Category Archives: CDL

AMAZON CLOSING WAREHOUSES

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Amazon.com Inc., has decided to cut down the size of its massive delivery operation amid slowing sales growth, and has abandoned many existing and planned facilities around the country:  “MWPVL International Inc., which tracks Amazon’s real-estate footprint, estimates the company has either shuttered or killed plans to open 42 facilities totaling almost 25 million square feet of usable space. The company has delayed opening an additional 21 locations, totaling nearly 28 million square feet, according to MWPVL. The e-commerce giant also has canceled a handful of European projects, mostly in Spain, the firm said.”  Read more…

BRIDGESTONE HELPING CREATE MORE EFFICIENT COMMERCIAL TRUCKS

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Bridgestone Americas announced a massive expansion and modernization of its Warren County, Tennessee Truck and Bus Radial Tire Plant located in Morrison. Bridgestone plans to invest $550 million dollars into the project which “will add 380 new jobs and expand the plant’s existing footprint by 850,000 square feet to support increased capacity and to accelerate the use of advanced technologies that support cleaner, safer and more efficient commercial truck and bus fleets.”  Read more…

GRANT AWARDED IN NORTH ILLINOIS COMMUNITY TO HELP WITH LOSS OF LOGISTIC JOBS

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The latest round of grant funding from Northern Illinois Community Initiatives will help disadvantaged business owners, including those in the logistics sector.  NICI, the nonprofit founded by natural gas distributor Nicor Gas, announced “three Impact Grant awards worth $100,000 each to nonprofit organizations serving Rockford, Harvey, south and west suburban Cook County and Will County. The grants, created to provide bridge funding for economic and workforce development, and community revitalization programs, builds upon NICI’s mission to attract investment, mobilize partners, and connect vital resources to underserved communities in Nicor Gas’ service areas.”  Read more…

$20 MILLION GRANT AWARDED TO SUPPORT MAINE FARMERS AND FOOD PROCESSORS

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More logistic jobs will be coming to Maine as Governor Janet Mills announced “nearly $20 million in grant awards through her Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan to help Maine farmers and food processors address infrastructure needs to expand in-state production and processing.”  These funds will help farmers “increase the supply of Maine-grown food, meet growing demand, create and sustain jobs in one of Maine’s iconic heritage industries.” Read more…

PET SUPPLIES PLUS BRINGING LOGISTIC JOBS TO SOUTH CAROLINA

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Pet Supplies Plus, a leading,  full-service pet retail company,  plans to establish a new distribution center in Orangeburg County with a $53 million investment that will create 275 new jobs, including “highly desirable logistic jobs.” Created in 1988, “Pet Supplies Plus, a subsidiary of Franchise Group, Inc., is one of the largest pet retail franchises in the United States, offering customers a wide assortment of natural pet foods, goods and services.  Located in 40 states, Pet Supplies Plus has more than 630 stores, the majority of which are independently owned and operated by franchisees.” Read more…

LOGISTICS PROGRAMS TO BE TAUGHT IN VR

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Goodwill of Southeast Georgia and Savannah Technical College will be offering a new virtual reality pilot program that will help applicants that are interested in learning manufacturing and forklifting skills. The certification courses will be taught in a hybrid format with the goal of providing students with innovative, hands-on classroom training. These virtual reality training courses “will allow the college to increase its logistics and manufacturing class sizes from 15 students to around 92.”  Read more… 

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TRUCKER DEMAND KEEPING CDL SCHOOLS BUSY

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Teresa Maki, owner of T Enterprises, a Pasco private trucking school certified in Commercial Driving License (CDL) training by the state Department of Licensing, exclaims that the trucking industry has exploded and enrollment in her school has nearly doubled since 2020. Maki goes on to claim that “employers hiring new drivers have increased significantly. Before, they could easily find someone with a little bit more experience, but now they just can’t find enough drivers.” Read more… 

ATTRACT TRUCKERS WITH SAFER JOBS AND BETTER WAGES

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Though many trucking companies lament the fact that they are low on truck drivers, this runs counterintuitive to the fact “that there are many times more commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) issued than there are jobs in the industry.” With unemployment levels below 4%, it appears that many truck drivers are leaving the industry to find one with a “safe, steady job that will enable them to provide a reasonably comfortable life for themselves and their families.”  Read more…

LOGISTICS JOBS COMING TO SOUTH ALABAMA

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Officials predict 80 new logistics jobs will be coming to South Alabama as New York-based DC Safety and Averitt Express will both be expanding their operations to Mobil County, Alabama. Upon the announcements, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey exclaimed: “days like today prove why Alabama’s economic comeback is leading states around the country and why the Mobil area is a major catalyst for the entire state.”  Read more…

QUITTING ON-THE-JOB TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING CAN BE COSTLY

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While truck driver training programs help applicants find positions amongst the nation’s biggest freight haulers, quitting during these courses can often have severe repercussions. Despite the fact many of these programs fail to deliver the compensation and working conditions they promise, “drivers who quit early can be pursued by debt collectors and blacklisted by other companies in the industry, making it difficult for them to find a new job.”  Read more...