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ARLINGTON, Va. The Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) of the American Trucking Associations is splitting its 2021 annual meeting into two events a spring meeting to be held virtually over the weeks of April 12-15 and 19-23 and an in-person fall meeting in Cleveland Sept. 12-16. Bringing trucking s leading minds together to discuss important trends in technology and maintenance in the industry is an important part of TMC s mission, TMC Executive Director Robert Braswell said. As we continue to monitor news related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we believe altering our plans for our 2021 events is the best and safest way to bring our industry together.
A career in truck driving is becoming a more viable option as unemployment rates reach an all time high, but how much should you be paid? The answer varies.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced more than 3,000 trucking companies out of business in 2020 a jump from about 1,000 the year prior as the early months of the global health crisis proved too difficult for some in the industry to withstand.
A total of 3,140 trucking companies ceased operations last year, according to a report from transportation industry data firm Broughton Capital, up from 1,100 in 2019. And of those that closed last year, slightly more than half or 1,580 companies shuttered during the months of April, May, and June, when freight volumes plunged amid the widespread economic disruption that pushed businesses to close and put millions of people on unemployment. In May alone, 760 trucking companies closed their doors.
Since September 2020, the FMCSA has been considering the possibility of a pilot program allowing teen truck drivers to haul across state lines. While some trucking organizations stand behind the possibility of the pilot program, many individuals are not so sure about the safety of the proposed program.
Although the potential program is still in the planning stages, the American Trucking Association has come out in support of the lowered interstate driving age, claiming that it could help with the controversial truck driver shortage facing the industry, which has only been exacerbated by the pandemic.
”We came into the pandemic with a need to put more men and women behind the wheel of trucks,” said Bill Sullivan of the American Trucking Associations.
US Chamber of Commerce names its first new leader in 24 years
By Lauren Hirsch New York Times,Updated February 9, 2021, 10:32 p.m.
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The US Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday appointed Suzanne Clark as its next chief executive, one of the most powerful jobs in business, ending a 24-year run by Thomas J. Donohue.
Clark will have to manage a bitterly divided Washington as the chamber, the nationâs largest business lobbying group, seeks to cement a transition from being a steadfast Republican ally to promoting bipartisan moderation.