
March 25, 2016
The month of February saw the seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, which is compiled by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), increase by 7.2 percent after January showed a revised 0.3 percent drop.
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February 19, 2016
The American Trucking Associations said this week that it has hired Mike Joyce, a veteran of the trucking industry as well as Capitol Hill, to be the agency’s new senior vice president of legislative affairs.
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February 15, 2016
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) released the schedule for its first Executive Leadership Forum during its Technology and Maintenance Council’s (TMC) Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition Monday, Feb. 29, in Nashville at the Omni Nashville Hotel.
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February 1, 2016
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) said on Monday that in the third quarter of 2015, large truckload (LTL) carriers' annualized driver turnover rate rose 13 points to 100 percent, the highest total in the last three years.
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December 29, 2015
The ATA recently reduced its For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index by 0.9 percent to make its advanced seasonal adjustment. The index was previously increased by 1.8 percent in October. The index amounted to 134.3 for the month of November. This is a decrease from the initial 135.5 figure for the month of October. This figure also shows that the index is 1.1 percent beneath the record high.
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October 15, 2015
Large truckload carriers recently reported that they have experienced an increase in second quarter driver turnover rates, amounting to 87 percent; in spite of this three percent increase, the 87 percent is still less than the most recent average: this figure is at its lowest point ever since 2011’s second quarter, and it is also below the average of 95 percent from the year 2014.
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June 17, 2015
American Trucking Associations (ATA) President and CEO Bill Graces urged members of the House Ways and Means Committee to quickly resolve the problem of the Highway Trust Fund, which needs a new, sustainable funding source, during testimony Wednesday.
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June 4, 2015
Trucking Moves America Forward, the educational initiative that aims to enlighten the public about the importance of the industry, will receive $50,000 from the Tennessee Trucking Foundation to continue building stronger industry relations with the public.
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