American Trucking Associations

On thin ice? 2013′s challenges to fleets

In Part 1 of our "On Thin Ice?" series, analysts and fleets discuss what they see happening in 2013 as far as the economy and freight are concerned and any roadblocks they see looming. Part 2 covers the impact regulations may have on trucking and surviving ...

By Avery Vise Published January 29, 2013

Recruit & Retain: Bestway Express: Finders keepers

With Curt Singleton, Bestway Express director of safety and H.R. Location: Vincennes, Ind. Drivers: 270 Power units: 260 By Carolyn Magner Mason Curt Singleton, Bestway Express director of safety and human resources, says the JOBehaviors compatibility assessment test helps find top-performing drivers upfront. When Curt Singleton, director of safety and ...

By admin Published October 6, 2012

Tying it Together

Technology leads fleets’ efforts to diversify their service By Aaron Huff Two years ago, Rocking T Transportation still was hauling cattle exclusively. But when its largest customer decided to start a private fleet, company president Brent Shilling had 90 days to act before the contract expired. Shilling purchased ...

By Aaron Huff Published September 4, 2012

Viewpoint

Industry response to the EOBR provision in the highway funding legislation signed into law on July 6 “This legislation, while not all we could have hoped for as an industry and as users of the highway system, makes tremendous strides in the safety arena and puts ...

By CCJ Staff Published August 3, 2012

Interact

Feedback ON CCJDigital ➡ “Video urges Congress to support EOBRs” Last month, the American Trucking Associations, along with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and AAA, released a video urging members of Congress to support an electronic onboard recorder mandate for large trucks to improve driver and carrier compliance ...

By CCJ Staff Published July 1, 2012

CCJ Innovators

Boyd Bros. Clayton, Ala. Riding the rails Boyd Bros. sparks intermodal flatbed Just because Boyd Bros. is based in a small town in southeast Alabama doesn’t mean the flatbed carrier doesn’t dare to think big. The Clayton-based company and its Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based subsidiary, WTI Transport, have 1,050 tractors and ...

By Dean Smallwood Published May 1, 2012

Journal

Improvements to CSA Safety Measurement System planned Changes will help flatbed fleets, FMCSA says The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced planned improvements to the Carrier Safety Measurement System implemented in December 2010 as part of the agency’s Compliance Safety Accountability program. A preview became available to ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 1, 2012

Journal — Truck Gauge

Inventories steady at lean levels The ratio of inventories to sales in the economy remained 1.27 in January following a slight upward revision in the December 2011 ratio, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The ratio now has been at 1.27 for six straight months and ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 1, 2012

Journal

Costs of EPA’s 2004-10 emissions rules questioned Mandates led to more expensive trucks, lower sales, layoffs, study contends The National Automobile Dealers Association and American Truck Dealers on March 8 released a report that questions the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s cost analysis of emissions control requirements for ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 1, 2012

UpFront

It’s just a matter of time FMCSA heads back to the drawing board for broader EOBR mandate In August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s April 2010 electronic onboard recorder final rule that would have required EOBRs ...

By Jeff Crissey Published March 1, 2012