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Newsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 2, 2025

Best Fleets to Drive For Nominations Open

The 18th edition of the annual Best Fleets to Drive For survey and contest seeks the best employers in North American the trucking industry.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 29, 2025

CarriersEdge Announces 2025 Best Fleets to Drive For

The 17th annual Best Fleets to Drive For program recognizes the best workplaces for North American truck drivers.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseNovember 8, 2023

Driver Survey: 56% Optimistic About Freight Recession Ending

The latest truck driver survey from Conversion Interactive Agency and People Data Analytics reveals the trend of about one-third of drivers looking for new jobs continues, yet a majority are optimistic about the freight recession ending.

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Articlesby StaffOctober 30, 2023

HDT 2023 Fact Book: Driver Pay Reflects Slower Freight Market

Driver turnover, according to reports, has slowed over the past year. However, fleets’ pay focus has shifted away from newer, inexperienced drivers and toward drivers at the higher end of the experience scale. Also, the number of women drivers has increased.

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Newsby Vesna BrajkovicOctober 20, 2022

NPTC Report: Driver Turnover Spikes at Private Fleets

Driver turnover and driver compensation at private fleets jumped to a record high, according to the National Private Truck Council’s benchmarking report.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 12, 2022

U.S. Xpress Steps Back From High-Tech Variant Fleet to Focus on ‘Blocking and Tackling’

Variant, U.S. Xpress' digital fleet, was supposed to be the future, using telematics data and complex algorithms to manage the fleet. At first, it was a success. But last year things started going downhill.

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Newsby StaffMarch 29, 2021

Driver Turnover Holds Steady at Large Fleets in Q4

Continued improvement in the economy will drive healthier freight volumes and create more demand for drivers. Motor carriers should remain focused on driver retention, ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said.

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Newsby Vesna BrajkovicMarch 5, 2021

4 Factors Affecting Driver Pay in 2021

As of February 2021, high driver turnover topped the list of factors causing driver wages to raise.

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Newsby StaffDecember 16, 2020

Driver Turnover Rises in Third Quarter

Despite increases, the 2020 average driver turnover rate is still running behind 2019.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 29, 2020

ATA, U.S. Xpress Reveal Forecasts for Short-, Long-Term

According to the American Trucking Associations and carrier U.S. Xpress, there are a number of factors affecting how the trucking industry will pull out of 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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