RALEIGH, N.C. — The generation gap between trucking industry leaders is getting wider, as younger millennials enter the freight workforce with different understandings of the world around them.
September 23, 2019BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Fleets Conduct Real-Life Tests Before Committing to New Tires
Improvements to truck tire technology in recent years have created a collection of products that manufacturers often tout as their most advanced, longest-wearing and most fuel-efficient tires ever. But many motor carriers choose to analyze those factory-tested claims in their own real-life settings before committing to adding the products to their entire fleet.
April 26, 2019BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Editorial: Keeping Trucks on the Road Starts Here
This is a time for talking about truck maintenance, as the March 18 issue of Transport Topics coincides with and will be distributed at the 2019 annual meeting of the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations.
March 14, 2019BusinessTechnologySafety
TMC Conference to Focus on Cybersecurity, Truck Diagnostics
As companies become more interconnected, executives need to have a broader understanding of their entire firm and the way divisions — once thought of as separate and distinct — interact with each other.
May 16, 2018BusinessTechnologyEquipment
Data Management and Cybersecurity
ATA's Technology & Maintenance Council will host the Fleet Data Management & Cybersecurity Conference, a new event to address pressing issues in fleet data management and cybersecurity, June 5-7 in Raleigh, N.C.
May 11, 2018BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Jeff Harris Takes Over as TMC Chairman
Although trucking is undergoing rapid advancements in technology, Jeff Harris, the new general chairman of American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council, said the industry needs to get “back to the basics” when it comes to repairing equipment amid a massive industry shortage of technicians.
March 7, 2018TMC, FleetNet Launch Benchmarking Service
ATLANTA — A benchmarking service built around fleet-supplied data on unscheduled repairs is being launched by FleetNet America and the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations, the groups announced here.
March 4, 2018BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Equipment Cybersecurity Awareness
Trucking's at increasing risk of cybersecurity threats, and the risk is only going to grow as automated and other advanced technologies become commonplace in the industry.
January 19, 2018BusinessTechnologyEquipment
FedEx Freight’s Mark McLean Wins Third SuperTech Crown
ORLANDO, Fla. — FedEx Freight technician Mark McLean captured his third Grand Champion title Sept. 19 at American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Council National Technicians Skills Competitions, most in the 13-year history of the event.
September 19, 2017TechnologyEquipmentSafety
TMC Fall Meeting to Focus on Implementation of New Technologies
The Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations will hold its 2017 Fall Meeting & National Technician Skills Competitions on Sept. 16-21 in Orlando, Fla.
September 7, 2017