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Truck driver honored for preventing potentially deadly crash

Groendyke Transport tanker on a desert highway. Inlay photo of driver Morgan Kirkland.

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) recently honored professional driver Morgan Kirkland for his skill and quick thinking in preventing a potentially deadly head-on collision.

In late September, Kirkland was hauling methanol in his tanker, heading east on U.S. Highway 90 in Florida. Light rain was coming down when he crossed a bridge between Pensacola and Pace at around 2 a.m. Only one of the two eastbound lanes was usable because Hurricane Sally had washed out the other lane about two...

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Trucker honored for helping fellow driver during fierce rainstorm

Halvor tractor-trailer heading down a highway (inlay: driver Joseph Brown)

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has named professional driver Joseph Brown a Highway Angel. Brown stopped to help another trucker whose tractor-trailer had overturned during a heavy rainstorm. Brown, from South Bend, Indiana, drives for Wisconsin-based Halvor Lines Inc.

On Aug. 10, Iowa was hit with a severe rainstorm accompanied by winds reaching nearly 100 mph. Brown was on a rural stretch of Interstate 35 heading north through the storm toward Minneapolis.

“It was getting really bad...

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Election 2020: Infrastructure, legal battles among top issues for ATA, TCA

The Nov. 3 election – both for president and down-ballot races – has the potential to alter the course of the nation for the next several years at a minimum and possibly for a generation. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) are both working to ensure their priorities are understood by President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden.

“Regardless of the election outcome on Nov. 3, TCA is looking forward to getting back to work on our legislative...

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FreightWaves Carrier Summit: Keller uses benchmarking to elevate its game (with video)

Five years ago, Thomas E. Keller Trucking, a unit of Defiance, Ohio-based Keller Logistics, was dissatisfied with its carrier benchmarking efforts and found itself in the lower quadrant of carriers in terms of measuring its performance. That changed when Keller joined the carrier benchmarking initiative of the Truckload Carriers Association’s (TCA) Profitability Program (TPP), said Jonathan Wolfrum, the unit’s president.

Today, the unit is growing its top line, and is doing so quite profitably,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-carrier-summit-keller-uses-benchmarking-to-elevate-its-game-with-video

Trucker honored for rescuing young accident victim

Photo of driver David Hill superimposed next to Challenger Motor Freight tractor-trailer.

Last winter, a routine day for truck driver David Hill suddenly turned dramatic when a teenager lost control of her car and skidded off an icy road.

“She was scared pretty good and screaming for help.” – David Hill, Challenger Motor Freight driver, after rescuing young accident victim.

On Jan. 30, 2020, Hill was on Interstate 29 just north of Fargo, North Dakota. He was coming from Winnipeg, Canada, heading for southern Wisconsin.

“There was some ice on the roads, so I was only going about 55 mph,...

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Todd Davis: Listening and delivering value key to growing benchmarking programs at FreightWaves, TCA Profitability Program

Todd Davis takes over FreightWaves benchmarking

When Chris Henry conceived the idea of benchmarking financial and operational data for trucking companies in North America, he faced resistance.

“Those first 90 days were full of rejections, specifically focused on ‘It will be impossible to get truckers to agree to submit their confidential data for any type of benchmarking purpose,’ with some choice swear words thrown in for good measure,” Henry said.

But he persisted, and with the help of a partnership with the Truckload Carriers Association...

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Mullen: FMCSA considering inclusion of hair testing results in drug clearinghouse

Jim Mullen speaks at TCA event

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is considering whether carriers should include positive drug tests obtained via hair follicle testing in the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, according to Jim Mullen, acting administrator.

Speaking during the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) Virtual Safety and Security Meeting last week, Mullen said the inclusion of hair follicle testing results is being debated inside the agency.

“There’s an issue with those motor carriers that use hair...

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