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Trucking Industry Expands Drug Testing Despite Driver Shortage
A surge in positive marijuana tests has sidelined thousands of truckers, shrinking the hiring pool for drivers. read more >
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Electric Vehicles Charge Ahead in Arkansas
The electric vehicle industry has found a spot in Arkansas. read more >
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All Packed Up With No Way to Go
An optimist looks for good news on the horizon. A person in the transportation industry looks on the horizon and sees container ships at anchor. read more >
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Crack That Whip: Woes in Supply Chain Persist
The nation's supply chain is suffering from the bullwhip effect, in which a seemingly minor blip in the supply-demand relationship at the bottom of the chain creates increasingly harsher reverberations as it travels up the chain. read more >
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Evans Honored by Harvard (Movers & Shakers)
Harold J. Evans, associate vice president of legal and research in the Office of the General Counsel of the University of Arkansas System, has been honored with the Harvard University Miller-Hunn Schools & Scholarship Award. read more >
Coronavirus Could Change the Global Supply Chain (Doug Voss Commentary)
Retailers, hospitals and others now face shortages from the mundane, like toilet paper, to the lifesaving, like personal protective equipment, pharmaceuticals and COVID-19 testing kits. read more >
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At Doorsteps and Curbsides, Age of Delivery Has Arrived
COVID-19 precautions have changed customer behavior as record numbers of purchasers go online, and restaurants and retailers adjust. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Truckers Seeking Bankruptcy Amid COVID-19 ‘Cataclysm’
Dan Bearden’s Van Buren trucking company had been struggling with soaring insurance rates and falling freight prices since last year. Then the pandemic struck like a meteor. read more >
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USA Truck to Celadon Drivers: ‘We Are Here For You’
USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren is one of the many transportation companies looking to help out suddenly unemployed drivers. read more >
Trucking Alliance Finds Survey Results Hair Raising
The Trucking Alliance has preached driver safety for years, lobbying for electronic logging devices and hair testing drivers for illegal drug use.
Now, the Alliance says it has some concrete and scary numbers to support its stance on hair testing. read more >
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Doug Voss Reappointed to ATA Board
Doug Voss, Ph.D., professor of logistics and supply chain management at the University of Central Arkansas' College of Business, has been reappointed to the Arkansas Trucking Association Board of Directors. read more >
Doug Voss Says Driver Shortage Dire, but Shippers Hold Sway on Higher Pay
Doug Voss, associate professor of logistics and supply chain management at UCA, says the school’s logistics program excels at recruiting employees for the transportation industry. read more >
New ATA Hire Skylar Hatfield Following in Dad’s Tire Tracks
Skylar Hatfield, the new director of safety services at the Arkansas Trucking Association, has an appreciation and love for trucking that comes naturally. read more >
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UCA Climbs Aboard Blockchain Bandwagon
Late last month, the University of Central Arkansas in Conway became the first college to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance, an international trade organization that focuses on developing blockchain standards and education for the transportation industry. read more >
Increasing Arkansas’ Speed Limit Up for Debate
Arkansans have more than a month to tell the state’s Department of Transportation what they think of increasing the highway speed limit. read more >
by Marty Cook -
UCA Professor Finds CDL Training Eye-Opening
Doug Voss is not giving up his day job, and motorists on Arkansas highways can be thankful for that. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Customer Demand Drives Final Mile Industry
The “final mile” of shipping items purchased online — experts call it a $13 billion market — is tantalizing for shippers even as it is putting pressure on retailers’ margins. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Arkansas Trucking Association Looks to College For Help
The Arkansas Trucking Association is trying to do something novel to address the high turnover rate for trucking executives by naming four college students to the association’s 40 Under 40 Council. read more >
by Marty Cook -
UCA’s Doug Voss Named to Trucking Association Board
Doug Voss, associate professor of logistics and supply chain management at the University of Central Arkansas, has been appointed to the Arkansas Trucking Association Board of Directors. read more >
G.E. ‘Butch’ Rice Elected Chairman of Arkansas Trucking Association
G.E. “Butch” Rice III was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Arkansas Trucking Association on Thursday at the organization’s conference. read more >
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