Former Arrow Trucking Co. CEO Doug Pielsticker pulled hundreds of thousands of dollars from company accounts to pay for his wedding and luxury cars in connection with a multimillion-dollar bank and tax fraud, according to a federal indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court earlier this month.
December 11, 2014Business
Nominations Open for 2015 Woman in Trucking Award
Women in Trucking Association and Navistar Inc. are seeking candidates for the 2015 Influential Woman in Trucking award.
December 22, 2014BusinessGovernment
Dunn Steps Down as President of Oregon Trucking Associations
Debra Dunn has stepped down as president of the Oregon Trucking Associations and is being replaced on an interim basis by Bob Russell, OTA’s former legislative affairs director.
November 13, 2014BusinessGovernment
Mississippi Trucking Names Miller President; To Focus on Member Services, Legal Issues
Hal Miller III, a fleet manger with 31 years of experience, will be the next president of the Mississippi Trucking Association, the group said.
July 14, 2014BusinessGovernment
Mississippi Trucking Association Hires Hal Miller as President
Hal Miller III, a fleet manager with 31 years of experience, will be the next president of the Mississippi Trucking Association, the group said.
July 9, 2014Business
Anti-Trucking Ad Sparks Outrage
A magazine advertisement from a plaintiff’s law firm caused a public relations tempest that generated apologies from the publication and the lawyers who advertised after raising the ire of truck drivers and fleet executives.
June 16, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Newton Promoted by Arkansas Trucking Association
The Arkansas Trucking Association said June 11 it has promoted Shannon Newton to be its new president.
June 12, 2014Business
Trucking Holds as Dominant Freight Mode, ATA Trends Report Says
Trucking remains the dominant U.S. mode of freight transportation, hauling 69.1% of freight last year totaling 9.7 billion tons, with both figures up from a year earlier, American Trucking Associations reported May 12.
May 12, 2014Business
Tornadoes Hit Trucking Facilities in South
Several trucking facilities across the South were damaged by this week’s tornadoes.
May 2, 2014EditorialBusiness
Editorial: Trucking and a Shrinking Globe
A pair of events reported on the front page in this edition of Transport Topics underscores the dramatic growth of the economic phenomenon known as globalization and its effect on trucking.
April 14, 2014