management Conference & Exhibition, ATA said.
October 20, 2013Special CoverageBusiness
TCA Considers Insurance, Driver Coercion Issues
ORLANDO, Fla. 鈥 Officials with the Truckload Carriers Association said they are evaluating how to address potential federal government changes to insurance limits, the issue of driver coercion and expanding the interstate driver corps to include 18-to-21 year olds.
October 19, 2013Business
USA Truck鈥檚 Loss Narrows in 3Q
USA Truck said its net loss in the third quarter fell 90% to $602,000, or 6 cents per share, from $6.1 million, or 59 cents, a year earlier.
October 17, 2013BusinessEquipment
Sept. Truck Orders Jump 27.4% To Highest Since May, ACT Says
New Class 8 truck orders climbed 27.4% in September from year-ago levels to 20,100, the highest total since May, according to preliminary figures from ACT Research.
October 14, 2013