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Share2019 Freightliners Now for Lease
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
We now have 2019 Freightliners available for lease! Take a visual tour of the inside of these trucks and check out the specs.
Huge Fuel Discounts for Agents Through the Atlas Corporate Program
Wednesday May 18, 2022
If you are an owner or representative of an Atlas agency who does not yet have a solution for fuel discounts in place for your company and/or owner operators, now is the time to get this in place, and this is how to do it.
Recap of 2020 Regional PVO Meetings
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Information and Updates from this year's meeting presentation
ATRI Launches Online Driver Survey on Detention Impacts
Wednesday Sep 05, 2018
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) launched an online data collection initiative to solicit commercial driver perspectives on how they are affected by customer detention. The driver feedback will be utilized to better understand how excessive delays at shipper/receiver facilities impacts driver productivity, safety and hours-of-service compliance. View this blog post to take the survey.
Atlas Van Lines Announces Largest Pay Increase for Truckload Fleet Drivers in Company's History
Tuesday Aug 07, 2018
Atlas Van Lines, the largest subsidiary of Atlas World Group, has announced the largest and most extensive pay increase for owner operators in the truckload freight division, which also significantly increased earnings for those in the special commodities division.
Safety Salute: June 2016
Thursday Jun 09, 2016
See who is taking care on the road in the June 2016 Safety Salute....
Lodging Discounts for Atlas Direct Fleet and Agent Van Operators
Monday Sep 28, 2015
Atlas has obtained even more hotel/lodging discounts for both our Direct Fleet van operators/drivers and those contracted with our Atlas agencies nationwide and in Canada. Through a free registration and membership with CLC, you can see discounts between 20-40% in more than..
Convention Registration Discount Announced for PVOs
Wednesday Jul 22, 2015
PVOs will receive a reduced rate of $350 per registration for themselves and one guest until August 14, 2015. This offer excludes those who hold non-driving positions within an Atlas agency. This discount is subject to the discretion of Atlas..
Atlas Professional Van Operator Scholarship
Monday Jun 15, 2015
Available to any Atlas U.S. - Qualified Professional Van Operator’s child who attends an accredited college or university and meets the following eligibility requirements: Full-time Junior or Senior for 2015 fall with a 3.0 or higher GPA. Completed forms must be submitted by July 10, 2015. Call or email today; don't miss out on this $4,000 scholarship opportunity!!
Express Truck Tax: Filing Your 2290
Wednesday Jun 03, 2015
Atlas World Group and ExpressTruckTax have partnered to give you an unbeatable combination of price, value, and service to make filing your Form 2290 easy and convenient.
Be Ready for Roadcheck 2015
Thursday May 28, 2015
The 2015 Roadcheck is NEXT WEEK! Please be prepared for the June 2-4, 2015 event, which will be comprised of nearly 75,000 inspections in this three day period..
OPEN ENROLLMENT EXTENDED: 2015 Benefit Offerings For 1099 Van Operators and Contractors
Friday May 08, 2015
The initial open enrollment for May 1, 2015 effective date has closed. We were able to extend open enrollment for these voluntary benefits from April 20, 2015 to May 15, 2015. If you enroll in these benefits during the extended open enrollment period, the benefits will be effective on June 1, 2015....
Medical Examination Linked to CDL
Tuesday Jan 20, 2015
Effective January 30, 2015, in accordance with federal regulations, the medical examination information is to be linked to the van operator’s CDL, allowing the roadside inspectors and law enforcement the ability to check a van operator’s medical examination status by reviewing the driving record of the van operator.
Latest Safe Drivers Listing - December 2014
Wednesday Jan 14, 2015
The following is the December 2014 Safe Drivers list. In this month, we have 17 van operators (32% of this list!) who have exceeded 1,000,000 safe miles. Special recognition goes out to...
Revisions to the 34-Hour Restart Rule
Friday Jan 02, 2015
The restart provisions that went into effect on July 1, 2013 have been temporarily suspended. The newly signed law suspends the requirements for all qualifying restarts to include two consecutive periods of time between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., and that it can only be used once every 168 hours (seven days). In other words, the...