Tag: Truckload Carriers Association

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.

Burruss out at TCA for ‘personal reasons’

After 10 years at the helm, Truckload Carriers Association President Chris Burruss resigned Thursday.

June 27, 2014

Bennett chief named year’s Influential Woman in Trucking

Navistar and Women in Trucking gave WIT’s top award to Marcia G. Taylor, who has overseen the growth of Bennett International Group.

March 25, 2014

Award winner Marcia Taylor, center, is joined by Ellen Voie of Women in Trucking, left, and Navistar’s Jan Allman.

Bison Transport, Paramount Freight named Best Fleets to Drive For

Bison Transport and Paramount Freight Systems were named winners in TCA’s Best Fleets to Drive For contest.

March 25, 2014

Bison Transport truck

Viewpoint

Industry response to the EOBR provision in the highway funding legislation signed into law on July 6.

August 3, 2012

President Obama delivers remarks before signing H.R. 4348.

CCJ Innovators: A Toast to Safety

Like the wine products it hauls, Rocha and its safety program get better with age.

August 1, 2012

Rocha Transportation’s Corrie Toste (right) accepts the 2011 National Fleet Safety Award grand prize for carriers with less than 25 million miles from the Truckload Carriers Association, marking the third time in the last six years the company has earned the award.

CCJ Innovators

Tennant Truck Lines owner seeks to instill truckers with pride, opportunity.

June 1, 2012

Aaron Tennant, owner of Orion, Ill.-based Tennant Truck Lines, has met personally with President Obama and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to discuss reducing the federal age requirement for interstate truck drivers from 21 to 18 and allocating funding to driver training programs.

Journal

Improvements to CSA Safety Measurement System planned, medical examiners final rule released, GAO says FMCSA carrier review process needs work, appeals court denies OOIDA’s EOBR motion and more industry news items are featured.

May 1, 2012

Dan Sobic, executive vice president of Paccar, said solutions such as natural gas and other alternative fuels, hybrid vehicles, SmartWay trucks and other components will be required in the coming years.

UpFront

FMCSA heads back to the drawing board for broader EOBR mandate.

March 1, 2012

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Journal

ATA asks court to review hours rule, restart study part of transportation legislation, FMCSA harmonizes Schedule I drug requirements and more industry news items are featured.

March 1, 2012

The Peterbilt Model 388 LNG tractors ordered by Green Energy Oilfield Services are equipped with Westport HD 15-liter natural gas engines.

Journal

CSA touts improved Operation Safe Driver results, NPTC backs Unified Registration System, NBB backs EPA’s renewable fuels requirement and more industry news items are featured.

February 1, 2012

Operation Safe Driver was launched to improve the behavior of all drivers operating in an unsafe manner by, in or around commercial vehicles.

Journal

Hours-of-service final rule retains 11-hour driving limit, lawsuit seeks to block cross-border pilot program, truck-related fatalities up and other industry news items are featured.

January 4, 2012

Mexico agreed to remove regulatory tariffs against U.S. agricultural, consumer and other products after the cross-border pilot program began.

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