NEWSLINE SPONSORSHIP – We still have a few newsletters available to sponsor:

 If your company would like to be a sponsor, please contact Carol Foster at the TTA office by phone (615) 777-2882 or email (cfoster@tntrucking.org) to reserve your edition. The cost will be $300.00 per edition with your logo and a link to your website. If you would like a banner ad linked to your website it would be $500.00 per edition. We will have 24 editions this year.

KNOXVILLE, TN, Sept. 15 - Across the nation, the trucking industry is taking the week of September 13-19, 2020, to honor the millions of professional truck drivers who deliver America’s freight safely and securely every day.

Great West Casualty Company’s Knoxville office will join the Tennessee Trucking Association in hosting a Truck Driver Appreciation event to say 'thank you' to the more than 32 million truck drivers moving America forward every day.

Great West will provide 300 free lunches and goodie bags for drivers from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Tennessee DOT weigh station on Interstate 40 westbound west of Knoxville, Tennessee.

Trucking is vital to our economy. Without drivers, receiving everyday goods such as medicine, food, fuel, building materials, and much more would not be possible.

Bruce Willenborg

Great West Casualty Company

VP, Regional Marketing Representative

865-621-8556

b.willenborg@gwccnet.com

Due to the continuing national emergency, FMCSA has extended the Modified Expanded Emergency Declaration that was previously set to expire on September 14, 2020. The Declaration has been extended thru December 31, 2020.

The extension of Emergency Declaration No. 2020-002 provides regulatory relief for commercial motor vehicle operations providing direct assistance in support of emergency relief efforts related to COVID-19 and is limited to transportation of (1) livestock and livestock feed; (2) medical supplies and equipment related to the testing, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19; (3) supplies and equipment necessary for community safety, sanitation, and prevention of community transmission of COVID-19 such as masks, gloves, hand sanitizer, soap and disinfectants; and (4) food, paper products and other groceries for emergency restocking of distribution centers or stores.

Direct assistance does not include routine commercial deliveries, including mixed loads with a nominal quantity of qualifying emergency relief Extension and Modification of Expanded Emergency Declaration No. 2020-002 added to obtain the benefits of this emergency declaration.

This Declaration extension and other FMCSA documents related to the COVID-19 national emergency are posted at fmcsa.dot.gov/COVID-19.

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - The American Transportation Research Institute, the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, today launched the 2020 Top Industry Issues Survey. The annual survey asks trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for the industry along with potential strategies for addressing each issue. 

As expected, the official notice announcing the mandatory federal guidelines for the use of hair testing from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was made public this afternoon. While ATA staff continues to analyze the 182-page guidelines, our initial review makes clear there are serious concerns with the proposed guidelines. 

This year has been a real challenge for the Foundation to have revenue generated activities. Raffle Ticket sales are our last chance to generate revenue for this unprecedented year. Here is the link where you can purchase your tickets. Even though not all the Road Team Captains will be attending convention this year, we are still going to have the ticket sales contest. For every 10 tickets they sell, they get a free ticket. You may purchase on line or you can call the TTA office at (615) 777-2882, or email Catherine Stuart at cstuart@tntrucking.org. If you purchase online and want to support a favorite Captain, you can put the Captain's name in the "Note" section on the online form. If you call the office to purchase, just make sure you give the Captains name when you make your purchase.

We can also take your name for your future purchase. You won’t be invoiced until the month you want to be called for purchase up to November 1st. We will be contacting those of you who have purchased in the past to give you the opportunity to purchase your tickets. You will receive the tickets once they have been invoiced and payment is received. Our goal is to sell out the tickets early so we don’t go to the last minute wondering if all tickets will sell. Raffle proceeds benefit the Tennessee Trucking Foundation's Highway Safety Education Programs. This program has really grown over the past few years. Our 29 Road Team Captains now have safety presentations for ages from kindergarten up to our aging population. We know that once our Nation recovers from the pandemic, they will be back in the schools, senior citizen centers, and public events across the state. Please help with this fundraiser so they can continue to save lives in Tennessee.

Tommy Hodges, Titan Transfer, Inc.

David Beeny, FirstFleet, Inc.

Dale Allen, Adams and Reese LLP

Dave Huneryager, TTA

Tommy Hodges, Titan Transfer, Inc.

Acknowledgement Sent to: Mary Beth Piper Wilson