Truck Drivers

The FMSCA says only 113 motor carriers have applied for its under-21 truck driver apprenticeship program since July 2022. That is a very disappointing turnout for an initiative that the government had expected to recruit up to 1,000 carriers and 3,000 drivers.

Drivers working at Walmart will enjoy better benefits as a result of a new Private Fleet Development program.

The long-simmering problem of how to correctly classify trucking industry workers—either as contractors or employees—has arisen once again. In a precedent-setting move, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) general counsel is alleging two trucking companies are misclassifying drivers as independent contractors in violation of federal labor law.

Truck drivers have been overlooked and overworked, not to mention in high demand, throughout this pandemic when in fact, they are among the unsung heroes of this ongoing economic crisis.

Video is an integral safety tool for reducing that risk for drivers and fleet owners and operators in order to manage fleets.

Trucking is more than just the notion of drive and delivering on time every time; today employees are seeking the complete package including the company, benefits, and culture.

The trucking industry is blasting President Joe Biden’s vaccine policy for not allowing an exemption from a federal mandate that requires private sector employers with over 100 employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Inflation is one of the headwinds facing the US economy and consumers, and inflation is fueled, to some extent, by the national shortage of truck drivers; this shortage raises truck transportation prices, which show up in higher prices for every product.

There are fears the summer driving season could be curtailed by a looming driver shortage for gasoline tank car drivers. Of course, word of driver shortages is nothing new for the overall trucking industry, which estimates it is approximately 50,000 drivers short of what carrier executives say they could use to fill trucks as the nation emerges from the post-coronavirus lockdown.

The November TCI, which is the most recent month for which data is available, came in in 10.26, down from October’s record high reading of 16.17. And the firm said that the trucking environment remains strong, as rising freight rates continue to power robust trucking conditions.

Greenwich, Conn.-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider XPO Logistics said today that it reached a new high-water mark with its digital freight marketplace, XPO Connect, noting that the Drive XPO app, which is used by carriers and truck drivers to access XPO Connect, has now been downloaded more than 300,000 times.

Here’s how those hours that drivers spend waiting around the yard can impact the trucking industry, and what shippers, customers, and carriers can do about it.

Landstar System, Inc., a worldwide, asset-light provider of integrated transportation management solutions delivering safe, specialized transportation services, honored the best and safest Landstar owner-operators during its 8th Annual Landstar BCO All-Star Celebration held earlier this month.

This capstone project studies route deviations in the last-mile deliveries of a large soft drink company.

Urbanization and customer demands are making last-mile delivery optimization increasingly complex and important for retail companies.