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Research leads Pitt Ohio to create emergency savings plan for drivers, employees

After discovering a link between drivers’ personal finances and safety, Pitt Ohio started a program to provide an emergency savings fund for employees.

November 10, 2016

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EBE Technologies has record 2016; revenue grows 24 percent

EBE added nearly 50 new transportation companies to its client base in the 2016 fiscal year.

November 10, 2016

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Southern Refrigerated Transport reduces turnover with driver feedback tool

Drivers at SRT use their smartphones to share anonymous feedback, praise, problems, and ideas through WorkHound.

November 2, 2016

WorkHound’s cloud-based system automatically collects driver feedback, anonymously.

New online service streamlines driver application process for fleets

Carriers that use the service can customize their own employment application and will receive a unique link to the application to post on the company’s website, in job postings or share with potential driver applicants through email or text, the company says.

October 27, 2016

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Initial results from Best Fleets to Drive For survey revealed

Of the 5,300 driver surveys received in 2016 , only 28 percent of respondents said pay was something that needed to be improved

October 14, 2016

Paramount Freight Systems Director Trent Dye Accepts The Best Fleets To Drive For Award In The Owner Operator Category At The Truckload Carriers Association's Annual Convention In March In Grapevine, Texas

Could FMCSA’s study lead the way to younger professional truckers?

Industry groups including ATA and the Truckload Carriers Association have long advocated for lowering the minimum driving age for commercial motor vehicle operators operating in interstate commerce, but to no avail. But a new pilot program initiated last month by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration could open the door for under-21 drivers, at least in part.

September 12, 2016

Trucking can benefit from more diversity, research shows

“From a driver shortage point of view there is under-representation of minorities in trucking, and there has been very little attention paid to this fact,” said Jane Jazrawy, CEO of CarriersEdge

July 5, 2016

Survey: younger drivers value job perks more than older generations

Perks were rated highest by millennials and were a dominant factor for Gen X’ers in attracting drivers to carriers.

July 5, 2016

Pride Transport was one of the first fleets to provide drivers with satellite TV service from EpicVue.

CCJ survey reveals strategies to reduce early driver turnover

To reduce early driver turnover, fleets are using technology to manage job expectations and help adapt drivers to their culture.

June 24, 2016

Eighty nine percent of the more than 4,500 drivers surveyed last year for the Best Fleets to Drive For contest agreed with the statement: “ongoing training is very important for drivers to succeed.”

Education, training key in driver recruitment and retention, panel says

With driver turnover hovering at 100-plus percent, a panel was assembled at the CCJ Symposium in Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday to tackle two of the biggest buzzwords in trucking: recruitment and retention.

May 18, 2016

From left: CCJ Technology Editor Aaron Huff; Modern Transportation’s Patrick Cozzens; Angie Buchanan, Melton Truck Lines; and John Elliot, Load One.

Home time, driver health top reasons truckers leaving industry, report says

HireRight says the findings should prompt carriers to take a close look at health and wellness programs, which, in addition to aiding driver retention efforts, also help lower health care and worker’s compensation spending. Also, of no surprise, just shy of 60 percent of respondents said driver recruiting/retention is their company’s top challenge in ’16.

May 12, 2016

Pride Transport’s driver orientation: cool trucks, cool people

Driver onboarding has become a major area of focus for fleets. Pride Transports shows technology that helps keep drivers satisfied

May 6, 2016

Rick Drigmore, shop manager of Pride Transport, explains the fleet’s maintenance procedures to new drivers on Wed., May 4.

Fleet execs discuss strategies to attract, retain women drivers

At the Truckload Carriers Association annual convention in Las Vegas, Mar. 8, a panel of women fleet executives discussed the opportunities and obstacles of bringing more women drivers into the trucking industry.

March 9, 2016

Analyst: Guaranteed driver pay a growing retention tactic, regs to further tighten driver market

Although carriers have trouble finding and keeping drivers now, the industry may be “at the lull before the storm,” Klemp said, effectively issuing a warning about the potentially major impact that coming federal regulations may have on trucking. That and the evolution of driver pay models…

March 3, 2016

Stay Metrics enhances research tools to identify, prevent early driver turnover

The primary cause of early driver turnover is unmet, and in many cases, unrealistic job expectations, according to ongoing research by Stay Metrics of data from its base of motor carrier clients.

March 2, 2016

Truck driver turnover

Driver retention a game of expectations

Setting the right expectations with drivers is the most effective way to combat turnover, says a group of prominent fleet executives.

November 25, 2015

A panel of fleet executives at last month’s McLeod Software user conference in Birmingham, Ala., discussed ways to combat driver turnover.

Data drives Celadon’s new driver scorecard and pay programs

Celadon Trucking (CCJ Top 250 No. 35) hopes a new data-driven driver scorecard and a guaranteed pay program will help improve driver performance and attract and retain quality drivers.

November 24, 2015

Celadon to discuss driver ‘WageLock’ program at CCJ Fall Symposium

Celadon Trucking’s Matt Douglass will discuss a unique approach the truckload carrier has developed to increase driver performance and retention during the CCJ Fall Symposium on Nov. 17.

November 16, 2015

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USA Truck was acquired by DB Schenker in June 2022 for approximately $435 million, and DB Schenker was subsequently acquired by DSV in April 2025. Prior to its own acquisition, DB Schenker had been shopping USA Truck, and DSV decided to divest the asset almost immediately.

'Welcome home': USA Truck acquired by former, current leadership team

Marking a "homecoming" for the 42-year-old carrier, USA Truck is officially back under Arkansas ownership.

Dart will retain use of its name and says that the transaction will not affect day-to-day operations.

Dart Transit acquired by private equity firm

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Venture Transport adds team drivers to dedicated business

The Postal Service moves 55,000 loads by truck every day – nearly 2 billion miles per year.

USPS to remove unvetted non-domiciled drivers from trucking fleet

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