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Jul 18, 2016

WOMEN IN TRUCKING * Canada - Drivers' shortage

* Prince Edward Islands - Trucking industry wants more women behind the wheel

--- Industry facing a shortage of 30,000 by 2020 nationwide... The Island's trucking industry is facing a major shortage of workers, and officials hope women will step up to help fill the gap... According to the P.E.I. Trucking Sector Council, truckers are aging and many are set to retire in the next several years... Executive director Brian Oulton says approximately 30,000 truck drivers are needed nationwide by 2020, several hundred on Prince Edward Island.... Jobs 'everywhere' on the Island... Oulton said many trucking jobs on the Island go unfilled, and getting more women behind the wheel would make a big difference... 
(Photo by Jessica Doria-Brown/CBC - Amy Herring loves driving a truck because, 'You see a lot, and every trip is different')  --  London, ONT, CAN - CBC News, by Jessica Doria-Brown - Jul 15, 2016

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Mar 18, 2016

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE ? * Australia: ATA ask visas to foreign truckers

* NSW - Transport manager takes issue with people criticising foreign truck drivers
-- A senior manager at Ron Finemore Transport has taken aim at critics of foreign truck drivers working in Australia... Paul Pulver delivered an impromptu defence of international drivers at this year’s Livestock and Bulk Carriers Association (LBCA) conference, saying they were diligent and hardworking and were necessary because many Australians did not want to work... The issue of foreign truck drivers working in Australia gained widespread media attention recently due to an incident involving a truck belonging to Scott’s of Mt Gambier... The driver, Gary Singh from India, caused significant traffic delays on Sydney’s M5 motorway when he realised the B-double was too big to enter a tunnel and tried to reverse it, jack-knifing the rig in the process... The media claimed Singh was working on a 457 visa at the time. The Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) investigation found the claim was false... Truck driving is currently not included on the list of skilled occupations for 457 visa holders... The Australian Trucking Association wrote to the Federal Government in 2013 asking it to allow overseas drivers to apply for a 457 visa to operate trucks in Australia...
(Photography by Greg Bush - Paul Pulver says Ron Finemore Transport has had to employ international truck drivers because Australians do not want to work)   --   Bathurst, NSW, Australia - Owner Driver, by Brad Gardner - 14 March 2016

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Oct 8, 2015

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * USA: To replace retiring drivers in an aging workforce

* New York - Report: Trucking industry will need 890,000 new drivers in next decade
-- The trucking industry will need to hire 890,000 drivers in the next decade to replace retirees and meet rising demand, and companies are already pushing up pay to avoid falling short, according to a new study by the American Trucking Associations... The industry group estimates that trucking companies will have to bring on an additional 47,500 drivers this year to smoothly handle customers’ orders, a figure that would grow to 73,500 next year if the economy picks up speed. The labor crunch is likely to worsen in coming years because drivers tend to be older—an average age of 49, compared with 42 in the wider workforce—and the industry will see more retirements... There are about 1.6 million tractor-trailers on the road today driven by professional drivers, according to the ATA. Of the 890,000 new hires needed by 2024, 45% would replace retiring drivers and about a third will be needed to handle growing demand, the report said, with the rest necessary to replace workers who leave the business for other reasons... 
(Photo: The American Trucking Associations says there are about 1.6 million tractor-trailers driven by professional drivers on the road today)   --   NY, USA - The WSJ, by Brian Baskin - Oct. 6, 2015

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May 24, 2015

TRUCKING SEARCH FOR YOUNG DRIVERS * USA: Comes up very short about

* New York - Trucking Industry:  40,000 drivers shortfall & aging workforce, bigger questions for the future 

