Arkansas sent nine drivers representing five different carriers to compete at the 2014 National Truck Driving Championships (NTDC) in Pittsburgh, Aug. 12-16. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) sponsors the annual championships, known as the “Super Bowl of Safety,” to recognize industry leadership in safety and to promote professionalism among truck drivers. This year, 426 drivers […]
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The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, launched the 2014 Top Industry Issues Survey. The annual survey, commissioned by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), asks trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for the industry along with appropriate strategies for addressing each issue. The survey is in its
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Maverick recently hosted the opening of their newly expanded training center with more than 13,000 additional square feet. The $4 million center now has multiple adjustable classrooms and five new training bays, enough to train 210 drivers at any time. Maverick, predominantly a flatbed carrier, requires highly structured training. Proper load securement and an emphasis on safety have always been hallmarks of
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Results of a study ordered by the Arkansas Highway Commission show tolls could pay for extra lanes on Interstate 40 between North Little Rock and West Memphis. Currently, the 110-mile section has just two lanes in both directions. Despite the study’s findings, federal law bans charging tolls on interstates, except under limited circumstances. However, the federal transportation
Navistar is launching “Diamond Renewed,” a new used truck refurbishment program, for International units equipped with the company’s MaxxForce exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) engines that are 2010 model or newer. David Gerrard, Navistar’s senior VP of distribution, explained “Our customers are operating on very tight lines.” An older Class 8 truck model used to cost under $40,000, Gerrard explained.
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Top trucking safety administrator Anne Ferro stepped down Aug. 25 from her post as chief of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) after five years in the position. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx commented on Ferro’s departure: “Under Anne’s leadership, FMCSA has ushered in a new culture of safety into the commercial bus and
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The number of injury claims filed with the Arkansas Trucking Association (ATA) Self-Insurers Fund dropped 19 percent in 2013, compared to 2012, according to figures released by the state trucking association which manages the fund. In 2013, 132 claims were filed compared to 162 in 2012. More significantly, the number of injury claims as dropped
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The Arkansas Trucking Association (ATA) Self-Insurers’ Fund has declared a $1 million dividend to 46 trucking companies that are enrolled in its workers’ compensation insurance trust. Under Arkansas law, any excess premiums left in a self-insured group insurance fund can be distributed as dividends back to the companies with good safety performance after all injury
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One in five people in their 20s and early 30s is currently living with his or her parents. And 60 percent of all young adults receive financial support from them. That’s a significant increase from a generation ago, when only one in 10 young adults moved back home and few received financial support. The common
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At the CCJ Summer Symposium in LaJolla, Cali., Jeff Davis, principle officer for Fleet Safety Services, warned of an onslaught of add-on CSA regulations and requirements about to hit the trucking industry. We’ve come through Phase 1 of the CSA, Davis explained, which was the actual launch of the program and understanding how it would
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