trucks News Updates

Business, Logistics

Universal Truckload’s 3Q Profit Improves

Universal Truckload Services said its third-quarter net income rose slightly from a year ago.

October 26, 2012
Perspective, Business

Opinion: A New Future for Trucking

Each year, American Trucking Associations elects a new chairman of the board to lead the organization for a year, and this year, I have been blessed and humbled by this honor.

October 15, 2012
Editorial, Business

Editorial: Viva Las Vegas

Last week’s Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas gave the nation’s trucking industry much food for thought — and action.

October 15, 2012
Business

ā€˜Intense and Energetic’ Michael Card Takes Federation Reins in Las Vegas

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — After more than a quarter-century of involvement with American Trucking Associations, Michael Card, the eager policy enthusiast from Oregon, is ready to become chairman — and when he takes the top leadership position at the federation, he expects to broaden his list of interests.

October 15, 2012
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Oil-Field Specialty Trucks HOS Exemption Should Be Extended to Others, Carriers Say

An hours-of-service waiting time exemption for drivers of ā€œspecially constructedā€ oil-field operations trucks should be extended to include such other oil and gas operations trucks such as those that deliver sand and water, several motor carriers and trade association officials told federal regulators.

October 15, 2012
Business

Class 8 Truck Sales Down 9.1% in September

U.S. truck sales fell 9.1% to 14,491 in September, declining for the first time since December 2009 and ending a streak of 32 consecutive year-over-year increases, WardsAuto.com reported.

October 15, 2012
Business

Michael Card Elected ATA Chairman

LAS VEGAS — MichaelĀ Card, president of Combined Transport, Central Point, Ore., was elected American Trucking Associations’ 68th chairman at ATA’s annual Management Conference & Exhibition here.

October 12, 2012
Special Coverage, Business

Michael Card Elected ATA Chairman

LAS VEGAS — MichaelĀ Card, president of Combined Transport, Central Point, Ore., was elected American Trucking Associations’ 68th chairman at ATA’s annual Management Conference & Exhibition here Wednesday.

October 11, 2012
Perspective, Business

Opinion: An Industry at the Crossroads

As an industry as connected to the highways as trucking, we know an awful lot about roads. We know about smooth roads — those that are easy to traverse, the ones where you can feel the wind at your back and the sun on your face.

October 8, 2012
Editorial, Business

Editorial: ATA’s MCE 2012

The leaders of the nation’s for-hire trucking fleets and the suppliers that serve them are gathering in Las Vegas this week to address the state of the industry as American Trucking Associations holds its annual Management Conference & Exhibition.

October 8, 2012