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American Trucking Associations

Type: Organization

Name: American Trucking Associations

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 3 reports

Volvo Trucks

Professional Truck Drivers Remind Motorists to Be Safe During Memorial Day Weekend

SOURCE American Trucking AssociationsARLINGTON, Va.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO) America's Road Team Captains, elite professional truck drivers with millions of accident-free miles, are offering advice on how to navigate through ... [Published KTVN - May 23 2013]

Entities: American Trucking Associations, Volvo Trucks, Twitter

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 4 reports

Truck Tonnage Index Improved Than Expected

The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index slid 0.2% to 123.2 in April, after rising 0.9% in March to 123.5.Compared with April 2012, the index was up 4.3%, which is the largest year-over-year (y-o-y) ... [Published Trans Reporter - May 23 2013]

Entities: Index, American Trucking Associations, Bob Costello

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

US Supreme Court

New Jersey one step closer to reclassifying truckers; status clarification intro'd

A bill halfway through the New Jersey statehouse would classify drayage truck operators and parcel drivers as company employees. Another bill would clarify the independent status of owner-operators.Assembly lawmakers voted 45-30 on Monday, May 20, to ... [Published Land Line Magazine - May 23 2013]

Entities: Todd Spencer, American Trucking Associations, US Supreme Court, Labor, Concession

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

ATA creates maintenance management tool

American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) has released a Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards (VMRS) tool to document fleet maintenance.TMC says the VMRS tool can document when, how and whey maintanenance is performed, ... [Published Truck Parts & Service - May 23 2013]

Entities: American Trucking Associations, Inventory Control, Construction

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Commercial Vehicle Group Inc

Questions Continue about CSA's Direct Relation to Safety

Steve Keppler, executive director Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance,discusses the CSA program during Zonar Systems' user conference May 16.“CSA has had an effect on safety, but people want to make sure their scores are correct and fair,” and there is ... [Published Trucking Info - May 22 2013]

Entities: HAZMAT, Commercial Vehicle Group Inc, Vehicle Safety

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 3 reports

ATA Truck Tonnage Indexdips slightly in April 2013

The American Trucking Associations advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 0.2% in April 2013 after rising 0.9% in March. The 0.9% gain in March was unchanged from what ATA reported April 23, 2013.In April, the SA index equaled ... [Published Refrigerated Transporter - May 22 2013]

Entities: Index, Bob Costello, American Trucking Associations

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

ATA reports tonnage levels are mixed for April

The pattern of uneven monthly truck volumes continued into April, according to data released today by the American Trucking Associations (ATA).The ATA reported that seasonally-adjusted (SA) truck tonnage in April decreased 0.2 percent, following a 0.9 ... [Published Logistics Management - May 22 2013]

Entities: Bob Costello, Index, John Larkin, American Trucking Associations

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Economic confidence trending up despite tonnage dip

Comments 0Fleet OwnerDespite a dip in TL tonnage this April due to continued sluggishness in the overall U.S. economy, broad confidence remains in the economic direction of the nation, according to corporate surveys and public opinion polls.The monthly ... [Published Fleet Owner - May 22 2013]

Entities: Bob Costello, United States, Grant Thornton International

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Tonnage drops 0.2 percent in April, but up for year

Year-to-date, compared with the same period in 2012, the tonnage index is up 4 percent.The Trucker News ServicesARLINGTON, Va. — The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 0.2 percent in April ... [Published Trucker - May 22 2013]

Entities: Index, Bob Costello, American Trucking Associations

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Truck Tonnage Rises 4.3% in April

Truck tonnage rose 4.3% in April from the same month last year, the largest year-over-year gain since January, American Trucking Associations said in its monthly report. ... [Published Transport Topics - May 22 2013]

Entities: American Trucking Associations

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

US truck tonnage dips slightly in April, but y-o-y results up 4.3%

ARLINGTON, Va. -- US for-hire truck tonnage fell 0.2% in April, on the heels of a 0.9% gain in March, according to the latest data from the American Trucking Associations. ... [Published Canadian Transportation Logistics - May 22 2013]

Entities: American Trucking Associations

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Registration Open for ITLC/NAFC 2013 Annual Conference

Registration is open now for American Trucking Associations’ Information Technology and Logistics Council and National Accounting and Finance Council Annual Conference.The the ITLC/NAFC Annual Meeting will be held June 10-12 in La Jolla, Calif. ... [Published Trucking Info - May 20 2013]

Entities: NAFC, American Trucking Associations, Information Technology

Quotes

"Memorial Day The America's Road Team would like to remind the motoring public that from driveway to highway, safety requires patience and dedication. Editor's note: America's Road Team Captains are available for in-studio and phone interviews to share driving tips and promote highway safety during Memorial Day weekend. The America's Road Team, sponsored by Volvo Trucks, is a national public outreach program led by a small group of professional truck drivers who share superior driving skills, remarkable safety records and a strong desire to spread the word about safety on the highway.$ Follow America's Road Team on Facebook or Twitter."

Professional Truck Drivers Remind Motorists to Be Safe During Memorial Day Weekend [Published KTVN - May 23 2013]

"We're lagging behind the rest of the country," Oberweis said Wednesday. "This would be one little, small step to move forward." The Senate approved the higher speed limits in April

Truckload of concerns after lawmakers OK higher speed limit [Published Chicago Tribune - May 23 2013]

...ATA have given me many opportunities to demonstrate leadership," said Kevin Burch, ATA vice chairman and president of Jet Express, Dayton, Ohio. "Participants in LEAD ATA will be given important leadership tools that they can use to guide this association and industry into a promising and prosperous future."

ATA Introduces Program Encouraging Young Executives [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 21 2013]

..." he said. "It is also worth noting that the year-over-year comparisons are much better than expected just a few months ago and I'm hearing good comments about freight so far in May."

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Fell 0.2% in April [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - May 21 2013]

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ATA Trucking Index decreases slightly in April [Published Calculated Risk - May 21 2013] This is a minor indicator that I follow.From ATA: ATA Truck Tonnage Index Fell 0.2% in April The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 0.2% in April after rising 0.9% in March . (The 0.9% ...
Opinion analysis: Unanimous Justices recognize ... [Published SCOTUSblog - May 16 2013] To those who haven’t explored the wonders of federal transportation preemption, the Supreme Court’s decision on Monday in Dan’s City Used Cars v. Pelkey may appear limited to a narrow issue that doesn’t come up often: Does federal law trump state-law ...
Enlisting the Aid of Professional Drivers to Im... [Published Trucker Blog - May 16 2013] Professional truck drivers actively represent their industry daily on the nation’s highways. They are an often-untapped public relations resource in spreading the trucking industry’s message of safety, essentiality, sustainability and professionalism. ...
The Great Weight Debate [Published Trucker Blog - Apr 30 2013] Truck size and weight has always been a controversial issue and the debate is heating up as Congress has agreed to study the increasing truck sizes and weights to 97,000 pounds on six axles. The Safe and Efficient Transportation Act (SETA), recently ...
ATA Trucking Index increases in March [Published Calculated Risk - Apr 23 2013] This is a minor indicator that I follow.From ATA: ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 0.9% in March The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index gained 0.9% in March after decreasing 0.7% in February. ...

Press Releases

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ATA Truck Tonnage Index Fell 0.2% in April [Published Auto & Transportation - May 21 2013]
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ATA Launches LEAD ATA Program for Young Truckin... [Published Auto & Transportation - May 06 2013]
Werner Enterprises' President and COO Addresses... [Published Business Wire - May 02 2013]