With Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a Changin" booming into the Marriott World Centre conference hall, American Trucking Associations president Bill Graves took to the stage this morning and addressed how change will transform the US ...
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Navistar has announced an open architecture remote diagnostics program that works with a fleets' existing telematics provider and covers all makes of vehicles. The OnCommand Connection program was demonstrated during the American Trucking ...
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The new hours-of-service rules that went into effect earlier this year rank as the top concern among US trucking executives. The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released its annual list of trucking industry concerns this ...
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ORLANDO, Fla -- The American Trucking Associations and the US trucking industry have long held an affinity for the Republican Party. Yet, as was foreshadowed by the playing of Bob Dylan's "The Times They are a Changin" as ATA president took ...
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Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard, the head of Daimler Trucks globally, was introduced to the North American trade press today, during a roundtable discussion held at the American Trucking Associations' Management Conference & Exhibition. Bernhard ...
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ATDynamics has come out with a new AutoDeploy system for its popular trailer tails, which deploys the tails when the truck reaches 35 mph and closes them at slower speeds. The announcement was made at the American Trucking Associations ...
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US trucking is "on the cusp" of a capacity crunch, according to American Trucking Associations vice president and chief economist Bob Costello. Costello told the popular All Eyes on the Economy panel that eventually demand for freight ...
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Turnover at large US truckload fleets continued to increase in the second quarter, according to The American Trucking Associations' Trucking Activity Report. Turnover in the second quarter rose two percentage points to 99%. "Continued ...
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Tonnage is up, the American Trucking Associations’(ATA) reported this week, and while the increase may seem positive on the surface, it may only be a reflection of certain sectors that produce heavier loads. After falling 0.6% in ...
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US for-hire truck tonnage spiked 1.4% in August, on the heels of a 0.6% decline in July. However, the American Trucking Associations' cautioned the impressive tonnage is attributed to the type of freight being hauled, and not necessarily ...
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Two congressmen have introduced bipartisan legislation that would require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to write a regulation covering sleep disorders, rather than issue a guidance as it is planning to do. Reps. Larry ...
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Both the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) are supporting new legislation that will require the US government to follow the established rulemaking process when introducing ...
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The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index slipped 0.4 percent in July after edging 0.1 percent higher in June. (June's increase was the same as ATA reported on July 23, 2013.) The ...
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US for-hire truck tonnage dipped 0.4% in July, marking the first decline since April. The small decline came on the heels of a 0.1% increase in June. June 2013 posted the highest tonnage on record, according to American Trucking ...
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The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for July fell 0.4 percent. That's the first drop since April and comes as no surprise, said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. "After ...
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