Kevin JonesBusinessDriver shortage series: The challenge of finding good drivers, its impact on the shortageNote: This is the second part of a three-part series that will examine the trucking industry’s driver shortage and the impact it is having and will have on fleets, shippers, drivers, rates, capacity and the industry as a whole. Click here to see Part 1, which is an introduction to the series and details how […]October 31, 2013BusinessFreight panel ‘kicks the can’ on funding decisionsA House panel that spent six months assessing the nation’s freight transportation needs has unanimously decided the U.S. should spend more, but made no specific recommendations as to where any funding increase should come from.October 30, 2013BusinessWeighing demand for drivers, Part 1: Shippers prepare for capacity crunchCarriers are becoming increasingly anxious about finding good drivers. Good drivers want to know why they are not being rewarded better. And shippers are keeping their fingers crossed, hoping trucks will continue to be readily available and affordable.October 29, 2013BusinessHiring CDL school grads? Be careful what you ask forWith long-haul driver turnover now fully in the “uh-oh” turn in the cycle, many over-the-road carriers are turning to truck driving schools to help fill empty seats. But all CDL school grads are not created equal, as anyone who’s been around for a driver shortage or two knows all too well. What makes for a good driver-training school?October 29, 2013BusinessATA panel: A carrier has 90-day window for drivers to take it, leave itWith experienced truck drivers harder and harder to come by, carriers increasingly are turning to driving schools and beefing up their own finishing programs. But, as a panel of fleet executives concluded, top-of-line training and eye-popping recruiting budgets go to waste if trucking companies don’t take a little extra time to make sure drivers, experienced or not, are able to adjust and get comfortable with their new home.October 28, 2013BusinessAre harmful HOS changes a sign of things to come?In just three short months, the latest changes to the hours-of-service rule demonstrate all too clearly that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration understands neither the industry it regulates nor trucking’s important place in American life. What happened? Was there a breakdown in the rulemaking process? Did trucking not do enough to explain the problems these changes would cause? Or is this a hint of overreach to come?October 25, 2013BusinessGood drivers leaving in droves; new HOS hurting safety, carriers sayRecent changes in the hours-of-service rule have delivered yet another regulatory blow to the trucking industry’s overall operating efficiency and its ability to retain qualified drivers, a panel of fleet executives concluded this week. And, most critically, the changes could have a negative impact on truck safety.October 24, 2013BusinessCSA, HOS still h-o-t at ATA MC&EThe French have a fancy way of saying it, but the trucking industry is living it: The more things change, the more they stay the same.October 23, 2013BusinessHourly pay for drivers is ‘financial suicide’ for TL carriers, exec saysMileage-based pay cannot be abandoned, a panel of fleet executives agreed Tuesday, but the system must be adjusted to compensate truck drivers for the time they spend and the work they do when the wheels aren’t turning.October 23, 2013BusinessATA economy panel: Low GDP growth, higher costs will pressure carrier marginsMore of the same from the economy, with a real chance for rate traction just over the next hill: that’s the message delivered – yet again – by a panel of experts during this year’s crystal ball session at the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference and Exhibition. Until the delicately balanced supply-and-demand scale tilts trucking’s way, the bottom line for carriers is to continue to guard the bottom line.October 21, 2013Previous PagePage 25 of 29Next PageTop StoriesCybersecurityNMFTA warns of Chinese components in trucking technologyThe trucking industry's expanded digitization increases its potential for cybercrime, and China could be a key threat to the U.S. via technology in transportation.BusinessKandel Transport acquired by Nagle CompaniesBusinessMarten Transport CEO stepping down, Randy Marten to returnRegulationsU.S. 'pausing' work visas for commercial truck driversFeatured SponsorCargo theft is on the rise. Learn strategies to protect your trucks, trailers and freight.
