Driver shortage slowing oil, gas extraction
When the price of oil collapsed in 2014 and disrupted drilling operations all across Texas’s massive Permian Basin shale formation, truckers were among those hardest hit. Rendered unnecessary by the s…
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Bill would legalize teenage truck drivers
Are Teenage Truck Drivers the Answer to the Truck Driver Shortage? Trucking groups are backing legislation (DRIVE Safe Act) that would allow truck drivers younger than 21 years old to cross state borders to…
Driver Shortage expected to Hike Food Costs, Experts Predict
Driver shortage driving up food cost The truck driver shortage is beginning to slow the nation’s transportation chain and increase the cost of food, according to transportation and grocery officials.…
Driver Shortage Hindering Oil Production
Permian’s production growth – the main driver of the second shale revolution as oil prices crept higher over the past 12 months — may be limited not by geological or technological constraints, but by…
