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Old Dominion struggles to prepare for impending vaccine mandate's testing requirement

If trucking can't secure an exemption, "God help our industry," CEO Greg Gantt said.

By S.L. Fuller • Oct. 27, 2021

Carriers use everything but rubber bands to keep fleets running

Shortages have led Baylor Trucking to cannibalize its trucks for parts. Some end up looking like "a Mr. Potato Head," one executive said.

By Jim Stinson • Oct. 26, 2021

Drivers: 18-year-olds should join our ranks with the right training

Repositioning the image of the trucking profession would help to recruit and retain young drivers.

By Shefali Kapadia • Oct. 26, 2021

ATA's Costello: Trucking alone can't solve the 80K driver shortage

TL carriers should focus on recruitment, and shippers must also do their part to lower wait times.

By Jim Stinson • Oct. 25, 2021

Driver concerns are trucking's top issues in 2021: ATRI

Some fleets are laser-focused on retaining their workforce, but pay may not be the only answer to retention.

By S.L. Fuller • Oct. 24, 2021

JB Hunt banks on new intermodal equipment to speed supply chains

Freight moving by truck will be "ripe for conversion to intermodal" when the carrier receives its order of 12,000 containers early next year, executives said.

By Jim Stinson • Oct. 19, 2021

7 challenges lie ahead for the Port of LA to support 24/7 supply chains

Roughly 18,000 truck drivers move in and out of the port, so officials must work with the trucking industry to figure out how best to operate around the clock.

By Edwin Lopez • Oct. 18, 2021

XPO Logistics calls terms of $30M driver misclassification settlement 'favorable'

A federal judge approved two preliminary settlements on behalf of 784 of the carrier's current and former first-seat port drivers in California.

By Jim Stinson • Oct. 14, 2021

Biden aims for 24/7 supply chains, but trucking groups dubious

Drayage providers and truck drivers are not the source of congestion — chassis are, said the CEO of the Harbor Trucking Association.

By Edwin Lopez • Oct. 13, 2021

Equipment, workforce concerns dominate trucking's Q3

With such high freight volumes, fleets had to make decisions about how to capitalize in an environment short of trucks, trailers and drivers.

By Transport Dive Staff • Oct. 11, 2021

60% of organizations experienced wage inflation in Q2: Gartner

The trucking industry may be benefiting from high freight demand, but fleets have reported significant costs associated with labor constraints.

By Jane Thier • Oct. 08, 2021

What trucking execs say about the driver shortage — and 3 ways they're trying to solve it

While fleets have been similarly hampered by the recruitment environment, they're leaning on various solutions to ease the capacity squeeze.

By S.L. Fuller • Oct. 08, 2021

Owner-operator pay breaks records in 'on-fire' freight market: ATBS

Freight booms usually go bust as bigger fleets flood the market with capacity. But supply chain woes could push this surge through all of 2022, one expert said.

By Jim Stinson • Sept. 29, 2021

Transportation, utilities anticipate more than 50% payroll growth: report

Trucking companies have been grasping at ways to draw in more talent, including financial incentives and pet "co-pilots."

By Caroline Colvin • Sept. 28, 2021

How fleets with an owner-operator model can go greener

Trucking companies that rely on purchased transportation get creative to work through sustainability challenges.

By Amanda Loudin • Sept. 27, 2021

Employers turn to reskilling amid hiring woes

The pandemic may have forced employers to reexamine long-held myths about training employees on a new skill.

By Kathryn Moody • Sept. 27, 2021

Irked by vaccine mandate, large trucking firms speak out

Some transport leaders have voiced concerns that the impending rule would affect only part of the industry, leaving out owner-operators.

By Jim Stinson • Sept. 24, 2021

Court: Trucking company's strength test discriminated against women for driver positions

The onus is on employers to prove tests are job-related, especially as the trucking industry tries to encourage more women to join the workforce.

By Katie Clarey • Sept. 20, 2021

Truck drivers have shown up for us. Here's how we can show up for them.

In the constant stream of global disruptions, drivers have been the silver lining, rising to extraordinary challenges, writes C.H. Robinson's Mac Pinkerton.

By Mac Pinkerton • Sept. 15, 2021

Long Beach port offers drivers traffic alerts via text to fight congestion

The free Truck Alert system aims to assuage some frustrations resulting from a deluge of imports.

By Shefali Kapadia , S.L. Fuller • Sept. 10, 2021

Feds to require large employers mandate coronavirus vaccine or weekly negative tests

The requirements will impact some 80 million private-sector workers, in addition to many federal employees and contractors, the White House said.

By Ryan Golden • Sept. 10, 2021

Dollar General offers $5K bonuses in push to recruit truck drivers

This follows the company's recent announcement that it would begin letting drivers bring a dog or cat with them in the cab.

By Sam Silverstein • Sept. 07, 2021

OEMs make the economic case for autonomous trucks

Driverless trucks bring safety and improved fuel efficiency to the industry, according to Waymo and TuSimple executives.

By Jim Stinson • Sept. 03, 2021

CH Robinson levies drayage congestion fee at major US ports

Ports and the drayage providers that serve them have been walloped by a spike in volume and a lack of labor and equipment to quickly handle it.

By Max Garland • Sept. 03, 2021

Cowan Systems' $15K bonus shows the gravity of driver capacity constraints

The carrier ups the recruitment ante with the possibility for drivers to earn up to $20,000 in incentives.

By Jim Stinson • Aug. 25, 2021