The National Transportation Institute is again overseeing the Women In Trucking Index and is asking fleets to participate in the confidential survey.
In his remarks at the TMC Annual Meeting in Atlanta, ATA chief Chris Spear said the maintenance council is vital to ATA creating narratives that can help drive real change in Washington.
We talk a lot about recruiting and retaining drivers and about how we can bring more drivers into the industry. But are we doing enough to address the weak point after drivers are hired?
With an industry-wide shortage of new truck drivers, it's tempting to just find and hire CDL holders as fast as they can be found. But one good way to hire better drivers, who stay longer, is to avoid hiring your turnover.
There are many reasons why trucking should be an exciting career choice for Millennials - solid pay, new technologies, a strong community, sense of purpose. So why is the industry having such a hard time selling it to them?
Stay Metrics has created a new driver retention tool that serves as an indicator for trends in early-stage driver turnover.
Walmart’s private fleet is adding truck driving jobs to its Washington Court House, Ohio, transportation office as it brings the operations of that facility in-house.
More than one-fourth of the drivers at USA Truck Capacity Solutions come from military backgrounds. Four of them are driving special military-themed Kenworths.
Beginning in February, Walmart truck drivers will receive a 1-cent per mile and a 50-cent increase in activity pay for arrive and arrive/drop occurrences.
ATA released its quarterly turnover rate numbers for the trucking industry, showing a decline of 11 percentage points in the third quarter for large truckload carriers. Increases to truck driver pay and a softening freight market were key to the lower turnover numbers.