IRP Gives Oklahoma Ultimatum

The board that governs the International Registration Plan gave Oklahoma officials until January to come up with a plan to reimburse other states for revenue lost because of the Oklahoma Tax Commission’s truck-registration scandal.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
November 19, 2002

Uneven Reporting Skews Safestat Data, Conferees Told

ORLANDO, Fla. —California and certain other states are much more likely than most states to report truckers’ out-of-service violations to the federal government, a fact that skews the computer program that helps target fleets for enforcement, a trucking insurance official said last week.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
November 6, 2002

Auto Haulers, ATA Reaffiliate As Federation Talks to Others

ORLANDO, Fla. - The National Automobile Transporters Association returned to the American Trucking Associations fold last week, as officials of both groups put their signatures on a reaffiliation plan that had been in the works for some time.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
November 4, 2002

MC&E: Connecticut Leader Earns First President's Award

ORLANDO, Fla. - American Trucking Associations presented Michael J. Riley, president of the Motor Transport Association of Connecticut, with its first President's Award for Federation Leadership.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
October 29, 2002

E-ZPass Runs Into Problem

Some state officials said the automatic toll payment devices that truckers and car drivers use in the Northeast’s E-ZPass system were faulty and more than 900,000 would be replaced.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
October 28, 2002

MC&E: McCorkle Officially Opens MC&E Exhibit Hall

ORLANDO, Fla. -- David G. McCorkle, chairman of American Trucking Associations, officially cut the ribbon Sunday to open the exhibit hall of ATA's annual Management Conference and Exhibition.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
October 28, 2002

Canada Proposes Stronger Underride Guards for Trailers

Canada has proposed requiring new trailers to have rear underride guards stronger than those trucks must have in the United States.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
October 24, 2002

Supreme Court Hears Challenge by Yellow to Michigan License Fee

WASHINGTON — Yellow Transportation took to the U.S. Supreme Court its fight to be repaid $500,000 in trucking fees it says Michigan illegally collected.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
October 14, 2002

West Coast Port Closings Idle Many Truckers

The closure of U.S. West Coast ports by a lockout of longshoremen by terminal operators idled thousands of port truckers, piled up shipborne cargoes that will take weeks to clear and began rapidly affecting businesses throughout the nation.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
October 4, 2002

ATA Tells Congress It Opposes Fuel Tax Hike for Highways

WASHINGTON — American Trucking Associations told House transportation leaders that the industry cannot support a federal fuel tax hike that some members of Congress have said is needed to fund future highway spending.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
September 26, 2002