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Sep 25, 2014

TRUCKING INDUSTRY * USA

* Virginia - ATA Truck Tonnage Index increases 1.6% in August to new record high

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Arlington,VA,USA -The Trucker -23 Sept 2014: -- American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.6 percent in August, following a gain of 1.5 percent the previous month... In August, the index equaled 132.6 (2000=100) versus 130.5 in July. August’s index is the highest on record, surpassing November 2013 (131.0)... Compared with August 2013, the SA index increased 4.5 percent, up from July’s 3.7 percent year-over-year gain. The latest year-over-year increase was the largest this year. Year-to-date, compared with the same period last year, tonnage is up 3.1 percent... 


* Florida - A perfect storm is forming in the trucking industry 

Leesburg,FL,USA -The Daily Commercial, by Don Magruder -Sep 24, 2014: -- Two rather large and emerging issues are facing housing — huge increases in trucking costs and a shortage of skilled craftsmen... Annual turnover rates are estimated at well over 100 percent with most of the nation’s drivers over 40 years old. This huge attrition of truckers is creating a real labor shortage... Recent changes in government regulations regarding driving hours and medical requirements for truck drivers are exacerbating the trucking shortage... Restrictions reduce the average miles per driver by almost 3,000 miles per month... As the driving workforce gets older, medical issues naturally become larger. New government regulations on the use of national certified medical exams coupled with new rules for sleep apnea and other chronic issues have resulted in more drivers being medically disqualified. Even though they are necessary for the public’s safety, these new government mandated medical requirements have resulted in thousands of new truck driver openings, adding to an already growing shortage... A perfect storm is forming in the trucking industry. Anything that is shipped by truck, will be burdened with increased shipping costs, resulting in higher prices paid for goods by the consumer... A vice president of one of the largest timber providers in the South told me recently that he expects trucking rates to triple in the long term...
* DC - Richard Branson steers new trucking efficiency drive

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Washington,DC,USA -Business Green, by Will Nichols -24 Sep 2014: -- Carbon War Room publishes data on current technologies it says could save the trucking industry $40bn a year and cut emissions 20 per cent... Richard Branson's Carbon War Room (CWR) has set its sights on doubling the efficiency of the US trucking industry by driving the uptake of existing technologies... The non-profit has unveiled a new website, TruckingEfficiency.org... It says truckers and fleet owners could save between 30 per cent and 50 per cent in fuel costs by improving their fleets, adding that widespread adoption of existing and cost efficient technologies could see the US haulage industry shed $40bn of costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a fifth... The scale of the potential emissions savings are huge, given that in 2012 nearly 70 per cent of all internal freight in the US was moved by truck...

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