I’m writing this article on May 16, 2024, which just happens to be NASTC’s 35th birthday.Someday I’ll try to recapture the highs and lows of the past 3 ½ decades, but as I told Buster Anderson, my founding partner during those early years: “Keep the...
There are many questions being asked today about quality control and Boeing. Mechanical issues and defects that never seemed to happen before are becoming the “new normal” these days and the theory I hear most is that this trend is directly related to hiring practices...
Statement for the RecordNational Association of Small Trucking CompaniesU.S. House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureSubcommittee on Highways and Transit“It’s Electric: A Review of Fleet Electrification Efforts”April 30, 2024The National Association of Small Trucking Companies (NASTC) applauds the subcommittee for holding this hearing on the Biden...
Freight fraud is plaguing the trucking industry. Fraud and theft of trucked and brokered freight hauling takes many forms. Fraud perpetrators and criminal enterprises against trucking and brokerage account for an estimated 3,500 instances annually—a figure that understates actual occurrences.Freight fraud schemes range from simply...
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.Washington, D.C. 20590RE: Request for Comments on Appeal Process: Requests for Data Review (Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0190) To whom it may concern:The National Association of Small Trucking Companies (NASTC), which represents some 15,000 small-business commercial motor carriers, is...
STATEMENT OF SUPPORT OF NASTCThe National Association of Small Trucking Companies (NASTC) is an association with more than 15,000 member companies, nearly all of which are small businesses under the Small Business Administration definition. These small carriers are representative of the over 500,000 that are...
It’s rare indeed to find NASTC on the same side of an argument as the Teamsters Union, but that is the case precisely when it comes to autonomous vehicles.According to Transport Topics, (February 6, 2023), the Teamsters joined Assembly member Cecilia Aguiar-Curry in announcing new...
Sometimes we’re asked how actively we advocate on behalf of our small trucking companies – both NASTC members and non-members.Below is an activity summary of actions taken, comments made, or letters written by NASTC on your behalf in 2022:NASTC Correspondence and Public Comments Filed With...
