Tag: 2015 Spring Symposium

Business
2015-2016 trucking outlook: Drivers market to stay tough, rates should continue to climb, analyst says
Drivers in the coming years will remain hard to come by, but truckload rates could climb as much as 9 percent for some carriers in the next 18 or so months, said Donald Broughton, trucking industry economist and managing director of Avondale Partners.
May 21, 2015
dock
Business
2015 CCJ Spring Symposium: Tweets, photos and stories from the event
See all the live coverage from CCJ’s Spring Symposium 2015 in Birmingham, Ala., on May 18-20.
May 20, 2015
CCJSpringSymposia_logo_COLOR-400
Business
Safety technology can pay for itself; drivers need education on tech ‘misconceptions,’ panelists say at CCJ Spring Symposium
As safety systems become more prevalent, so too do pressures on fleets to actively manage them. Learning to manage systems, as well as convince drivers to buy into new safety systems can be challenging — but the rewards are incalculable. That was the sentiment from participants in the “Adopting Advanced Safety Technology” panel at CCJ’s […]
May 20, 2015
Dennis Dellinger, president of Cargo Transporters, Chris Wright, senior regional safety manager for Saia LTL Freight and Jeff Mercadante, Director of Safety at PITT OHIO, LLC., talk about safety technology equipment (such as in-cab cameras) at CCJ’s Spring Symposium 2015 at Ross Bridge Golf Resort in Birmingham, Ala.
Business
TCA’s Tuttle to trucking executives: ‘Get involved’
“My charge to you is this: Don’t be the one who sits by idly while others are watching the past in the rearview mirror and setting a new course.”— Keith Tuttle, TCA Chairman “You’re either at the table talking about the issues or you’re on the menu,” Keith Tuttle, chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association, told […]
May 19, 2015
Keith Tuttle talks about the benefits of joining trucking associations and getting involved in the trucking community at the 2015 CCJ Spring Symposium in Birmingham, Ala.
Business
CCJ Symposium regulatory panel: FMCSA rep defends regulations, offers update on rulemakings; TCA’s Heller calls for more sensible regs
Jack Van Steenburg, FMCSA’s CSO, and TCA’s David Heller shared the stage Tuesday at CCJ’s Spring Symposium in Birmingham, Ala., in an hour-long discussion that spanned nearly all regulations impacting carriers and the trucking industry presently.
May 19, 2015
TCA’s David Heller, left, and FMCSA’s Jack Van Steenburg, right, talked a bevy of trucking regulations at CCJ’s Spring Symposium May 19. CCJ Editor Jeff Crissey, center, moderated a question and answer session.
Business
CCJ’s Spring Symposium ongoing: Live coverage of sessions on regulations, scoring customers and driver recruiting
Here’s how to keep up with sessions on surviving an ever-tightening regulatory environment, scoring customers for freight profitability, spec’ing equipment to improve driver recruiting and what’s ahead for trucking in the next few years.
May 19, 2015
CCJSpringSymposia_logo_COLOR-400
Page 1 of 1