LAS VEGAS — Volvo Trucks named Erb International and Muñoz Trucking as the 2012 winners of its fourth annual Safety Awards.
October 10, 2012Special Coverage, Business, Safety, Government
DOT Highway Plan Focuses on Safety, Freight Movement, FHWA Official Says
LAS VEGAS — The Department of Transportation’s plan to strengthen U.S. highways supports its “aggressive safety agenda†while allowing prioritization of projects to improve freight movement, a federal official said here Tuesday.
October 10, 2012Special Coverage, Business
Volvo Names Safety Award Winners
Special Coverage, Business
Hill Likely to Act to Soften Blow If Government Reaches ‘Fiscal Cliff’
LAS VEGAS — Congress is likely to take action to soften the blow of a wide range of federal tax increases scheduled to take effect next year, but trucking companies still should plan for the potential outcomes, two tax accountants said here.
October 10, 2012Special Coverage, Government, Business
U.S. to Show Modest Growth in 2013, Economists Tell MCE
LAS VEGAS — If Congress and the president can avoid a “self-inflicted†recession early next year, the U.S. economy in general, and trucking specifically, will probably keep limping along with very modest growth in 2013, economists said here Tuesday at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition.
October 9, 2012Special Coverage, Business
Driver Shortage Requires Industry Action, Experts Say
LAS VEGAS — The shortage of truck drivers will worsen as the economy recovers and as the federal government adds more regulations, so it is critical the industry retains current drivers and attracts younger ones to the profession, a panel of experts said here Tuesday.
October 9, 2012Special Coverage, Business
Daimler Sees Longer-Term Sales Growth
LAS VEGAS — Two top Daimler Trucks executives said they expect good long-term growth in sales, both in North America and the world, but said they are not sure when the acceleration will take place from the current sluggish levels of expansion.
October 9, 2012Special Coverage, Government
Barbour Sees Close, ‘Consequential’ Election in November
LAS VEGAS – Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) said he could not predict the winner of the upcoming presidential election, but promised that it will be an extremely close – and important – contest.
October 9, 2012Special Coverage, Business
Louisiana’s Cathy Gautreaux Wins TAEC Leadership Award
LAS VEGAS — Cathy Gautreaux, executive director of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association, was presented with the 11th annual ATA President Trucking Association Executive Council Leadership award here at ATA’s Management Conference & Exhibition here.
October 9, 2012Special Coverage
ATA Hands Out ‘Good Stuff’ Awards
LAS VEGAS — YRC Worldwide, Travel Centers of America and Petro Stopping Centers and the Nevada Trucking Association each received Mike Russell “Good Stuff†Trucking Image Awards from American Trucking Associations.
October 9, 2012Special Coverage, Business
CSA Overtakes Economy as Trucking’s No. 1 Concern, ATRI Survey Shows
LAS VEGAS — The federal CSA safety ratings program replaced the economy atop the list of the most critical issues facing the trucking industry, the American Transportation Research Institute announced.
October 8, 2012