Category Archives: Women Trucking

WINTER COLD SNAP LEADS TO SPOT MARKET SURGE IN THE FREIGHT INDUSTRY

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The latest report fromDat Freight and Analytics, which controls the DAT One online freight marketplace and DAT iQ data analytics service, states “January spot freight volumes were pushed to all-time highs due to a winter-related bump in demand for truckload capacity.” Ken Adamo, DAT chief of analytics, goes on say: “winter weather increased the need for trucks at a time when shippers were moving holiday returns and springtime retail goods through supply chains, and for-hire carriers were rejecting a higher percentage of contracted loads.” Read more…

TRUCKUCATION SHOWCASES TRADE JOBS DURING TRUCKING INDUSTRY SHORTAGE

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The day-to-day operation of trades workers was on full display for those interested in potentially entering that workforce by Truckucation, as the organization hosted its monthly “Trucking and Trades” event to help promote jobs in the trucking industry and various other trades. These kinds of events have become a must with the trucking industry’s recent decline in the number of truck drivers entering the field. Read more…

SURVEY SEEKS VIEWS ON BARRIERS TO WOMEN PURSUING TRUCKING JOBS

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The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has sent out a new survey to help shine light on what both women and men truck drivers believe to be the obstacles to entry for female truck drivers. ATRI said the survey will also help learn about other challenges that truck drivers encounter while training, on the road, and at parking facilities. The research will take those responses from both men and women drivers to identify and contrast the special challenges faced by female drivers. Read more