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The old saying, “Time flies,” fits my year as chairman of American Trucking Associations. I remember my phone ringing with the first call from Fred Burns to say I was nominated to vice chairman.

Over the past 25 years of running a freight brokerage operation, I have seen numerous commentaries in Transport Topics written by disappointed and disgruntled carriers putting down the brokerage industry.

The Department of Transportation will host a two-day summit this week on problems surrounding distracted driving and solutions to combat what has become a national epidemic.

The United States’ failure to open its borders to Mexican trucks has cost the country roughly $4.8 billion, according to a new report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

CHICAGO — The economic downturn presents an opportunity for shippers to pare costs and strengthen transportation and distribution operations, industry experts said here at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ annual conference.

The Senate has approved legislation that would increase the funding for the Department of Transportation in fiscal 2010 and would allow Maine to raise the truck weight on Interstate 95 as part of a pilot program.

BALTIMORE — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has sent its final electronic onboard recorders rule to the U.S. Department of Transportation for review, acting agency Administrator Rose McMurray told Transport Topics last week.

If manufacturers’ claims about the latest developments in cargo refrigeration units are correct, motor carriers now can haul fresh, frozen or deep-frozen loads for any distance with reefer-fuel savings of as much as 80%, compared with past costs — and with little or no reefer maintenance.

The recession, lower freight levels and job cuts at fleets have combined to push driver turnover at truckload carriers to the lowest level in 14 years during the second quarter, according to American Trucking Associations.