driver shortage News Updates

Business

Contract Rates Going Up in 2018 as Carriers Gain Strength

A confluence of historic trends and external events are impacting 2018 contract rate discussions that traditionally begin this time of year among carriers, shippers, logistics houses and consultants.

November 9, 2017
Business, Logistics, TCA

Oil Company Beefs Up Infrastructure to Get Trucks Off Crowded Roads

For many drillers in the remote Delaware Basin, a section of the broader Permian Basin that stretches across West Texas and New Mexico, the only way to get crude from the fringes of oil boom towns to global markets is to dispatch fleets of trucks to scattered wells, from where they haul oil and water to terminals and various other collection points.

August 14, 2017
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Unchecked Driver Shortage in Ohio Could Harm Economy, Warns State Trucking Industry, Officials

Ohio state Rep. John Boccieri met with local and regional leaders from the trucking industry to discuss a growing problem for freight haulers: a lack of qualified workers.

August 11, 2017
Safety

ATRI Produces First Findings for Younger Driver Assessment Tool

The American Transportation Research Institute has released preliminary findings on a tool assessing whether young people’s characteristics could indicate if they would make good truck drivers.

August 9, 2017
Government, Business, Logistics

ATA's Bob Costello: Forecasting the Shifting Business Climate

ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello talks with TT's Daniel Bearth about the shifting business climate for trucking, part of our July 12 LiveOnWeb program on the 2017 Top 100 For-Hire Carrier rankings. (Joseph Terry/Transport Topics)

July 13, 2017
Business

S.C. Truck Driver Shortages Push Companies to Seek Younger Candidates

Truck drivers are an aging population in South Carolina. Nearly half of commercial licensees are more than 52 years old and most of the state’s trucking companies have driver shortages — right now.

December 12, 2016
Business

Lifestyle Benefits Lure Some to Lower-Paying Jobs Driving Buses Instead of Trucks

The appeal of sleeping at home every night is why, despite higher wages for truck drivers, some choose to drive rapid transit buses.

April 8, 2016
Business

'Without Trucks, Man, We're Doomed'

The reality of life along the interstate is a leading reason for a growing shortage of long-haul truck drivers, even as trucking firms maintain near-continual recruitment campaigns and offer lucrative incentives to attract and retain drivers.

March 28, 2016
Business

Truckers in Higher Demand Than Any Other Occupation in West Ohio

The demand for qualified job applicants in Ohio is as robust as it has been in the past five years, particularly in the trucking and nursing industries.

January 5, 2016
Business

'NBC Nightly News' Highlights 'Luxury Big Rigs'

Watch the video clip that aired on 'NBC Nightly News' on Sept. 6 that took a look at the enhancements being made to long-haul trucks in an effort to make life on the road more comfortable for drivers.

September 8, 2015