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Temperature-Controlled Truckload Carrier Marten Transport Growth Behind Strong Shipper Demand

Marten Transport, a temperature-controlled truckload carrier out of Wisconsin, is leading by example as the trucking company continues to build strong profits over the past 12 months. Strong shipper demand for dedicated trucking service is...

Why Choose Flatbed Trucking Services?

                               Flatbed Trucking Services   Flatbed trucking actually offers people a whole host of different advantages that they won't be able to find with any other transport service. People everywhere will be glad to know that...
Self Driving Rig

Self-Driving Rigs Could Be The Future Of Trucking

Traveling about 55 miles per hour on a Nevada highway, the big rig's driver looked like The Thinker, with his elbow on the arm rest and his hand on his chin. No hands on...

Top Truck Technicians To Gather For 10th TMCSuperTech

Some of the country's top truck technicians will gather in 2 weeks at the Walt Disney Swan & Dolphin Resort to take part in the 10th annual American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council...

DOT Announces Grow America Act

Earlier this year in St. Paul, Minnesota, President Obama and Secretary Foxx promised to present Congress with a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization proposal, and with the unveiling of The GROW AMERICA Act today, they...

Tanker Trucks Used To Haul Migrating Salmon

The California drought has been severe this year and if not for trucking services, 30 million salmon would have never made it to the Pacific Ocean. The Sacramento River is so low from the drought,...
TXTA Foundation

TXTA Foundation Pledges $50,000 to Trucking Moves America Forward

TXTA Foundation Announces Financial Contribution One week ago, the Texas Trucking Association Foundation announced a $50,000 financial contribution to Trucking Moves America Forward (TMAF) over the next five years. Trustees voted on the proposal to support...

ATA Has New Vice President And Chief of Legislative Affairs

ATA Announces New VP And CLA The ATA announced last month that the company will have a new VP and CLA. The American Trucking Associations welcomed Christopher Spear as the association’s newest vice president and...
Teen Truck Drivers

Senate Bill Would Lower Truck Driver Age Limit If Passed

A senate bill currently making rounds proposes to lower the truck driver age limit, allowing teen truck drivers to cross state borders. While many from the trucking industry support the rulemaking, a fair percentage don't....

National Fraternal Order Of Police Endorse Restart Amendment

The National Fraternal Order of Police Thursday came out in support of the amendment to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) appropriations bill that would suspend two key provisions of...