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Oct 22, 2012

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * Canada & USA

* Canada - Shortage of available talent will constrain industry's capacity

Mississauga,ONT,USA -Fleet Owner, by James Menzies -Oct 18, 2012: -- There will be many factors limiting capacity growth in the Canadian trucking industry, but chief among them will be a lack of qualified drivers... That was the message from Doug Harrison, CEO of Day and Ross Group...   Shippers on-hand heard that trucking capacity is likely to remain tight, due to the rising cost of new equipment, forthcoming regulations, increased consolidation and a reluctance among the carrier community to add trucks in an uncertain freight environment. But Harrison added “One of the greatest capacity issues we have going forward is talent” ... Citing numbers from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Conference Board of Canada, Harrison said the Canadian transport industry is short 27,000 people today, with that expected to grow to 74,000 people by 2015... Even if drivers were readily available, Harrison said Day and Ross would be cautious about adding capacity in the current environment...


* Tennesse - Carriers differ on how much to raise driver pay. New survey also shows carriers less concerned about healthcare costs 

Nashville,TN,USA -Fleet Owner, by David Cullen -Oct. 17, 2012: -- A whopping 77% of motor carriers surveyed recently related that they “expect” to raise driver pay this year. However, despite rising driver turnover, those in the survey group differ on just how much they will boost those wages... Transport Capital Partners (TCP) just reported that its Q3 Business Expectations survey found that almost 50% of the carriers surveyed “expect that they will need to raise driver pay 2 to 5% this year” and that 25% of the carriers plan to up pay, too, but by less than 2%. On the other hand, a much smaller percentage of carriers— just 3.3%-- stated that they would boost pay by 6 to 10%. And not one of the respondents plan to increase wages more than 10%... The survey of course did not delve into whether or not putting forth a raise that doesn’t reach 2% would make a carrier appear a piker to its drivers...

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