According to several reports, Uber is planning to buy or has already placed a huge order to buy Mercedes-Benz S-class cars. Reports suggest that the ride-hailing company is planning to have fleet of self-driving cars by 2020. With this ...
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U.S. Xpress is raising its base mileage pay for over-the-road, solo, non-dedicated truck drivers by an average of 13 percent, effective Aug. 25, 2014. "With more goods and services being shipped by trucks, we need to expand the workforce ...
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Driving the Future is the latest initiative by the trucking industry to address the shortage of qualified drivers. The three-year project aims to establish the benchmarks for mandatory entry-level driver training across Canada. “We ...
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Trucking is an industry large enough and diverse enough to accommodate the interests and skill sets of virtually everyone. However, because it also happens to be “invisible” , those outside of trucking are left unaware of the ...
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The driver turnover rate at large truckload fleets dipped two percentage points to 97 percent in the third quarter of 2013 in the U.S., American Trucking Associations' Trucking Activity Report states. "Despite this dip, the market for ...
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The American Trucking Association (ATA) recently published a report that indicates driver turnover rates have experienced a slight decline. The latest edition of the ATA Trucking Activity Report shows that annualized driver turnover rates ...
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The inaugural Top Fleet Employers program, administered by Trucking HR Canada, will be accepting applications beginning Jan. 1, organizers have announced. The national program recognizes fleets that offer the best workplaces in ...
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Ryder Canada was recently presented with an Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) safety achievement award, for recording an injury rate in its Canadian warehouses that was 25% lower than the industry average for three ...
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Lane Furniture is shutting down its trucking subsidiary, Action Transport, and turning its furniture transport operations over to Watkins & Shepard, the nation's largest specialized furniture carrier. The change, which takes effect ...
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released its top ten list of trucking industry concerns this week. The 2013 survey, which was commissioned by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), had a 41 percent increase in ...
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Three-quarters of fleets surveyed by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), say they have or will be increasing driver pay packages in the face of a driver shortage. At an ATA Management Conference & Exhibition panel discussion, chief ...
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National Trucking Week began today, meant as a time to appreciate the role of trucking in Canadian life, and particularly to applaud the skill and professionalism of its drivers. Many will have comments to make but we thought Louise Yako, ...
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Louise Yako, president and CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association, penned the following open letter to the nation's professional drivers in honour of National Trucking Week. Thanks to the Industry & Professional Drivers during National ...
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