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NewsOctober 20, 2010

ATA Inducts First Woman Chairman

The American Trucking Associations this week inducted its first female chairman. Barbara Windsor is president and CEO of Hahn Transportation, New Market, Md., a specialized regional trucking firm that hauls refined petroleum and construction materials throughout the Mid-Atlantic corridor

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NewsOctober 20, 2010

TCA Changes Position on Heavier Trucks

The Truckload Carriers Association has changed its official position on the idea of raising the federal weight limit for trucks, but it's still not willing to go as high as the main proposal in the industry

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NewsOctober 20, 2010

Bridgestone To Discontinue Dayton Line of Truck Tires

Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS), a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations says it will discontinue sales of its Dayton brand truck and bus radial tire lin

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NewsOctober 20, 2010

ATA's Graves Predicts Industry Rebirth Among Challenges

Predicting the trucking industry will soon see a rebirth, much like the magical phoenix bird of legend that gives the Arizona city its name, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves offered his views on the state of the industry during ATA's annual management conference this week

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NewsOctober 19, 2010

Mack and Volvo Reaffirm Sponsorship for America's Road Team

Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks Inc. have both signed on as exclusive OE sponsors of ATA's America's Road Team for 2011

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NewsOctober 19, 2010

ATA Litigation Center Prepares for Future Challenges

As the American Trucking Associations' Litigation Center celebrates its 25th anniversary, it finds itself in need of funding as it prepares to take on challenges such as attacks on independent contractor status and another likely court battle on hours of service regulations

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NewsOctober 18, 2010

Texas Aid Network Connects Relief Organizations with Transportation Providers

The Texas Aid Network, a program produced by the nonprofit group, NPower Texas, has launched an improved website where Texas-based nonprofits can search for donated goods and transportation providers to ship those goods to needed destinations

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NewsOctober 17, 2010

Sluggish Economy, CSA 2010 Top Trucking Concerns

The sluggishness of the economic recovery and the federal government's new CSA 2010 enforcement program are among the top concerns facing the North American trucking industry, according to an annual survey by the American Transportation Research Institute

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NewsOctober 15, 2010

Class 8 Truck Sales Up For Month, YTD; Class 6 Sees Continued Surge

Truck makers sold 9,402 Class 8 trucks in September, up from 8,834 the previous month, making for 77,082 for the first nine months of the year

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NewsOctober 15, 2010

Carlisle to Acquire Hawk Corp.

Carlisle has agreed to acquire Hawk, a worldwide supplier of friction products for brakes, clutches and transmissions, for more than $400 million

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