Small fleet owner Steve Troyer says non-domiciled CDL drivers and weak enforcement are undercutting compliant carriers.
The trucking industry has faced its longest and deepest downturn in history, beginning in March 2022. This prolonged slump, known as the Great Freight Recession, has driven many trucking companies out ...
For-hire, long-haul, truckload carriers face a significant challenge in recruiting qualified drivers. The American Trucking Associations dubs this issue “the driver shortage.” “The fact of the matter ...
Shelley VandenBerg and her husband signed a lease-purchase agreement with a small trucking company in 2016 right after obtaining their commercial driver’s licenses. The lease brochure discussed ...
The pair of semi trucks cruising down Interstate 70 between Columbus, Ohio, and Indianapolis may seem unremarkable at first glance. But these rigs are part of a groundbreaking pilot project that could ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover logistics and supply chain management. On Thursday, Aurora Innovation, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUR) announced it had successfully ...
The trough in the freight market has emboldened efforts to eliminate drivers from the available pool by eliminating visas for truck drivers, through English-language enforcement, on top of existing ...
The 88th American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) National Truck Driving & Step Van Championships (NTDC) concluded Aug. 20–23 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with David Comings, a FedEx Freight driver from ...
A lack of qualified commercial truck driver applicants remains the top recruiting challenge for motor carriers in a new survey, but the freight economy and “uncommitted” driver applicants are cited as ...
A trucking shock is rippling through Carlisle, where more than 100 drivers and logistics workers are suddenly facing unemployment and an uncertain future. The layoffs land in a town that has long ...
These time-sensitive operations demand constant coordination between brokers, dispatchers, and drivers. Billor’s technology platforms, Billor Copilot and Billor TMS, create real-time visibility across ...