Author name: Arkansas Trucking Association

Fifteen ATA Members Make Top 100

Little Rock, AR – Fifteen Arkansas Trucking Association member companies, including five companies headquartered in Arkansas, are among the Top 100 freight carriers in North America according to the annual ranking compiled by Transport Topics, an industry trade newspaper. The list ranks companies by their 2014 gross revenue. Companies on the 2014 list represent a combined […]

Fifteen ATA Members Make Top 100 Read More »

Dean Newell Named TCA’s Safety Professional of the Year

The Truckload Carriers Association presented the 2015 Clare C. Casey Award to Dean Newell, vice president of safety and training for Maverick Transportation, LLC, of North Little Rock, Ark. Presented at the Safety & Security Division Annual Meeting in Charlotte, N.C, the award is given to a safety professional whose actions and achievements have had

Dean Newell Named TCA’s Safety Professional of the Year Read More »

U.S. Trucking Companies Report Record Revenue for 2014

The trucking industry reported a record $700.4 billion in revenue in 2014. Trucking revenue rose 2.6 percent last year. The record $700.4 billion accounted for 80.3 percent of all freight transportation spending, according to the American Trucking Associations’ “American Trucking Trends” report. The growth was slower than that of 2013, when trucking revenue expanded 6.2

U.S. Trucking Companies Report Record Revenue for 2014 Read More »

Rhode Island faces criticism for truck toll scheme

Rhode Island lawmakers have proposed a ten-year plan to fund the state’s deteriorating infrastructure repair by adding a truck-only “user fee” on several state bridges. Electronic tolling would be implemented for trucks with three axles or more on several bridges. This new fee would be used to pay off a $700 million proposed revenue bond that

Rhode Island faces criticism for truck toll scheme Read More »

ATRI releases results on truck platooning study

In its first phase of research on the feasibility of truck platooning, the American Transportation Research Institute concluded that driver-assisted platooning can save fuel and increase efficiency for carriers that average load trips of 500 miles or more. Researchers concluded in the study, funded by a grant from the U.S. DOT, that trailing trucks in

ATRI releases results on truck platooning study Read More »