LOGISTICS WORKFORCE SHORTAGES COULD CAUSE PEAK SEASON CHAOS

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With logistics workforce shortages affecting nearly three quarters of all logistic companies, steps need to be taken to avoid customer disappointment during the approaching peak season. The performance of supply chain “is being undermined by an endemic lack of staff – with 37% of companies experiencing high workforce shortages. The biggest problems are in transportation operations, closely followed by warehouse operations, and the impacts are being felt throughout the supply chain, from financial performance to customer service.”
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TEXTING WHILE DRIVING BECOMING A DANGEROUS HABIT FOR TRUCKERS

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According to the research of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), “about 80% of truck accidents involved some type of driver distraction in the three-second window leading up to the crash — and looking at a phone for just 8 seconds leaves a driver driving distracted for the length of two football fields.” The FMCSA is implementing a large campaign to raise awareness for the problem, including giving drivers the chance to witness what can happen in just a few seconds after taking their eyes off of the road. Read more…

WIT NOVEMBER MEMBER OF THE MONTH OFFERS TRUCKING ADVICE

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Dana Tarver has been named November 2024 Member of the Month by The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) “for her stellar career and dedication to the industry.” Dana is a fuel hauler for Kenan Advantage Group (KAG), “a leading specialized transportation and logistics provider across a range of diversified end markets in the United States and Canada.”Read more…

2024 TRANSITION TRUCKING DRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED.

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes program, Kenworth Truck Company and Fast port recently announced the finalists for the 9th annual “Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence” award. This prestigious award “honors military veterans who have made an outstanding transition into the commercial trucking industry. Through a comprehensive nomination process, careful review by a selection committee, and a final public vote, the program will recognize and reward America’s top rookie military veteran drivers.”
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TRUCKING AND LOGISTICS SECTOR ADDS 13600 JOBS

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There’s been a reprieve in the Labor market tightness with 13,600 jobs added to the trucking and logistics sector in the second quarter of this year. Despite this number, “job gains were marginal for transport truck drivers, up just 0.1% or 200 more drivers in Q2 2024 compared to Q2 2023, according to the latest labor market information snapshot from Trucking HR Canada.”Read more…

DSV GROWS INTO WORLD’S BIGGEST LOGISTICS FIRM

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DSV is about to become the world’s biggest logistics firm after agreeing to buy Schenker, the logistics arm of German state rail operator Deutsche Bahn, for 14.3 billion euros ($15.85 billion). DSV, a logistics firm that had humble roots as a small enterprise of 10 truckers in 1976, has grown exponentially through “a string of successful acquisitions – some larger than the company itself – in a crowded logistics market.”
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TRUCKING JOBS CONTINUE TO DROP

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Overcapacity continues to have a negative effect on rates and trucking jobs as more drivers are being forced out of the industry before they can be saved by any future upcycle. According to the latest numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “more than 1,000 trucking jobs were eliminated from the economy in August. This marks the fifth consecutive monthly loss, which was preceded by a five-month growth streak.”Read more…

SELF DRIVING TRUCKS CAN CREATE NEW JOBS

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As self-driving truck developers get ever ­closer to utilizing fully driverless on-highway tractors, they are also creating a set of new, unique job functions that will be imperative to support self-driving fleets in real-­world freight operations. Even without a driver, autonomous trucks “will still depend on trained professionals to prepare, inspect, dispatch, monitor and maintain the vehicles as they haul loads between designated freight hubs on specific stretches of highway.” Read more

HOW AI IS TRANSFORMING LOGISTICS

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Artificial intelligence is spurring on unfathomable new opportunities for logistics and supply chain management. Despite this fact, many organizations remain uncertain about how best to move forward with implementation. Chris Caplice, the executive director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, exclaims: “AI is a moving target… it’s not sitting still; it’s aspirational because what was considered AI 30 years ago — even 20 years ago — is not considered cutting-edge AI anymore. It’s always that thing that exceeds our grasp.”Read more…

TRUCK DRIVING JOBS CONSIDERED LOW STRESS AND HIGH PAYING

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GFL Environmental subsidiaries in Georgia are about to finalize a “a consent decree meant to end a workplace discrimination lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.” The lawsuit, filed in September 2023, claimed that GFL, along with subsidiaries Waste Industries U.S.A, Waste Industries Atlanta and TransWaste Services, would habitually refuse to hire qualified women applicants for truck driving positions. According to the lawsuit, the companies instead sourced the positions to less qualified male applicants.
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