Year: 2008

12/19/2008

ESPN will Broadcast Heroic Trucking Story to Millions of Non-Trucking Viewers

Alexandria, Virginia: On Dec. 30, 2008, millions of people who would not otherwise be familiar with the good deeds performed by the industry's professional truck drivers will suddenly hear about one

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12/19/2008

TCA Launches the 2009 Edition of Its Industry Suppliers Guide

Alexandria, Virginia: Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has launched the second year of its Internet-based TCA Supplier Directory. Available through a link on TCA's homepage, the TCA Supplier Directory features industry-specific product and service listings

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12/12/2008

Past TCA Chairman to Deliver 5,400 Wreaths to Arlington Cemetery

Alexandria, Virginia: After a send-off ceremony and invocation on Dec. 7, 2008, Barry Pottle, president and CEO of Pottle's Transportation, Bangor, Maine, and past chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association, will

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12/10/2008

TCA Recognizes Miller Paving Ltd.Truck Driver Jeremy Hodder as a Highway Angel

Alexandria, Virginia: The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has recognized truck driver Jeremy Hodder as a Highway Angel for pulling another truck driver from a burning wreck on September 4, 2008. In the

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12/02/2008

Obama’s Transportation Transition Team Seeks TCA Input on Trucking Issues

Alexandria, Virginia: Safety, infrastructure, and the environment were three of the topics that Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) representatives discussed last week with President-elect Barack Obama's Transportation Transition Team and current Department

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11/21/2008

David Heller Named to NATSO Foundation Board

Alexandria, Virginia: David Heller, director of safety and policy for the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA), has been named to the board of the NATSO Foundation. The NATSO Foundation is the non-profit subsidiary

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10/23/2008

Truckload Carriers Association Recognizes EPES Transport System Driver Malcolm Coston as a Highway Angel

Alexandria, Virginia: The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has recognized truck driver Malcolm Coston of Mebane, N.C., as a Highway Angel for helping two stranded motorists on I-80 in Iowa. According to a

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10/09/2008

TCA Recognizes Unisource Driver Lenny Roach as a Highway Angel

Alexandria, Virginia: The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has recognized truck driver Leonard T. "Lenny" Roach of Villa Park, Ill., as a Highway Angel for pulling a motorist out of a car

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09/26/2008

TCA Recognizes J.E.T. Transit Driver Jonathan Gazarian as a Highway Angel

Alexandria, Virginia: The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) recently recognized company equipment driver Jonathan Gazarian of French Lick, Ind., as a Highway Angel for his bravery in assisting a man injured in

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09/16/2008

TCA Recognizes Christenson Transportation Driver Paul Leicht as a Highway Angel

Alexandria, Virginia: The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) recently recognized truck driver Paul Leicht of Mt. Home., Ark., as a Highway Angel for using his truck to block off an accident from

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