What does NTTC offer beyond the efforts of the American Trucking Associations?
The NTTC is an affiliate of the the American Trucking Associations (ATA). The ATA represents the widely diverse trucking industry and does it quite well. We work with our counterparts there regularly on issues that impact all sectors of trucking. But the tank truck industry and its service offering are particularly unique from the operations of truckload and less than truckload carriers. Given the very nature of hauling hazardous materials, tank truckers are faced with a much more rigorous regulatory climate, a more expensive operating model due to specialized equipment needs, more complex risk management issues, and more complicated overall operating environment for our professional driver corps. Based on all of these differentation factors, the NTTC was established to offer its members more industry specific representation and experience than available from the ATA.
