ORLANDO, Fla. — Author and columnist Dave Barry only said the word “trucking” three times, but he delivered humor and guffaws to the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition here.
October 21, 2013Special CoverageBusiness
ATA Outreach Program Sponsors Renew for 2014
ORLANDO, Fla. — Mack Trucks Inc. and Michelin North America said they will continue as the main sponsors of American Trucking Associations’ Share the Road educational program in 2014, and Volvo Truck agreed to again sponsor the America’s Road Team program.
October 21, 2013Special CoverageBusiness
ATA Technology Conference to Feature Autonomous Vehicle Experts
ORLANDO, Fla. — American Trucking Associations announced that the leader of Google Inc.’s driverless car project, along with two other experts in the field of autonomous vehicles, will give keynote addresses at the group’s December conference on trucking technology.
October 20, 2013Special CoverageBusiness
First LEAD ATA Class Meets
ORLANDO, Fla. — The inaugural 17-member class of American Trucking Associations’ LEAD ATA program met for the first time Oct. 19 during the group’s Management Conference & Exhibition, ATA said.
October 20, 2013BusinessFuel
Comdata Launches Updated Fuel Payment Software
Comdata Corp. has launched an updated version of its FleetAdvance fuel payment software that allows for increased data analysis.
October 10, 2013Business
Graves: Government Shutdown Could Hurt Trucking
The shutdown of the federal government could harm the economy, which in turn would hurt the trucking industry, American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves said.
October 4, 2013Business
Agency Resubmits Plan to Cut Quarterly Reports
The federal government is trying once again to eliminate the requirement that nearly all trucking companies submit quarterly financial data to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, calling the requirement “outdated” and unnecessary.
June 3, 2013EditorialBusiness
Editorial: Cultivating Leadership
Many people, exalted and humble, rich and poor, operating in arenas ranging from war to medicine, from politics to poetry, have offered their views on leadership — what it is, what it requires, how it works.
May 13, 2013Business
ATA Launches Program for Young Trucking Executives
American Trucking Associations said Monday it has launched a program for young trucking executives to prepare them for future leadership.
May 6, 2013Business
ATA Hires Jeffrey Mason as Senior VP of Image and Communications
American Trucking Associations said it has hired Jeffrey Mason as senior vice president of image and communications, a newly created position.
April 15, 2013