Acklie Briefs White House on the State of Trucking

(TT File Photo) Duane W. Acklie

More than 5,700 trucking companies have gone bankrupt in the past 18 months, victims of the economic slowdown, falling freight volumes and rising costs, the chairman of American Trucking Associations told President Bush’s top economic advisers last week.

Duane W. Acklie, who is wrapping up his year as ATA’s top industry official, met Aug. 22 at the White House with Lawrence B. Lindsey, director of the National Economic Council, and other council officials.

Acklie, who is chairman of Crete Carrier Corp, Lincoln, Neb., painted a picture of a stalled trucking industry and tried to make the case that policies that aid trucking are vital to the nation’s economic recovery.

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