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American Trucking Associations Begins Search for Next America’s Road Team

The American Trucking Associations has opened the nominating process for professional truck drivers to serve on the 2017-2018 America’s Road Team. “Being selected as part of America’s Road Team means joining a group that represents the trucking industry as its greatest ambassadors,” said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves. “These elite professional drivers lend a voice to trucking professionals from all segments of the industry and help make trucking a safer, ... [+]

WABCO Named ATA Corporate Partner

American Trucking Associations announced WABCO as an ATA Corporate Partner, in recognition of its long-term commitment to ATA and the trucking industry. Founded nearly 150 years ago, WABCO is a leading supplier of technologies that improve the safety and efficiency of commercial vehicles. “WABCO provides the ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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