USA Truck reported a third-quarter loss and said its board declined to meet with Celadon Group, which recently bought a small stake in the truckload carrier.
October 21, 2011Business
MAN’s Truck Orders Rise; Holds Full-Year Sales Forecast
European truck maker MAN SE's orders rose 10% in the third quarter and the company held to its full-year sales forecast, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.
November 2, 2011Business
P.A.M.’s Third-Quarter Loss Widens
P.A.M. Transportation Services reported a third-quarter loss of $1.7 million, or 19 cents per share, compared with a loss of $500,000, or 5 cents, a year ago.
October 31, 2011Business
New Class 8 Sales Surge 69.5%; Fleets Replace Trucks, Expand
U.S. customers bought 15,937 Class 8 trucks in September, a 69.5% jump compared with the same month last year, WardsAuto.com reported.
October 24, 2011Perspective, 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, 2011Business
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, 2011Business
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, 2011Business
Used-Truck Sales Seen Slowing; Dealers Cite Lack of Equipment
Sales of used heavy-duty trucks in the United States appear to be declining, according to ACT Research Co., but some dealers disagreed with the firm’s finding that Class 8 volumes fell 18.2% in August, compared with the same month last year.
October 17, 2011Perspective, Business
Opinion: Keeping On, Despite Challenges
When we gathered in Phoenix last year, I said I was hopeful that, like the mythical bird the city was named for, our industry was preparing to rise from the ashes of the deep recession we’d just fought through and that, when we came together in Grapevine, as with many things in Texas, things would be “bigger and better” for our industry.
October 16, 2011Editorial, Business
Editorial: MCE 2011
This will be a busy week for the leaders of the nation’s trucking industry who will be meeting at American Trucking Associations’ annual Management Conference & Exhibition.
October 16, 2011