ATA News Updates

Business, Fuel

Judge Dismisses Navistar’s SCR Lawsuit

A federal judge rejected a request by Navistar Inc. to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to recall all 2010 trucks with selective catalytic reduction engines.

January 20, 2012
Business

Leaner, Healthier ATA Continued Emergence From Recession, Federation’s Graves Says

With membership up, the grip of recession loosening and a healthier if leaner budget, American Trucking Associations ends 2011 reflective of the carriers that make up its ranks, ATA President Bill Graves said.

December 19, 2011
Business

ATA Names Hulett Chief Financial Officer

American Trucking Associations has named Karla Hulett, a tax expert, accountant and business and technology consultant, as its new chief financial officer.

December 12, 2011
Business

Highway Fatalities Fall to Record Low; Truck-Related Deaths Rise

U.S. highway deaths fell to the lowest level in 2010 since 1949, but truck-related fatalities rose for the first time since 2005, the Department of Transportation said Thursday.

December 8, 2011
Business

ATA Hires New Chief Financial Officer

American Trucking Associations has hired Karla Hulett as its new chief financial officer.

December 7, 2011
Business

ATA Extends Graves’ Tenure as President for Three Years

American Trucking Associations said it has reached agreement on a three-year contract extension with Bill Graves, which will keep him president of the federation through 2014.

October 31, 2011
Business

Newly Installed ATA Chairman Dan England Is Third Generation of Utah Trucking Dynasty

SALT LAKE CITY — Maybe it was simply a case of a father’s love of trucking rubbing off on his young son as he grew up in a tiny town about an hour’s drive north of the sprawling C.R. England headquarters here.

October 24, 2011
Perspective, Business

Opinion: ATA Remains Sound, Optimistic

It is a distinct honor to be able to represent America’s motor carriers and the employees and independent contractors working on behalf of those companies.   I have appreciated the leadership that has been provided by Barbara Windsor, Tommy Hodges and all the fine chairmen who have preceded them.

October 24, 2011
Business

Dan England Elected ATA Chairman

GRAPEVINE, Texas — American Trucking Associations’ Board of Directors elected Dan England, chairman of Salt Lake City-based C.R. England Inc., its 67th chairman.

October 19, 2011
Business

ATA’s Graves Sees ‘Inviting, Long Road Ahead for Trucking’

GRAPEVINE, Texas — American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves said at ATA’s annual convention that despite prevailing political and economic uncertainty, the United States and the trucking industry are poised for better days ahead.

October 17, 2011