Trucking Industry News & Technology
Plover, WI — February 2018 — Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has announced Sandy Goche, as its February Member of the Month. Sandy is an expedite owner-operator and team driver of a Freightliner 2016 Cascadia along with her partner, Stephen Halsted. Sandy grew up on a farm that raised cattle, pigs and chickens […]
Volvo Trucks North America delivered its newest truck, the VNL 760, and its record-breaking unboxing video, to one of the most commercially vibrant hubs in the world, Times Square, in the heart of New York City. NEW YORK, Jan. 2018 — At the nation’s unofficial kick-off to 2018, Volvo Trucks shared its most […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 2018 — The Minnesota Trucking Association (MTA) named Browerville, MN resident, John “Jack” Pate, Jr., professional truck driver for Daggett Truck Line in Frazee, MN, the 2017 Minnesota Driver of the Year at its Driver of the Year Banquet. Jack has been driving a truck for 19 years with Daggett Truck Line, his first […]
Final Monthly Report Decreased 5.7% in December ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 2018 — American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell for the first time since September, losing 5.7% in December. In December, the index equaled 142.9 (2000=100), down from 151.6 in November. For all of 2017, compared with 2016, […]
ATA Pledges Major Contribution via New Build America Fund ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 2018 — The American Trucking Associations called on policymakers to endorse its Build America Fund plan – a bold solution to fund the modernization of our deteriorating network of roads and bridges. ATA is the leading voice of the trucking […]
IRVING, Texas, Jan. 2018 — FleetPride’s Phoenix location has been transformed! Along with its regular assortment of parts and services like flywheels, driveline, and transmission assembly, the attached service shop now provides a full line of hydraulic services. “We continue to invest in our mobile power capabilities,” said Mike Harris, FleetPride senior vice president of sales […]
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 2017 — The American Transportation Research Institute has announced the appointment of four new members to its board of directors. ATRI Chairman Judy McReynolds, ArcBest Corporation Chairman, President and CEO, appointed the following to serve on the ATRI Board: Andrew Boyle, co-president, Boyle Transportation, Billerica, Massachusetts; Benjamin McLean, chief executive officer, Ruan […]
Tonnage Index Up 7.6% from Year Earlier ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 2017 — American Trucking Associations‘ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped again in November, adding 2.3% in addition to the 3.9% jump during October. In November, the index equaled 151.8 (2000=100), up from 148.4 in October. Compared with November 2016, the […]
– Reports fourth quarter 2017 net income of $135 million, or $1.36 per diluted share, on revenues of $2.6 billion – Reports full-year net income of $30 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, on revenues of $8.6 billion – Full-year market share improves by 1.5 points; gains in all truck […]
TMAF Shares List of Companies Giving Back this Year after Industry-Wide Call for Submissions WASHINGTON, Dec. 2017 — Trucking Moves America Forward (TMAF), the industry-wide education and image movement, proudly recognizes the trucking industry’s charitable work to give time and support to local communities. TMAF compiled a list of organizations and companies who […]
