ATA News Updates

Business, Fuel

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, 2013
Business

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, 2013
Business

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companies submit quarterly financial data to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, calling the requirement “outdated” and unnecessary.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, 2013
Editorial, Business

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, 2013
Business

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, 2013
Business

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
Perspective, Business

Opinion: Defending the American Dream

What happens when you have state budgets that are straining to come in balance and union representation that continues its long-trending downward slope as measured by percentage of workers covered? Unfortunately, the answer is an attempt to radically transform the trucking industry and an assault on the American dream.

March 4, 2013
Business, Fuel

DEF Pump Price Holds at $2.79 a Gallon

The retail price of diesel exhaust fluid at U.S. truck stops held at $2.79 a gallon in January from the previous month, Integer Research Ltd. reported.

February 7, 2013
Business

Truck Crash Fatalities Rise 1.9%, NHTSA Says

The number of people killed in crashes involving large trucks increased 1.9% in 2011 compared with 2010, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a report released Monday.

December 10, 2012
Business

ATA Names Lundberg Vice President of Regional Membership

American Trucking Associations Friday named Linden Lundberg the group’s new regional vice president for membership.

December 7, 2012