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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA
* ATA boss: "A trucker has to be an optimist or else he wouldn't be trucking"
Las Vegas,NV,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -6 Oct 2009: ... That line -- quoted from the oft-quoted comedian and commentator Will Rogers by American Trucking Associations President, Bill Graves, this morning -- set the tone for the ATA's 2009 management conference in Las Vegas... He cited Washington's determination to pass climate change legislation and possible restrictions on in-cab communication technology as just two policy proposals that could negatively impact the trucking industry... On the latter issue, Graves is hoping cooler heads will lead to a pragmatic approach to the problem of distracted drivers, but warns that many government decision makers -- including, perhaps, DOT Secretary, Ray LaHood -- are eying a "broader, more aggressive approach"... Whatever the outcome, Graves predicted the policy that gets approved will "affect in-cab (operations) for years to come"... Graves, however, still had enough criticism left in the tank for Republicans in Congress, who have no reasonable response to bad ideas except to "just say no"...* Four in the industry rank high in Newsweek’s Top 500 Green Companies
New York,NY,USA -Fleet Owner, by Brian Straight -October 5, 2009: -- Kudos to four companies within the trucking industry who have been included in Newsweek’s Top 500 Green U.S. Companies. UPS, FedEx, C.H. Robinson and J.B. Hunt Transport Services are all included for their efforts to be greener... Each company was assigned an environmental impact score, a green policies score, a green policies and a reputation score from which the list was compiled... UPS ranked highest of the four, coming in 85th overall with a score of 78.36. FedEx was 93rd with a 77.50 with C.H. Robinson scored 63.05 to place 414th and J.B. Hunt a 63.05 to finish at 429th... While others in the industry could certainly be included in the list had they met the qualification criteria set by Newsweek, these four should nonetheless be applauded for their efforts..(Photo: Volvo Trucks North America sponsor of * SURVEY - Economy, Regulation, Fuel Top List of Trucker Concerns
ATRI survey finds truckers shifting concerns, priorities in long-lasting recession
Arlington,VA,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by William B. Cassidy -Oct 5, 2009: -- American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the research arm of the American Trucking Associations, surveyed more than 4,000 trucking companies for its fifth annual report on the top 10 industry concerns...
1st. - The economy: An overwhelming number of companies — 51.6 percent — ranked as their primary concern in 2009
2nd. - Government regulations: Became the No. 2 spot. As health care and environmental regulation progress in Washington, the top pick of 13.7 percent
3rd. - Fuel Costs: With 5.5 percent of respondents citing fuel as their top issue...
4th. - Congestion and highway infrastructure.
5th. - Hours-of-service (HOS) rules
6th. - Commercial driver issues
7th. - Environmental issues
8th. - Tolls and Highway Funding
9th. - Truck size and weight
10th.- Onboard Truck Technology, especially the use of electronic onboard recorders, cited by 1.4 percent of the carriers in the survey...
* ATA data indicates truck driver staffing numbers remain low
Arlington,VA,USA -Logistics Management, by Jeff Berman -5 Oct 2009: -- At a time when there is plentiful excess capacity in the trucking industry, it stands to reason that there is no longer a truck driver shortage. This is exemplified by recent data from the American Trucking Associations (ATA), which stated that both truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers “took further steps to reduce employment in the face of lower freight volume” in the second quarter... For annualized line-haul driver turnover, the ATA reported that employment numbers fell for both small and large truckload fleets in the second quarter. Small truckload fleets saw turnover dip to a 42 percent annualized rate—the lowest the ATA has recorded since it began collecting driver turnover data in 1995. Large truckload turnover dropped to a 52 percent annualized turnover rate since 1995, too, said the ATA. This falls well short of the 136 percent truck driver turnover rate the ATA recorded in the fourth quarter of 2005, when capacity was tighter and volumes were higher...
* Trucking job losses slow in Sept.
Washington,DC,USA -eTrucker -5 Oct 2009: ... According to preliminary figures released Friday, Sept. 4, by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, with the estimated 3,600 jobs lost in September, the trucking industry has lost more than 83,000 jobs since the end of 2008 – a decline of 6.2 percent. Job cuts since July 2008 – just before the current decline – total 133,500. The BLS numbers reflect all payroll employment in for-hire trucking, but they don’t include trucking-related jobs in other industries, such as a truck driver for a private fleet... Seasonally adjusted trucking employment peaked in January 2007 at more than 1.45 million, according to BLS figures. Since then, for-hire trucking companies have shed 196,900 jobs, or 13.5 percent...
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