Whiteline Express Raises Driver Pay
Whiteline Express launched a pay increase for its new and existing regional drivers, offering them as much as 50 cents per mile. The company doesn’t require a hazmat endorsement, hauls no-touch light freight and allows riders to bring their pets.
April 27, 2018Editorial: The Ceiling on a Hot Freight Market
As the U.S. economy and truck tonnage continue to power forward, trucking companies are enjoying the benefits of a hot freight market where their services are in high demand. At the same time, tight hauling capacity is making it tougher for shippers to find the trucks needed to transport their goods.
April 26, 2018Editorial: Cash in Hand, Behind the Wheel
If you pay them, will they come? Motor carriers have been boosting driver pay at a steady clip lately. It seems that a week can’t pass without a company announcing that it’s boosting compensation, be it on a per-mile basis or through bonuses and incentives.
April 19, 2018Carriers Keep Rolling Out Driver Pay Raises
The need for truck drivers has spurred a number of carriers recently to raise compensation and entice qualified drivers to stick around.
April 19, 2018Montgomery Transport Gives Drivers a Raise
Flatbed operator Montgomery Transport rolled out a new pay package for its existing drivers while also sweetening an incentive program for new drivers.
March 19, 2018Drivers Saw Modest Pay Raise in 2017
A study of nearly 20,000 truck company owner-operators found that the drivers on average earned a little more money in 2017 while driving slightly fewer miles. However, pay varied depending on what segment the driver worked: dry-van, refrigerated, flatbed or as an independent who worked in one or more segments.
March 15, 2018Hornady Launches Minimum Pay Plan for Drivers
Hornady Transportation this month began a driver compensation program designed to give drivers a guaranteed weekly gross minimum pay.
March 12, 2018TRB Researchers Look at Safety, Relationship Between Pay and Driver Fatigue
WASHINGTON — The wages earned by truck drivers are too low, forcing them to work long hours, according to a report presented to trucking industry researchers at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board here.
January 11, 2018Opinion: Don’t Forget, Drivers Are Trucking’s Most Important Asset
For the first time in more than a decade, the driver shortage tops the American Transportation Research Institute’s list of critical issues facing the trucking industry — and we should be ashamed.
January 2, 2018Top Driver Complaints: Rude Staff, Pay, Intrusive In-Cab Technology, Analysts Say
Fleet drivers have issues with their carrier’s staff, the company’s approach to equipment and maintenance, technology in their cabs and feel that they have little control over their work, according to WorkHound, the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based provider of a smartphone-based system that allows truck drivers to anonymously discuss concerns they have with their employers.
December 6, 2017