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The ATA Management Conference and Exhibition comes to Orlando in late October.
The American Trucking Assns. will welcome two members of President Trump’s cabinet, a Google autonomous vehicle consultant, and many more industry leaders and legends at this year’s ATA Management Conference and Exhibition, which is Oct. 21-25, in Orlando.
The ATA announced its featured speakers, listed below, on Tuesday.
Shippers expect to put more freight on railroads next year as concern persists about how the electronic-logging device mandate will tighten trucking capacity in 2018, according to a Cowen and Co. survey.
It’s happened yet again.
A trucker in mid-September drove his 18-wheeler on a pedestrian-only New Jersey boardwalk for nearly three miles before being stopped by a police officer. The driver, whose truck damaged 100 ft. of railing and the boardwalk during its removal, told police that he was just following his GPS. This was the second time in two months that a truck took the boardwalk route.
Following a GPS-suggested route is commonplace, but why wouldn’t drivers stop immediately when they realized they were no longer on a road?
It’s happened yet again.
A trucker in mid-September drove his 18-wheeler on a pedestrian-only New Jersey boardwalk for nearly three miles before being stopped by a police officer. The driver, whose truck damaged 100 ft. of railing and the boardwalk during its removal, told police that he was just following his GPS. This was the second time in two months that a truck took the boardwalk route.
Following a GPS-suggested route is commonplace, but why wouldn’t drivers stop immediately when they realized they were no longer on a road?
Celadon Group Inc. offered new information into its financial situation while confirming it is under a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into the value of used trucks donated to a joint venture company.
Celadon Group Inc. offered new information into its financial situation while confirming it is under a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into the value of used trucks donated to a joint venture company.
Wabco Holdings Inc. has completed its $250 million purchase of Meritor Inc.’s stake in their joint venture, formalizing the end of the 27-year arrangement.
Guardrail maker Trinity Industries Inc. won’t have to pay a $663 million judgment that was awarded in a whistle-blower lawsuit alleging the company defrauded the U.S. government with a faulty highway guardrail safety system.
For as long as I’ve covered both the trucking and logistics industries, they’ve functioned under a freight philosophy called “just-in-time” delivery or “JIT” for short.
Put simply, JIT is an inventory strategy compa…
For as long as I’ve covered both the trucking and logistics industries, they’ve functioned under a freight philosophy called “just-in-time” delivery or “JIT” for short.
Put simply, JIT is an inventory strategy compa…
