Industry Mascot “Safety Sammy” travels the country as a symbol of America’s most essential industry: trucking!
Industry Mascot “Safety Sammy” travels the country as a symbol of America’s most essential industry: trucking!
Industry Mascot “Safety Sammy” travels the country as a symbol of America’s most essential industry: trucking!
Industry Mascot “Safety Sammy” travels the country as a symbol of America’s most essential industry: trucking!
Post Independent (Colo.): Summer travel offers chance to thank a trucker
/0 Comments/in News /by Editorial StaffIn addition to fireworks, barbecues and pool parties, the Fourth of July also means summer driving is in full swing. This year is especially busy, with AAA reporting that low gas prices will add to the millions already making holiday weekend road trip plans. While most news stories tend to focus on traffic levels, fuel […]
Trucking Info: Trucking Moves America Forward Recognizes Industry Supporters
/0 Comments/in News /by Editorial StaffTrucking Moves America Forward recognized 35 organizations and individuals for purchasing one or more TMAF-branded wraps for display on their company trailers to promote the cause. The decals are available to all members of the trucking industry and are available as 53-foot trailers wraps, tank truck wraps, and 28-foot pup wraps. “Trucking truly does move […]
Infrastructure Week: Failing Roads Threaten to Slow Down More Than Trucking
/0 Comments/in News /by Editorial StaffDuring Infrastructure Week 2016, TMAF is sharing the following message from Kevin Burch, TMAF co-chairman and president of Jet Express Inc. Moving America Forward is a job the trucking industry is proud of and a commitment we take seriously. We pride ourselves in delivering the goods that American communities need to thrive, from groceries and medicine to […]
Frederick News-Post: Sharing the road with the big guys
/0 Comments/in News /by Editorial StaffI was riding with the best. Bob Weller, 67, of Monrovia, a tank-truck driver for Hahn Transportation in New Market for 42 years, is the 2014-2015 National Tank Truck Carriers’ Professional Tank Truck Driver of the Year. He was named Maryland Motor Truck Association Driver of the Year in 2012, and recently completed 4 million […]
Automotive World: Transport image management: TMAF makes it personal
/0 Comments/in News /by Editorial StaffKevin Burch of Trucking Moves America Forward speaks to Megan Lampinen about the movement’s successful second year and its aims for 2016 Representatives from the trucking and transport sector were out in force at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) recently (31 March – 2 April), gathering once again for the annual event in Louisville, Kentucky. […]
Heavy Duty Trucking: Trucking Moves America Forward Reports on Image Movement Progress
/0 Comments/in News /by Editorial StaffTMAF co-chairman Kevin Burch gives an update on TMAF progress. LOUISVILLE, KY — Trucking Moves America Forward, the industry-wide image and education movement, reported significant achievements in the past year in its mission to change the public perception of the trucking industry. The program has achieved is goal of putting more than 100 TMAF trailer […]
Northern Nevada Business Weekly: Trucking industry drives interstate commerce
/0 Comments/in News /by Editorial StaffWith over 500,000 trucking companies and nearly 3 million trucks on our nation’s roads, trucks move nearly 70 percent of America’s freight. In Nevada we are more reliant on trucking than any other transportation mode, moving 94 pecent of our state’s manufactured tonnage. There is a symbiotic relationship between trucking and every sector of the […]
Land Line: Faces of the Future
/0 Comments/in News /by Editorial StaffHolland Supports Trucking Moves America Forward With 20 Trailer Wraps
/in News /by Editorial StaffHolland has purchased 20 trailer wraps helping to share the importance of the Trucking Moves America Forward (TMAF) image campaign. Every day millions of trucks travel across the United States helping to move America forward. A great number of those are Holland trucks. We agree with the TMAF in seeking “to ensure that policymakers and […]
Dayton Daily News: Dayton trucking firm want to help Flint
/in News /by Editorial StaffKevin Burch, president of Dayton’s Jet Express Inc., wants to send bottled water to Flint. He’s looking for local donations. Credit: THOMAS GNAU/STAFF The president of a Dayton trucking firm knows just what he wants to truck up to Flint, Mich. — bottled water, and lots of it. Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express […]
Illinois Times: Trucking, A Bedrock of the Economy
/in News /by Editorial StaffTrucks: we see them every day on Illinois roads. We ride alongside them on the freeway. Many may be surprised to learn that the professional trucking industry has been a critical part of making the holidays happen for America’s families. From the Christmas trees that came from our […]
NH Business Review: Trucking is Essential to NH’s Economy
/in News /by Editorial StaffTrucks: we see them every day on New Hampshire roads. We ride alongside them on the interstate. As the nation gears up for the busy holiday season, many may be surprised to learn that the professional trucking industry is a critical part of making the holidays happen for America’s families. From the Christmas trees that […]