Atlas Van Lines is offering “significantly increased” pay for drivers in its truckload freight and special commodities divisions, calling it the largest and most extensive pay increase for owner-operators in the company’s history.
Finn Murphy, author of "The Long Haul, a Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road," looks back over three decades of driving and the future of trucking.
Three Republican Senators introduced a companion bill to the DRIVE-Safe Act that was proposed in the House of Representatives earlier this year that would lower the age requirement for new interstate truck drivers to 18 under certain conditions.
What do chocolate chip cookies and a mission statement focused on communication, accountability, and champion thinking have in common? HDT's Deborah Lockridge talks to Joyce Brenny in her All That's Trucking blog.
Minnesota-based Kottke Trucking has increased driver pay for the second time in six months, resulting from gains in the marketplace.
Truckload giant U.S. Xpress recently went public again. HDT's Deborah Lockridge talks to President and CEO Eric Fuller about the IPO, its first quarterly financial report, the driver shortage and other challenges and opportunities facing the carrier and the industry.
Barr-Nunn Transportation announced that it has increased pay and benefits for all of its company drivers a total of 28 times in 2018.
Many carriers are increasing driver pay to fill empty seats, and some are trying to change how drivers are paid altogether.
The Senate has passed new bipartisan legislation that would update and expand support for state and local career and technical education programs to help high school and college students prepare for careers in a broad range of industries. The bill is expected to be signed by President Trump.
It’s hard to ignore a headline like this: “Shippers Caused the Truck Driver Shortage.”