Category: Training

Survey: 96% of Truck Drivers Feel Appreciated in Their Job, Proud to Deliver Essential Goods to Fellow Americans

Survey: 96% of Truck Drivers Feel Appreciated in Their Job, Proud to Deliver Essential Goods to Fellow Americans

| September 14, 2021

Truckstop.com Celebrates “Rockstars of the Road” with Appreciation Events During National Truck Driver Appreciation Week In honor of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (Sept. 12-18), Truckstop.com today released new research revealing the benefits and challenges of the trucking profession. In a survey of 500 U.S. truck drivers, 96% agreed1 that they feel their job is appreciated, perhaps more so during the challenging times presented by the pandemic.   According to the survey, […]

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Trucking Industry Asked To Rank Top Concerns

Trucking Industry Asked To Rank Top Concerns

| September 9, 2021

The results of the 2021 survey will be released October 24, 2021 as part of the American Trucking Associations Management Conference & Exhibition to be held in Nashville The American Transportation Research Institute, the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, launched the 2021 Top Industry Issues Survey. The annual survey asks trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues […]

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C.H. Robinson Thanks Drivers for Their Extraordinary Efforts via Letter-Writing, Cash Giveaways and Driver Relief Fund

C.H. Robinson Thanks Drivers for Their Extraordinary Efforts via Letter-Writing, Cash Giveaways and Driver Relief Fund

| September 7, 2021

Following a year of COVID-19 outbreaks, historic supply chain disruption and accelerated growth in home deliveries, the company will give away up to $75,000 during Truck Driver Appreciation Week As the world finds itself still battling a pandemic, managing through unprecedented global supply chain disruption, and now, navigating through an active hurricane season, C.H. Robinson […]

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CRST Selects Maven as All-In-One Driver & Fleet Management Platform and Telematics Partner

CRST Selects Maven as All-In-One Driver & Fleet Management Platform and Telematics Partner

| September 1, 2021

Leading freight services company CRST deploys Maven’s ELD, workflow, and fleet management solutions to increase operational efficiency and enhance the driver experience Maven, a premier fleet management and telematics software company in the commercial trucking and transportation industry, is providing CRST with a unified mobile app experience for CRST’s drivers and a fleet management portal for its […]

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Many Looking For Second Careers Are Finding It In Trucking

Many Looking For Second Careers Are Finding It In Trucking

| August 18, 2021

Layoffs Caused By The Pandemic And Downsizing Have People Looking For Reliable Employment For over 35 years, Donnie Roberts of Lexington, N.C., was a photographer and reporter at the local newspaper. He thought he would retire from that job, but at the age of 58, his position was eliminated due to down-sizing in 2020. Suddenly […]

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Stay Metrics’ Driver Turnover & Retention Update: Q3 2021

Stay Metrics’ Driver Turnover & Retention Update: Q3 2021

| August 16, 2021

Stay Metrics, now owned by Tenstreet, releases quarterly updates on trends it is seeing in driver retention and turnover data Stay Metrics, now owned by Tenstreet, believes in sharing its retention knowledge to strengthen the industry and provides the Stay Days Table, which tracks carrier retention rates for newly hired drivers, and Turnover Report, each […]

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