ATA Appoints New Chairman at Annual Conference in Las Vegas

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Trucking
Associations (ATA) Board of Directors named G. Tommy Hodges as Chairman during
the banquet of the annual Management Conference & Exhibition on Oct. 7.

Hodges has driven trucks and owned trucking companies for most of his working
life, and is currently Chairman of Tennessee-based Titan Transfer, Inc.
Hodges began Titan Transfer in late 2000 as a companion to his company Goggin
Warehousing, a privately-owned warehousing and distribution services company.

During his speech to the Board and conference attendees on Wednesday night,
Hodges recognized the service of his predecessor, Charles "Shorty" Whittington
of Grammer Industries, and implored ATA members to become more engaged in the
industry than ever before. He spoke about new regulations and the need for
trucking executives to be proactive, saying, "We must inform and educate
people in the government about our industry and the effect any potential
regulation might have on our businesses."

Hodges also emphasized highway reauthorization, an especially important issue
for the trucking industry now that the prior highway bill has been allowed to
expire, potentially causing devastating shortfalls in funding for projects to
fix the nation's critical infrastructure. "At ATA, we have built our
platform, developed our talking points and are making our case for a
substantial improvement of the nation's highway system," said Hodges. "We
need everyone to be engaged so that we have the best possible outcome."

As ATA Chairman, Hodges will work closely with the Board of Directors, state
trucking executives and ATA members to unite and engage the industry to
demonstrate the critical role of trucking. Each year, the industry moves
nearly 100 percent of consumer goods at some point in the supply chain and is
the exclusive deliverer of goods for 80 percent of American communities.

The American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association
for the trucking industry. Through a federation of other trucking groups,
industry-related conferences, and its 50 affiliated state trucking
associations, ATA represents more than 37,000 members covering every type of
motor carrier in the United States.

SOURCE American Trucking Associations

Clayton Boyce of ATA, +1-703-838-7902, +1-703-408-3716, photos available