With fuel being one of the main things drivers can’t control in the trucking industry, the new reality has some diesel reserve tanks going from $23,000 to fill, to more than $47,500, and that doesn’t even include what drivers will have to pay while on the road. With it already being hard enough to find new drivers, the new rise in diesel prices is hampering the industry like never before. Read more…
With the truck industry being impacted even before the pandemic began due to “shortages of trained drivers, high turnover rates, and an aging workforce,” and now totalling over 80,000 unfilled driver jobs nationwide, the industry has been forced to think outside the box when it comes to continuing to operate. One example of getting creative is that of companies that are “partnering with local private career education colleges to tap into new talent that’s being trained specifically for careers in trucking.” Read more…
A new study out of the University of Michigan and Carnegie Melon has found that “up to 94% of operator hours may be impacted if automated trucking technology improves to operate in all weather conditions across the continental United States.” The study goes on to say that the impact may not happen all at once, especially because the technology is still having trouble in inclement weather, and, at first, only “10% of the operator hours will be affected.” Read more…
MegaCorp Logistics, a Wilmington-based freight brokerage firm, is set to use new economic incentives to add hundreds of new jobs, ranging from “operations personnel and sales professionals to support staff,” with positions paying “an average yearly salary of $62,917.” The company, founded in 2009, helps arrange shipping logistics across all business sectors, including shipping 200,000 truckloads of freight in the last year alone. Read more…
200 new jobs are coming to Norfolk Virginia thanks to Massachusetts-based logistics company RoadOne. The company plans to build a 340,000 square foot distribution and fulfillment center only six miles from the Port of Virginia’s terminals. This will be the fourth new transload facility that RoadOne has added in the last year and a half. The center “is set to be completed by August and will have 80 dock doors for loading and unloading trucks and 800 trailer parking spots.” Read more…
With countless senior fashion executives prioritizing strengthening relationships with suppliers, and “a growing number of fashion brands ramping up the development of product passports,” opportunities in fashion’s supply chain and logistics are becoming more readily available, not to mention popular. This is especially positive in light that “fashion’s supply chain has faced a tumultuous few years, with disruptions caused by global labour shortages, regulatory changes and geopolitics.” Read more…
While data might be open to interpretation, the overall strength of the truck transportation sector continues to increase. Since the pandemic nadir employment levels of April 2020, the monthly employment report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been mostly on the up-swing. In fact, “the truck transportation sector reported by the BLS has added jobs for 22 consecutive months.” Read more…
Vice President Kamala Harris announced major federal actions to “expand clean public transit and school buses, reduce emissions from dirty diesel trucks, and create good paying jobs.” With a new proposed rule to set heavy-duty vehicle emission standards, air pollution that often blights “overburdened low-income communities and communities of color” will hopefully be mitigated. The focus on zero emission trucking should also lead to “create good-paying, union jobs, prove public health, and confront climate change.” Read more…
While the picture that autonomous trucks paint in many minds might be of a world where thousands of truck drivers lose their jobs, the reality of the situation might not comport. Though driverless trucks might be an incredible feat, “there are many tasks autonomous trucks will simply not be able to perform for themselves out on the open road.” This will lead to countless new jobs in the industry for applicants across the country. Read more…
The President’s State of the Union address did not overlook the importance of national and global supply chain and logistics, as Joe Biden spoke of “key directives and positions” on the much blighted sector. While once being renowned for having the “best roads, bridges and airports on earth,” Biden suggests that “now our infrastructure is ranked 13th in the world” and that the United States “won’t be able to compete for the jobs of the 21st century if we don’t fix it.” Read more…
