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LAS VEGAS — Trucking fleets must accept some blame for the current driver shortage and be willing to adjust their operations in order to attract younger talent, two truckload executives said last week.

LAS VEGAS — The leaders of the nation’s trucking industry meeting here set their agenda for the next year, led by a drive to continue their efforts to push the federal government to make more changes to the Compliance, Accountability, Safety program.

Consumer confidence rose in October, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Heartland Express said its third-quarter profit fell 19.3% from a year ago.

Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 1.1% in September, reflecting an increase in fuel costs, the Labor Department said Thursday.

This letter is in regard to the Sept. 24 TTNews.com story with the headline “GPS Devices Causing Trucks to Hit Low Overpasses, Sen. Schumer Says.”

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.

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

The average retail price of diesel rose 1.5 cents to $4.094 a gallon, the first increase in three weeks, while gasoline jumped 4.6 cents to $3.850, the Department of Energy said after its latest survey of filling stations.