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Trucks and trailers, computers and software, insurance and financial services were some of the products and services scheduled to be featured at the American Trucking Associations' Management Conference & Exhibition on Oct. 27-30 in Orlando, Fla.

Many government and private security experts not only believe more terrorist attacks will be attempted on U.S. soil, they expect the weapon of choice to be vehicle bombs.

Executives from three of the top truck equipment suppliers are scheduled to participate in a panel discussion moderated by Transport Topics Publisher and Editorial Director Howard S. Abramson at the ATA Management Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, Fla.

Of all the changes that followed trucking deregulation in 1980, one of the most significant has been the trend of shippers outsourcing their transportation to third-party logistics companies.

Alaska's Glen Day, who has logged more than 30 years of accident-free driving, often on some of the nation's most scenic yet treacherous roads, said he did nothing special before winning a state title in his first try.

Trucking’s bottom line took a big hit in 2001 as the industry’s leading companies grappled with rising costs and lower revenue, according to an analysis of financial performance of the 100 largest for-hire trucking companies in the United States and Canada.

Members of the Truckload Carriers Association approved a deal to re-affiliate with American Trucking Associations, ending a split over membership requirements and dues between two of trucking’s most influential trade associations.

Once viewed as opportunistic and sometimes unsavory middlemen operating with little more than a phone and fax, freight brokers have achieved a certain level of respectability in the minds of shippers and perhaps even grudging acceptance by many truckers.

Leaders of American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association have come to terms on an affiliation agreement that allows each organization to keep separate memberships and dues while pursuing joint marketing and lobbying activities, ATA Chairman David G. McCorkle said last week.

Freight shippers cut the amount of money they spend to move or store goods by $33 billion last year — the first decline since 1991 — but they spent $10 billion more on trucking services, a new study shows.