Author name: Arkansas Trucking Association

Judy R. McReynolds, President and CEO of ArcBest Corporation, has been named Chairman of the Board of the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI).  Judy succeeds Steve Williams, Chairman and CEO of Maverick Transportation, who recently completed his term as ATRI Chairman.  Judy McReynolds was first appointed to the ATRI Board of Directors in June 2010 and […]

TrueVoice, in alliance with GE Capital, Transportation Finance, recently performed a year-long study that looked over fleet services trends. According to the report, there were 250 million online areas that were searched and the researchers found the most topical and debated conversations in the industry. The study discovered more people in the industry were vocal with

Responses to a recent survey, conducted by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), found that few truck drivers feel they are harassed by their employers or shippers, and drivers who use electronic logs experience no more harassment than those who use paper logs. The agency conducted the survey to study concerns that harassment will increase

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration does not expect to publish its final rule mandating the use of electronic logging devices (ELDs) for carriers until Sept. 30, 2015, the agency said in its November significant rulemakings report. The rule would not be effective until two years after it is finalized. The delayed mandate is in

Bill Davis of Haynesville, La., a professional crude oil driver from Frank Thompson Transport, of El Dorado, Ark., saved a driver in an overturned vehicle from drowning in a collision on Highway 19 in Magnolia, Ark. Davis was traveling south on Highway 19 as a vehicle, approaching the bridge in the north bound lane, veered

American Trucking Associations announced it is committing on behalf of the trucking industry and its members to hire 100,000 veterans as part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring 500,000 Heroes campaign. “There’s no higher calling for an American than to serve in our armed forces, and I’d like to think that driving a

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, released a white paper highlighting a challenging future for the trucking industry based on demographic data and a dramatic shift in the age of the industry’s driver workforce. The analysis offers evidence that the driver shortage is likely to worsen in the future.

The Arkansas Trucking Association-Political Action Committee (ATA-PAC) honored Marr Lynn Bearden, president of Marrlin Transit, as the most active and engaged supported of governmental affairs and political activism on behalf of the association and the industry over the past year. ATA president Shannon Newton presented Bearden with the Champion Award to recognized Marrlin Transports’s support

In a white paper, released in October, J.B. Hunt concluded that shipping rates are expected to continue to increase in 2015. The report cited six key stresses on the industry: driver shortage and retention, tightening regulations/Hours of Service, capacity, railroad investment, rising equipment costs and falling productivity. “The transportation industry faces many challenges in 2015

Efforts to amend last year’s hours-of-service (HOS) rules have faced opposition, but Philip L. Byrd, Sr., chairman of the American Trucking Associations, says the ATA is “bound and determined to bring about positive change” in federal trucking regulations. Byrd reminded attendees the annual McLeod Software user conference in Washington that rolling back the restrictions on