by Eric Wright | Feb 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Tom ShortellContact ReporterOf The Morning Call For the eighth time in the last 14 years, state Sen. Lisa Boscola has introduced a bill that would require drivers to clear snow and ice off their vehicles or risk a fine. The only question at this point is if it can...
by Eric Wright | Feb 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
TransTech Announces Their First Evening Truck Driving Class In North Carolina Posted: Feb 08, 2019 10:23 AM ESTUpdated: Feb 08, 2019 10:23 AM EST TransTech has recently announced that they are enrolling for a new evening truck driver training course. The course starts...
by Eric Wright | Feb 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Though sign-on bonuses are an ubiquitous aspect of fleets’ efforts to recruit and retain drivers, these bonuses likely do more harm than good, particularly for carriers trying to incentivize drivers to not jump ship to another carrier. “Carriers throw sign-on bonuses...
by Eric Wright | Jan 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
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by Eric Wright | Jan 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Jan 28, 2019 by Tom Ryan Facing a shortage of truck drivers nationwide, Walmart last week hiked the annual pay for its truck drivers to nearly $90,000 a year and said it is looking to hire 900 more this year. Drivers’ pay will increase in February by one cent per...
by Eric Wright | Jan 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire trucking industry in 2018, according to the American Trucking Associations monthly Truck Tonnage Index, rose 6.6 percent from 2017. That gain comes in spite of a 4.3 percent dip in tonnage to close the year. The year over...
by Eric Wright | Jan 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
January 10, 2019 Dean Croke, chief analytics officer, FreightWaves PHOTO: SHUTERSTOCK AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to LinkedInLinkedInShare to FacebookFacebookShare to TwitterTwitterShare to EmailEmailShare to DiggDiggShare to RedditReddit FreightWaves Market Expert...
by Eric Wright | Jan 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
6.4 million days of delays impact more than 250,000 workers January 10, 2019 (Alexandria, Virginia) – The Commercial Vehicle Training Association (CVTA) has released new research showing that commercial driver skills testing delays are responsible for $1.5...
by Eric Wright | Jan 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Daimler Trucks plans to focus its attention on automated driving and as a result plans to pause testing of truck platooning the company announced Monday in Las Vegas during the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). In reassessing its work on truck platooning – a...
by Eric Wright | Jan 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) on Monday introduced updates to Freightliner’s flagship Cascadia tractor that will enable SAE Level 2 automated driving. The announcement was made in Las Vegas during the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) – historically the...
