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ATA Hires New Senior Vice President of Legislative Affairs

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has hired Mike Joyce, a veteran of Capitol Hill and the trucking industry, as the federation’s senior vice president of legislative affairs. Joyce most recently worked as Director of Government Relations for ATA allied member PACCAR Inc. Previously Joyce worked for the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Congressmen Bud Shuster (R-Pa.), former Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Congressman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), current Chairman of ... [+]

Coyote Provides 30,000 Bottles of Water to Flint Residents

Coyote provided 30,000 bottles of water to the residents of Flint, Michigan, affected by the water crisis. “We were able help the people of Flint,” said CEO Jeff Silver, “and I’m incredibly proud of what our Coyotes have helped to achieve today and every day.” When the ... [+]

Estes Express Expands Solar-Power Footprint; Installs New Panel Grid at Greensboro Terminal

Estes Express Lines not only shows its commitment to the environment. The company recently demonstrated smarts by taking advantage of the Renewable Energy Act that the federal government recently extended. That said, Estes Express Lines recently announced the completion of the installation of a new ... [+]

Professional Truck Driver Saves Man in Cardiac Arrest

Joseph Wiggins of Plant City, Florida, a truck driver for Phillip Williams & Sons Inc, also of Plant City, Florida, has been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA). Wiggins is being recognized for saving a man in cardiac arrest. On the morning ... [+]

FedEx Opens Nordic Gateway at CPH

FedEx Express recently opened a new facility at Copenhagen Airport (CPH) that will serve as a hub for inbound and outbound shipments for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The facility is the carrier’s ninth new FedEx Express facility in Scandinavia in the past five years. The facility ... [+]

New Data Confirms Improvement in Trucking Industry Safety

An American Trucking Associations (ATA) analysis of data from the Department of Transportation shows that the rate of truck-involved fatalities is declining over both the long- and short-term. ATA’s analysis of miles traveled data from the Federal Highway Administration and highway fatality data from the National ... [+]

New Tradepoint Atlantic global logistics center signs first major real estate deal with FedEx Ground

Tradepoint Atlantic announced on January 20 that FedEx Ground plans to locate a new 300,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art distribution facility at the new Tradepoint Atlantic global logistics center at Sparrows Point in Baltimore, MD. The new facility is scheduled to open in August 2017 and is part of ... [+]

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 1% in December

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1% in December, following a decrease of 0.9% during November. In December, the index equaled 135.6 (2000=100), up from 134.3 in November, and 0.1% below the all-time high of 135.8 reached in January 2015. Compared ... [+]

CEVA Logistics Creates Ground Transportation Line headed by Jérôme Lorrain

CEVA Logistics has announced the creation of a fourth new business line: ground transportation.  The ground division will run alongside the company’s existing air, ocean and contract logistics businesses and be headed up by Jérôme Lorrain as its Chief Operating Officer. Lorrain will relocate from Dubai, ... [+]

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 0.9% in November

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index declined 0.9% in November, following an increase of 1.8% during October. The October figure was revised down from our press release on November 24. In November, the index equaled 134.3 (2000=100), down from 135.5 in ... [+]

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