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OUTLOOK 2012: Regs, regs & more regs
As humorist Will Rogers once famously observed, in every war they kill you in a new way. And so it goes this year in the endless war for survival and...
OOIDA, ATA face off over dock delays
There is growing disagreement about how to handle dock delays created by shippers and receivers, with the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) calling for federal legislation to solve the problem and the American Trucking Associations (ATA) opposed to such rule making...
ATA: Truck fatality data favors current HOS rules
The American Trucking Assns. (ATA) wants the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to abandon its proposed changes to hours-of-service (HOS) rules in light of highway fatality data released this week showing what the truck lobby terms a “significant” decline in truck-related crashes...
Navistar charged up over commercial EV prospects
CHARLOTTE. Truck OEM Navistar believes electric vehicles (EVs) designed specifically for light commercial usage is “a product whose time is now,” largely due to the recent spike in diesel fuel prices; prices that are expected to remain high for the foreseeable future...
ATA, sleep expert claim FMCSA “misapplied” HOS findings
The American Trucking Assns. (ATA) has stated that one of the researchers who worked directly on the primary scientific studies that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) used to support the changes the agency is proposing for current hours-of-service (HOS) rules for truck drivers “misapplied” those findings...
ATA names vp for communication and press secretary
American Trucking Assns.’ (ATA) president & CEO Gov. Bill Graves has named Sean McNally vp for communications and press secretary of the trucking lobby. McNally comes to ATA after spending the past 10 years as a reporter for Transport Topics, which is published by ATA...
ATA’s Graves: Challenges can be turned to benefit trucking
TAMPA. The trucking industry has a number of obstacles both regulatory and operational in nature before it, according to Gov. Bill Graves, president & CEO of the American Trucking Assns...
ATA asks truckstops to aid protest against HOS proposal
The American Trucking Assns. (ATA) is asking truckstops to make information packets about the proposed new Hours of Service (HOS) rules available to drivers who visit their locations. The packets include a letter truck drivers can sign and fax to the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) protesting the proposed changes to the federal driver work and rest rules. Drivers would have to submit such comments to FMCSA by Feb. 28The American Trucking Assns. (ATA) is asking truckstops to make information packets about the proposed new Hours of Service (HOS) rules available to drivers who visit their locations. The packets include a letter truck drivers can sign and fax to the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) protesting the proposed changes to the federal driver work and rest rules. Drivers would have to submit such comments to FMCSA by Feb. 28...
ATA: FMCSA ignoring real-world data on HOS
The American Trucking Assns. (ATA) has continued its criticism of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s proposed hours-of-service (HOS) regulations, released publicly on Dec. 23, 2010...
Captains announced for America’s Road Team
A group of million mile, accident-free truck drivers have been chosen as the 2011-2012 America’s Road Team captains. Created by the American Trucking Assns. (ATA) and sponsored by Volvo Trucks North America, the captains of America’s Road Team will traverse the country for the next two years to deliver trucking’s safety message to the public and the media, and at community events...
FMCSA to keep CSA cargo scores private
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) said it will not publish scores for the cargo-related behavior analysis and safety improvement category (BASIC) of the new Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 (CSA 2010) safety program, withholding them from public view on the agency’s website until it can craft a more accurate methodology for reporting them...
Erratic truck freight volumes expected through year’s end
The 2.7% decline in the American Trucking Assn. (ATA) for-hire truck tonnage index recorded for August isn’t surprising to most industry experts, as they generally expect truck freight volumes to remain erratic for the rest of 2010...
Tonnage up, but concerns cloud economic picture
While the American Trucking Assns. (ATA) reported a rise in its for-hire truck tonnage index in July, that’s been one of the few economic highlights this week as a new CBS News Poll reports Americans are becoming more pessimistic about the economy...
Schneider, Princeton receive award for innovative shipping technology
A Tactical Planning Simulator (TPS), created by Schneider National and Princeton University, has been awarded the 2009 Daniel H. Wagner Award for Excellence in Operations Research...
CSA 2010 changes reshuffling fleet ratings
Announced just last week, changes in scoring rules for the 2010 Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA2010) safety screening program are having a “dramatic” impact on individual fleet rankings according to analysis of data from 1,600 fleets and 530,000 drivers by the data-mining software company Vigillo...
