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News iN Brief, will be released at the ATA Annual UPS is the nation’s largest carrier,
Continued from page 15 Management Conference and with consolidated revenues of $58.2
Exhibition, to be held Oct. 17-20, 2015 billion. FedEx Corporation, of which
in Philadelphia. FedEx Freight in Harrison is one of the
aTri asks inDusTry TO rank The survey is in its 11th year and company’s ten operating units, is the
TOp cOncerns participation by trucking stakeholders nation’s second largest trucking firm on
The American Transportation has grown each year. Industry stake- revenue of $47.1 billion.
Research Institute (ATRI), the truck- holders are encouraged to complete “These companies are leaders in an
ing industry’s not-for-profit research the survey from the website: www.atri- industry that is critical to our state’s
organization, has launched the 2015 online.org. economy,” said Shannon Newton,
Top Industry Issues Survey. The annual president of the Arkansas Trucking
survey, commissioned by the American fifTeen aTa MeMBers Make Association. “Ninety percent of our
Trucking Associations (ATA), asks TOp 100 state’s communities depend exclusively
trucking industry stakeholders to rank Fifteen Arkansas Trucking on trucks to deliver essential goods. The
the top issues of concern for the indus- Association member companies, Arkansas trucking industry provides
try along with appropriate strategies for including five companies headquar- jobs to over 85,000 Arkansans, one in
addressing each issue. tered in Arkansas, are among the Top every eleven working people,” Newton
“In complex times like this it is 100 freight carriers in North America said.
critical that we do our part to help according to the annual ranking com- In addition to the five compa-
ensure a thriving future for the truck- piled by Transport Topics, an industry nies headquartered in Arkansas, ATA
ing industry,” said ATA Chairman trade newspaper. The list ranks com- members represent 10 other top spots
Duane Long, Chairman of Longistics. panies by their 2014 gross revenue. on the list. These carriers have a sig-
“With your participation, we can speak Companies on the 2014 list represent a nificant presence in Arkansas and
with a collective industry voice on the combined revenue of $209.5 billion in support the association in effort to
issues most important to us.” 2014, an increase of 7.4% from $195.1 protect the interests of the indus-
The results of the 2015 survey billion in 2013. try as a whole. ATA members mak-

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