Recruiting Truck Drivers Proving Hard Sell
Age didn’t matter, they said. If Blocksom could get his “CDL’’ they would hire him for a $50,000 job. One even offered to pay his tuition for driver training school, but there was a catch…
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Trucking in a ‘Tough Spot’
Trucking, the backbone of American commerce, is in a tough spot. There might be a future, a very long time from now, when long-haul drivers are replaced by fully self-driving vehicles. But today, trucking…
Truck Tonnage Up In July, Index Shows
American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 1.9 percent in July after decreasing 0.5 percent in June. In July, the index equaled 115 (2015=100), up from 112.8 in June…
U.S. needs nearly a million drivers, ATA says
America Needs More Truck Drivers he trucking industry is facing a growing shortage of truck drivers that is pushing some retailers to delay nonessential shipments or pay high prices to get their goods delivered...
New NATSO Study Highlights Interstate Truck Parking Capacity Issues
he National Tank Truck Carriers issued the following statement in response to the National Association of Truck Stop Operators’ new report, “Rest Area Commercialization and Truck Parking Capacity 2018.” The report updates a 2010...
More Females Taking the Wheel & Driving Big Rigs
Confronting a severe shortage of drivers, U.S. companies have begun turning to a little-tapped labor pool: women. The U.S. trucking industry faces an immediate shortfall of 48,000 drivers, according to American Trucking Associations (ATA),...
Truck Tonnage Down In December, ATA says
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Rose 3.7% in 2017 Final Monthly Report Decreased 5.7% in December ARLINGTON, Va. — American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell for the first...
Trucking revenues hit $670+ billion
Trucking industry revenues in 2016 were $676.2 billion, according to American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) American Trucking Trends, an annual compendium of data about the trucking industry. “The information in Trends highlights exactly what I...
