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Help Wanted - USA - Truck Drivers
For the want of a truck driver, a great deal can be lost
New York,NY,USA -Forbes, by Robert Malone -4 May 2006: -- Trucks are the core logistics vehicles that bring almost everything to retail establishments across the nation. No truck means no yogurt, no gas and no Ralph Lauren polo shirt... Of the 3.4 million truck drivers on the U.S. roads in 2002, about 1.3 million were heavy- and tractor-trailer drivers. The American Trucking Association (ATA) estimates that employment will increase at a minimum rate of 1.8% through 2012, when there will need to be 2.1 million heavy haulers... These estimates offer the country and its transportation industry a not-so-delightful paradox, as there is currently a shortage of 20,000 long-haul drivers--and that number is growing. To this statistic must be added the 219,000 truck drivers who are 55 and over that will need to be replaced in the next decade. When the increased need for drivers is factored along with the attrition, there is a mammoth need to quickly find more truckers...
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