Tag: American Trucking Association

Class 7-8

Freightliner helps deliver Wreaths Across America to honor vets

Morrill Worcester, owner of Worcester Wreath Co. in Harrington, Maine, is better known as the man behind Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to remembering and honoring veterans during the holidays. In 1992, the wreath company donated remembrance wreaths that were placed on the graves of veterans at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.. […]

December 22, 2017

Business

U.S. Chamber of Congress, AAA and ATA urge Congress to raise gas tax to fund long-term highway bill

With the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) inching ever so closer to insolvency, organizations are redoubling efforts to ensure Congress is passes a permanent fix, rather than a patch. AAA, the American Trucking Associations, and the U.S Chamber of Commerce submitted a joint letter to Congress Jan. 26 urging members of the 114th Congress to raise […]

January 27, 2015

Roadbuilding

Future for trucking bright? ATA predicts so

Trucking will see continued growth both in freight and revenue in the next 10 years, according to the American Trucking Associations’ U.S. Freight Transportation Forecast to 2025. Between now and 2025, tonnage will grow 23.5 percent, ATA predicts, while freight revenues are predicted to grow a whopping 72 percent. However, adaptation by carriers will be […]

July 23, 2014

Roadbuilding

Trucking group sues New York Thruway Authority for misusing toll revenues

A group of trucking advocates has sued the New York State Thruway Authority for using toll revenues to fund canal maintenance, our sister site, Overdrive, reports. The American Trucking Association (ATA) filed a class-action suit on November 14. The association is seeking relief for affected ATA members, four New York trucking companies and other truckers. […]

November 19, 2013

Roadbuilding

ARTBA names Peter Embrey director of sales

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has named Peter S. Embrey its new director of sales. Embrey has more than 20 years of experience in sales and association management. He is responsible for boosting advertising in ARTBA publications, sponsorships and exhibition space at a variety of ARTBA conferences and workshops. He also plays […]

June 2, 2011

Safety

ARTBA names Peter Embrey director of sales

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has named Peter S. Embrey its new director of sales. Embrey has more than 20 years of experience in sales and association management.

June 2, 2011

Safety

FMCSA to reconsider hours rules

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has decided to conduct another rulemaking regarding hours-of-service regulations as part of an Oct. 26 settlement with groups challenging the current regulations. A federal appeals court has twice rejected hours rules FMCSA has implemented since January 2004, and several groups have been challenging the current regulations for allowing 11 […]

January 5, 2010