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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeOctober 18, 2019

Visibility, Communication Key to Shipper-Carrier Relationships

The ability to give customers real-time visibility into the status of their freight has become table stakes for landing business with larger shippers.

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Newsby David CullenOctober 9, 2019

Don’t Shortchange Training When Converting to ELDs

Lisa Gonnerman, vice president of safety and security for Transport America, detailed what the transition from AOBRDs to ELDs entailed for the Eagan, Minnesota-based carrier.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeOctober 9, 2019

New ATA Policy Addresses Marijuana Challenges in Trucking

More than 93 million Americans now live where marijuana is legal for recreational use – what's a safety-sensitive industry like trucking to do? The American Trucking Associations has endorsed a new set of policies to address the issues.

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Photo Galleriesby StaffOctober 8, 2019

2019 ATA Management Conference & Exhibition in Photos

The ATA Management Conference & Exhibition is one of the biggest yearly events in the trucking industry, bringing together trucking leaders from across the country to discuss economic, regulatory, and business trends.

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Newsby David CullenOctober 7, 2019

ATA’s Spear Details How Fine Art of Policymaking Delivers for Trucking

Politics, or more exactly how to work political levers to attain favorable policy outcomes, was a running theme of the state of the industry address delivered on Oct. 7 by ATA’s Chris Spear.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeOctober 7, 2019

Driver Issues Dominate Top Industry Concerns List

For the first time, driver compensation and detention/delay at customer facilities appeared on the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual Top 10 list of the Top Industry issues.

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NewsOctober 7, 2019

Dash Cam Data Shows Truck Driver Safety Improvements

Drowsy driving, late response times, and falling asleep at the wheel all decreased in the trucking sector between November 2018 and August 2019, according to data from Lytx presented at the American Trucking Associations' conference.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeOctober 7, 2019

Why Trucking Companies Need to Plan Now for a Cyber Attack

Transportation and logistics companies are now among the top-targeted industries by computer hackers. What can you do to prevent and prepare for a ransomware attack or a malicious computer virus?

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeNovember 7, 2018

ID Systems' New Trailer Tracking Telemetrics Offers Inside View

Ever wish you could look inside a trailer without opening the door? ID Systems’ new camera-based sensor and asset-tracking suite can do just that.

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Newsby David CullenNovember 1, 2018

Volvo Trucks’ Voorhoeve: Trucking in Throes of ‘Exciting Times’

According to Peter Voorhoeve, who just weeks ago took over the reins at Volvo Truck North America, the OEM’s Class 8 market share in the U.S. has risen almost two percentage points in less than a year – from 8.6% for 2017 to 10.5% so far in 2018.

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