Roland Bolduc Crowned National Truck Driving Championships Bendix Grand Champion | |||||||||||||||||
Trucking Industry Revenues Were $676.2 Billion in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
Industry Asked to Rank Top Concerns | |||||||||||||||||
Target Population Developed for Automatic Emergency Braking in Heavy Vehicles | |||||||||||||||||
Operation Limits for Refrigerated Trailers Being Discussed in California | |||||||||||||||||
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NTDAW Store Deadline Extended
This year’s National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is being heldSeptember 10 – 16, and the deadline to get gear for the 2017 National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Store has been extended untilMonday, August 21. Be sure to place your orders before the deadline to ensure delivery in time for the celebration of our truck drivers. Access to the store and to our toolkit can be found on our website. Help celebrate the drivers who deliver America’s goods every day! For more information, contact Drew Mitrisin at amitrisin@trucking.org. Hotel & Registration Early Bird Extended for the TMC Fall Meeting & National Skills Competition Join us at the TMC Fall Meeting & National Technician SkillsCompetitions at the World Center Marriott in Orlando this September 16-21. Attend various technical sessions and learn industry best practices from a broad range of industry specialists including manufacturers, fleets, suppliers, technicians and service providers. Walt Disney World discounts also available. Deadline for discounted hotel rooms has been extended toAugust 21, so don’t delay. Register now. 2017 ATA MCE Early Bird Deadline This Friday! ATA’s 2017 Management Conference & Exhibition, held Oct. 21-25 at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center is the must-attend event of 2017 for trucking’s top executives. Register now for both MCE and the MCE Golf Outing by the Early Bird Deadline of August 18 and save! The Top Conference for Safety, Security & HR Topics in Trucking Registration is now open for the Safety Management Council and Transportation Security Council at the Annual Safety, Security, and Human Resources National Conference and Exhibition,November 14-16 in Memphis Tennessee. This three-day conference features a robust lineupof industry-leading educational programs, technical committee meetings, general sessions, round-tables and more. The exhibit hall also showcases the latest products and solutions related to safety, security and human resources. Register nowto take advantage of the Early Bird rate before September 30th. ATA’s American Trucking Trends Report Now Available ATA’s Trends Report provides a profile of the dynamics shaping the trucking industry. It is the singularly most important guide to trucking and transportation data that is crucial to making sound decisions about the future. Order your copy today! LiveOnWeb: The ELD Landscape Ahead With the ELD mandate set to take effect Dec. 18, the business landscape looks very different for those who will be compliant and those who are not. How strict will state troopers be? How are fleets that are operating with automatic on-board recording devices, which are grandfathered in for two years, affected? Join Transport Topics online at noon EDT on Aug. 23 to hear from fleet execs, regulators and analysts to get insight on the ELD landscape ahead. The LiveOnWeb program will look at the impact of the regulation from multiple angles that will have significant effects on fleets’ bottom lines. |
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