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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

The 10th annual SuperTech was held September 22-24 during TMC’s fall meeting at the Dolphin Resort at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Mark McLean Jr., a FedEx Freight technician from New York state, finished as grand champion for the second year in a row. Mclean and other competitors were lavished with tools, merchandise

Trucking publishing-executive Brad Bentley has been selected as the new president of the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA). He will succeed Chris Burruss, who resigned in June due to personal reasons. The search committee, led by TCA Chairman Shepard Dunn, reviewed more than 100 applicants over the summer. After narrowing the candidates to a “short list”

Jannie Reece of Waynesboro, Tenn., a professional truck driver for Transco Lines, Inc., of Russellville, Ark., has been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA). She is being recognized for helping put out the flames on a fellow motorist’s car. A small car beside Reece caught fire on I-20 in Leeds, Ala.