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Prognosis * USA - Trucking to retain lock on U.S. freight
USA -eTrucker -26 Nov 2006: -- Trucking will increase its share of the nation’s freight pool and continue to dominate domestic freight movement into the next decade, the American Trucking Associations reports in its newly released U.S. Freight Transportation Forecast to 2017... The forecast, produced for ATA by Global Insight, projects trucking’s total tonnage share to increase from 68.9 percent in 2005 to 69.2 percent in 2011 and to 69.5 percent by 2017. Trucking’s share of total freight revenue is projected to reach 85.1 percent by 2017, up from 84.3 percent in 2005...
* USA - Trucking Industry Experts Predict a Surge in the Requirement for Truck Drivers
Culver,IN,USA -PRWEB -Nov 28, 2006: -- Trucking industry experts predict a surge in the requirement for truck drivers over the next eight years. This information must be carefully analyzed to determine the impact on businesses supporting this critical industry. The successful small business must monitor trends to take advantage of their agility and flexibility to respond immediately to changing market conditions... In October, a study was completed by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) that outlines critical issues confronting the US trucking industry. The number one concern was the shortage of skilled truck drivers to meet the growing transportation demand over the next decade. Fuel issues were next, followed by concerns over high driver turn over and retention issues. At a cost of $4000-$8000 for driver recruiting and training it is an obvious concern...
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