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Articlesby Vesna BrajkovicApril 3, 2023

How a For-Hire Truckload Carrier Successfully Assesses Drivers

Paper Transport purposefully narrowed its driver applicant pool, but somehow that has led to reduced turnover and exponential growth. How did they do it?

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ArticlesMarch 28, 2023

6 Steps to a Safer Trucking Fleet [Commentary]

You might be surprised by how a top-notch fleet safety program can be good for what ails you.

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ArticlesFebruary 4, 2020

Judging TCA's Best Fleets to Drive For

It’s a chilly January morning, but things are heating up around the kitchen table at Mark Murrell and Jane Jazrawy’s Newmarket home, where scoring is underway for the Best Fleets to Drive For program.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2020

TCA Recognizes 2020 Best Fleets to Drive For

The Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge announced the 2020 Best Fleets to Drive For, a group of 20 for-hire trucking companies from across North America.

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NewsDecember 19, 2019

Truckload Fleets Suffer Highest Turnover Rate Since 2018

The turnover rate at large truckload fleets – those with more than $30 million in annual revenue – jumped nine points-- marking the largest quarterly increase since the second quarter of 2016-- to an annualized rate of 96%.

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ArticlesDecember 16, 2019

Best Fleets to Drive For Nominees Face Intensive Interview Process

An intensive interview process is a key part of the process as the Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge winnow down the best trucking fleets for drivers to work for to be honored as Best Fleets to Drive For.

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Articlesby David CullenDecember 11, 2019

How to Make Driver Orientation Sing for You

Nobody likes to be talked at, least of all people who have places to go and freight to haul. Yes, we’re talking about driver orientation meetings — and how to make them memorable for drivers and worthwhile for your fleet.

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Newsby StaffNovember 19, 2019

Stay Metrics Finds Top 5 Reasons Drivers Make Referrals

Word of mouth is a powerful tool for recruiting drivers and when a fleet is looking to fill an empty seat, what your current employees say can have a critical impact.

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Newsby StaffNovember 19, 2019

Food Distribution Drivers Make More on Average than Rest of the Industry

If you’re wondering where the best money is for drivers, look no further than the food distribution sector, according a new survey conducted by the International Foodservice Distributors Association.

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ArticlesNovember 14, 2019

Inside the Best Fleets to Drive For Competition

It's not enough for a trucking fleet to simply care about its drivers. There is a lot more that goes into being chosen as a Best Fleet to Drive For. Part two of a three-part look into the Best Fleets to Drive For competition.

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