At its annual State of the Industry Address, American Trucking Associations (ATA) President and CEO Chris Spear told the federation’s annual Management Conference and Exhibition that the ATA would take a leadership role in addressing driver shortages. “Our industry faces several barriers that must be addressed if we’re to grow, including: establishing pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship […]
The Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. (KAG), North America’s largest bulk transportation and logistics provider, is implementing a pay increase strategy designed to proactively address the rapidly worsening driver shortage issue facing the entire trucking industry. The program calls for guaranteed pay increases for the next three years to help significantly elevate driver pay to levels […]
Commercial drivers needed. The turnover rate at truckload carriers surged in the second quarter of the year, a sign that the market for drivers is quickly tightening, according to American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello. “We saw double digit gains in the annualized turnover rate for both small and large truckload fleets,” Costello […]
By: Randy Swart, COO of A. Duie Pyle With the economy continuing to gain strength across the country and unemployment rates shrinking, industries are struggling to recruit and retain employees. The growing shortage of truck drivers remains a huge hurdle for the transportation industry. There are many factors contributing to the current driver shortage with […]
