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Jobs - USA - Truck Drivers Needed in New Orleans To Help Spur Recovery
USA -Trucking Info -14 Nov 2005: -- The Port of New Orleans is putting out the call nationally to attract truckers to haul cargo in and out of New Orleans and to help rebuild the economy of the Crescent City... Under normal pre-Katrina conditions, the Port would have about 1,000 truck drivers hauling 1,500 truck loads on a very busy day. After Katrina, about 150 drivers are estimated to be working in the Port of New Orleans and they are making about 450 truck hauls per day... Many New Orleans area truck drivers lost their homes, rigs or both during Hurricane Katrina. Some have relocated to other parts of the country. There was an estimated shortage of 20,000 truck drivers nationwide before Katrina, and the storm’s impact on fuel prices has not helped the situation. Meanwhile, the local supply of truck drivers has been further diminished by the massive federal trash hauling efforts in New Orleans... Approximately 70 percent of cargo that comes into or out of the Port of New Orleans is handled by truck. Literally hundreds of truck drivers from south Louisiana lost their trucks, their homes and some lost their lives... Due to these factors, drivers with a commercial drivers license and owner/operators are in high demand to make local and regional deliveries in the New Orleans area... Free housing is being offered to drivers by many transportation firms, and the Port can help drivers who haul Port cargo obtain housing aboard federal Maritime Administration ships docked along the Mississippi River... Interested drivers are encouraged to contact the Louisiana Motor Transport Association at (225) 928-5682.
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