Ohio lawmakers launched a four-part plan March 22 to help trucking companies fill thousands of job openings.
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Southern Refrigerated Transport
Tennessee Trucking Firm Keeps Drivers Longer With Feedback Software
Southern Refrigerated Transport
Southern Refrigerated Transport, one of the trucking subsidiaries of the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Covenant Transport, prides itself on its family atmosphere.
March 8, 2017
Business
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US Oil Rebound Hits Roadblock, Lack of Truckers
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Five years ago, the thought of $55-a-barrel oil would have given Piotr Galitzine heartburn. Now it’s keeping one of his steel-pipe shops in Houston open 24/7 and fueling a flurry of orders.
March 7, 2017
Business
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Demand for Truck Drivers Remains High in Texas
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Amy and David Salinas decided to pursue a career as a truck driving team to make their dream to travel the country together a reality.
September 19, 2016
Government, Business
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Pennsylvania Lawmaker Meets With Trucking Leaders About Driver Shortage
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U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello, a Chester County Republican who represents part of Berks County, was in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 16 for the Commercial Drivers License Roundtable hosted by Berks Technical Institute
August 29, 2016
Business, Government, Safety, Autonomous
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Industry: Training Proposal to Worsen Driver Shortage
John Sommers II for TT
Many in the trucking industry say the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed entry-level driver training rule has the potential to exacerbate the nation’s driver shortage. The rule requires that students log at least 30 hours of behind-the-wheel training time.
April 18, 2016
Business
Kivi Bros. Trucking
Minnesota Trucking Firm Bucks Trend, Finds Drivers
Kivi Bros. Trucking
Despite a driver shortage in the trucking industry, Kivi Bros. Trucking in Duluth has hired 24 drivers in the past year.
February 9, 2016
Business
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Driver Shortage Worsened This Year, ATA Says
Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images
The truck driver shortage has worsened in the past year, reaching nearly 48,000 workers by the end of 2015, or about 10,000 more than last year, American Trucking Associations reported.
October 6, 2015
Business
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Big Rigs Get the Comforts of Home to Help Truckers Close Driver Gap
Linda Caffee via Bloomberg
With their kids out of the house, empty-nesters Dan and Cristy Dornbusch cruise U.S. highways with an array of domestic comforts — TV, microwave convection oven, running water — in their vehicle.
August 21, 2015
Business
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Trucking Firms With 35,000 Openings Seek Jobless Oil Workers
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U.S. oil-company job cuts that cost machinery operator Drew Sanford his spot at Halliburton Co. are shaping up as a boon for truckers desperate for big-rig drivers.
February 23, 2015Pages
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