Technology Advancement Can Boost Safety, Enhance Driver Recruitment, Panelists Say
PHILADELPHIA — The rapidly evolving vehicle technology landscape has led to improvements in truck safety and is helping to attract younger drivers to the industry, executives speaking at a panel hosted by Transport Topics said here Oct. 20.
October 26, 2015EPA Touts Science, Data Gathering as Basis for Phase 2 Rule on GHG
PHILADELPHIA — Chris Grundler, the Environmental Protection Agency official behind the Phase 2 greenhouse-gas proposal, is passionate about reducing vehicle emissions but quick to point out his commitment to data, evidence and engineering as the foundation for writing regulations.
October 26, 2015Osiecki Expects CSA Reform if Highway Bill Is Passed
PHILADELPHIA — Dave Osiecki, American Trucking Associations’ chief of national advocacy, is optimistic that regulations the industry has criticized over the years would be reformed if Congress advances key bills this year.
October 26, 2015Trucking Benefiting From Economic Growth; Analysts Say US in World’s Strongest Position
PHILADELPHIA — Its sluggishness aside, the U.S. economy is now, and will remain well into 2016, the world’s strongest producer and trucking will benefit from that, two economists said as part of their forecasts here.
October 26, 2015TT Archives: New ATA President
Bill Graves, who served two terms as Kansas governor and whose family once owned a major truck line headquartered in the state, stepped into his new job as president of American Trucking Associations in January 2003.
October 26, 2015Agility Fuel Systems Opens Plant in North Carolina
Agility Fuel Systems, a supplier of natural-gas fueling systems for heavy-duty trucks, has opened a new manufacturing plant in Salisbury, North Carolina.
October 23, 2015ATA’s Graves Urges House to Take Up Six-Year Highway Bill
American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves on Oct. 23 urged the House to take up a six-year highway bill reported out of committee this week.
October 23, 2015Profits at Volvo Rise Despite Drop in Truck Orders
Volvo AB said the krona’s decline on currency markets helped boost third-quarter operating profit even as truck orders, a predictor for future sales, dropped 15%.
October 23, 2015XPO Extends Tender Offer for Shares of Con-way
XPO Logistics Inc. announced its tender offer for shares of Con-way Inc. has been extended until Oct. 30, in conjunction with the $3 billion acquisition agreement between the companies.
October 23, 2015Maersk Cuts Profit Outlook on Weaker Global Container Market
A.P. Moeller-Maersk cut its profit forecast for 2015, citing a weaker container shipping market as the outlook for global growth becomes gloomier.
October 23, 2015