United Road Expands Driver Pay
Transport logistics provider United Road has expanded its guaranteed pay benefit to all company drivers so that first year, tenured and rehired drivers can all expect a level of financial assurance and can count on…
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Drivers Prefer Smaller Firms
Drivers, technicians and office workers in the trucking industry are more likely to be satisfied at small or medium-sized companies, according to WorkHound’s mid-year report. Workhound is a website that provides a forum for those…
Trucking Applications May Set Record
About 51,000 motor carriers had received common or contract carrier authority through June, making 2021 likely to surpass 2020’s calendar-year record of 59,000, according to transport consultancy FTR. The company’s data was drawn from FMCSA…
Second Pay Raise At Carbon Express
Carbon Express, a Wharton, N.J.-based bulk chemical transporter, has raised driver pay a second time this year, company officials said in a press release. The company is also making profit-sharing distributions to drivers. Steve Rush…
Transporter Raising Pay
Highway Transport, a bulk chemical transportation company, is implementing an immediate pay increase for drivers that will apply to both hourly and mileage pay across all 14 of the company’s service centers. The pay increase follows…
Autonomous Trucks Aren’t Threat, Officials Say
Meera Joshi, the new acting administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, made headlines recently with her comments about how autonomous truck technology would affect truck-driving jobs, saying there are real and broad impacts…
New Truck Drivers Likely to Drop
In April, 27 State Driver Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) were closed, along with most government offices, due to COVID-19 concerns. If someone wanted to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL) and join the trucking industry, or…
Recessions Often Draw Workers To Trucking
During previous recessions and regional downturns, trucking recruited workers laid off from other industries. That built freight supply just at the moment when aggregate demand was typically soft.
Consider what happened during two recent downturns…
Penske Logistics New Center Will Service Kroger
Penski Logistics recently celebrated the grand opening of its 606,000-square-foot, build-to-suit standard freezer-cooler distribution center in Romulus, Mich. The company said its new facility is responsible for bringing more than 400 new jobs to the…
Truckers Seeking More Than Just Good Pay
It’s never been harder to hire long-haul truck drivers, even though companies are making the job more lucrative, less aggravating and more inclusive. The driver shortage stretches back a quarter century, and lately a run-up …
