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2014 Member Conference-Jacksonville, Florida

Please join us for the 2014 Member Conference in Jacksonville, Florida November 11-13. Save the Date  

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ATA Forecast: Tonnage to grow, freight revenues ‘surge’ through 2025

American Trucking Associations has released the latest edition of its look at the future of freight, and that future is bright: continued growth for not just the trucking industry, but for the freight economy overall.

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Dear Congress: ‘This is no way to run a railroad,’ a dozen USDOT secs say

Current Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and 11 former DOT chiefs on Monday sent a letter to Congress saying the lawmakers’ work doesn’t end with the patch to the shortfall

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Preventable or not: Doe’s trailer dinged by dock door

Sick of spinning his duals on snow and ice-covered roads in the Northeast, trucker John Doe happily accepted the task of delivering a load of colorful belly boards and swimwear to the Supreme Surfer

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FMCSA sued by drivers over allegedly divulging too much in pre-employment reports

Six drivers have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration claiming the agency “disparaged†their safety records and diminished their value as truck drivers by oversharing information on

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Association Election Results-2014

Association of Election Results 2014 Congratulations to the new Executive Committee, who will be seated effective July 1 2014! Kirk Williams- Chairman Donald Carney- Vice Chairman Anthony Carpentier-Secretary  

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Lawsuits against Caterpillar consolidated, new suits continue to be filed

More than a dozen lawsuits have now been filed against former truck engine maker Caterpillar over its 2007-2010 year model ACERT C13 and C15 engines, as carriers claim the engines had defects that Cat knew about

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CSA’s Distorted Rankings, Part 1: CSA’s flawed scoring doesn’t stop third parties from judging carriers

Three and a half years after Compliance Safety Accountability began its radical scrambling of how trucking safety is regulated and scored, carriers and owner-operators continue to suffer from its fallout, while bureaucrats struggle to repair

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DOT advised to tackle problems with technology in strategic freight, traffic mitigation plan

A Department of Transportation committee has advised using technology to address certain trucking issues among its 81 recommendations for developing a National Freight Strategic Plan.

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