Driver Shortage

The boom-and-bust market dynamics of the trucking industry can have the feel of a Greek tragedy—everyone can see the inevitable ending, but no one is free to take a different path that avoids the fall. Worse yet, the end restarts the cycle.

Pay for American truckers rose significantly in 2021 as demand for drivers amid the ongoing driver shortage increased competition for talent. That’s according to the results of a new industry survey commissioned by the American Trucking Associations (ATA). ATA estimated there is a shortage of 80,000 drivers among the 3 million holders of a Commercial Driver’s License.

If you offer a safe, meaningful job with fair wages they will come.

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

Yellow Corp., which controls 10% of the nation’s less-than-truckload (LTL) capacity as one of longest-operating trucking companies in America, is addressing the nation’s shortage of truck drivers head on and in house. Yellow is adding two new driving academies to its stable of 14 schools to prepare the next generation of professional truck drivers for careers in transportation.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Eric Starks, Chairman & CEO of FTR Transportation Intelligence.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Eric Starks, Chairman & CEO of FTR Transportation Intelligence.

Capacity crunch is affecting all aspects of the shipping and transportation sectors, causing on-time performance to degrade.

A provision in the new $1.2 trillion infrastructure law contains an apprentice program that would allow 3,000 or so under-21 truck drivers to be employed in interstate commerce. But trucking officials and executives say that is hardly enough to make a dent in the nationwide truck driver shortage. American Trucking Associations (ATA) estimated recently that the nation is 80,000 short of full employment in truck drivers—a shortage ATA predicts could hit 150,000 if conditions don’t change by 2030.

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.

According to the American Trucking Association, the U.S. needs to recruit nearly 1 million truck drivers to replace retiring ones and keep up with high freight demand over the next decade.

The decades-old truck driver shortage, now estimated at 80,000, is bad and getting worse because of the nationwide service worker shortage, early retirements, the global pandemic and other acute economic factors. That is up from 61,000 just three years ago, in 2018.

The decades-old truck driver shortage, now estimated at 80,000, is bad and getting worse because of the nationwide service worker shortage, early retirements, the global pandemic and other acute economic factors. That is up from 61,000 just three years ago, in 2018.

For fleets of all shapes and sizes, their in-cab technology choices can play a crucial role in improving the driver experience and ultimately increasing productivity across their operations.

Earlier this week, San Francisco-based Uber Freight a subsidiary of the ubiquitous, ride-sharing service Uber, whose proprietary app matches trucking companies with loads to haul, announced it has rolled out a new self-service Shipper Platform north of the border in Canada.