-- The trucking industry says the average age of drivers is nearing 50, and trucking companies and their customers face a looming demographic problem because fewer younger workers are interested in filling empty seats... Kevin Young, a 37-year-old truck driver from Kentucky, is the third generation in his family to take to the open road and loves his job so much that he’s lost two marriages over it. Mr. Young, got his Commercial Driver’s License as soon as he was eligible at age 21...  The trucking industry is beginning to feel the impact of a shortfall of some 35,000 to 40,000 drivers needed to move goods, some believe this will grow to as much as 240,000 drivers by 2022, said Gail Rutkowski, executive director of the National Shippers Transportation Council, or NASSTRAC... Experts say there are many reasons behind the shortage, including more stringent work requirements as safety regulations have expanded and low pay that, despite recent gains, has made the tough working conditions tougher to bear. But trucking is also driving headlong into demographic reality: its workforce is getting older, and younger Americans are showing less interest in a career on the highway... This shortage is buffeting the trucking industry as the volume of goods grows with the economy... It is also increasing costs for shippers as carriers step up efforts to recruit and retain drivers... Carrier shipping rates have gone up 8% in a year “at a time when diesel fuel, which is typically one of the largest drivers of trucking cost, dropped nearly 25%” ...   Trucking cos. has had trouble keeping truck drivers for more than 10 months in its small private fleet that employs nine drivers because larger companies are in something of a poaching war, paying thousands of dollars in sign-on bonuses to attract new drivers... The ATA estimates more than a third of companies owning private fleets and less-than-truckload carriers, which carry goods for multiple shippers on one truck, are now offering signing bonuses. Nearly half of truckload carriers, which serve one shipper at a time and operate on longer routes, are doing the same... The shortage has had some benefit for drivers. The ATA said average driver pay across the industry was more than $54,585 in 2014, up 9% from about $50,000 in 2013... But the ability to attract a younger generation will depend on the industry’s ability to make trucking appealing again...  Although he is 37, Mr. Young, the truck driver from Kentucky, considers himself an old-timer on the road and thinks the next generation of young drivers don’t have a love of the job, he said. “If the young people would take more pride in it, it would be a lot better out here” ... 
(PHOTO - Kevin Young says truck driving is a lifestyle and a career that has cost him two marriages. His wife, Shannon Young, is applying for her Commercial Driver’s License to join him n the road) -- NY, USA - The WSJ. by LORETTA CHAO - May 19, 2015

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Apr 3, 2015

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * USA: Only getting worse

* California - The industry could need an additional 240,000 new truck drivers by 2023


  --   Amid a perfect storm of increasing market demand requiring more drivers, a declining number of drivers due to an aging workforce, and fewer younger drivers being hired, the driver shortage is only getting worse, according to the HireRight 2015 Transportation Spotlight... However, this demand exacerbates the driver shortage because while motor carriers aim to increase hiring, the survey found they are struggling to recruit and retain as many drivers as they need — 63 percent reported that finding, retaining and developing talent was their top business challenge this year... The American Trucking Associations estimates that the current driver shortage is 35,000 drivers and if current trends prevail, the industry could need an additional 240,000 new truck drivers by 2023. At present, ATA says the industry needs to hire 96,000 new drivers every year to meet current demand... 
(Photo: Driver shortage to remain top challenge in foreseeable future)  --  Irvine, CAL, USA - The Trucker News Services - 1 April 2015

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Jan 14, 2015

SHORTAGE OF DRIVERS * USA: ATRI Study

* Virginia - Action needed to address a growing truck driver shortage 
Arlington,VA,USA -ATN (Australia), by Brad Gardner -12 Jan 2015: -- Chronic driver shortages in the US are likely to get worse unless the country’s trucking industry does more to entice young people to get behind the wheel, according to a research body... The American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) study of driver age demographics between 1994 and 2013 shows an unhealthy reliance on older drivers and a dramatic fall in the number of those aged below 35 picking a career in trucking... ATRI’s White Paper: Analysis of Truck Driver Age Demographics Across Two Decades, says the median age of people employed in the industry is 46.5, with those aged between 45 and 54 making up the bulk of employees (31 per cent)... It adds that there are more 65-year-old drivers in trucking compared to people aged 20 to 24, while those aged 25 to 34 make up only 15.6 per cent of the workforce... According to the report, the percentage of 25 to 34 year olds working in the industry has dropped almost 50 per cent between 1994 and 2013... The American Trucking Associations (ATA) estimates there will be a potential driver shortage of 240,000 by 2022... While it largely blames licensing restrictions for the dearth of young people entering and remaining in the industry, ATRI adds that the global financial crisis has also played a role... The report says about 3.2 million of the 7 million people with trucking-related jobs in the US are employed as truck drivers...

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Oct 27, 2013

DRIVERS SHORTAGE * Canada - TRUCKERS' COMMENTS

* P.E.I. - Driver shortage discussed at APTA meeting

Charlottetown,Prince Edwards Island  ,CAN -Truck News -Oct 23, 2013: -- The ongoing driver shortage was addressed in a session at the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA) conference here today... A discussion panel was assembled at the Oct. 23 afternoon session to discuss both problems and solutions to the prevailing shortage issue... Kelly Henderson, the executive director of the Trucking Human Resources Sector Council Atlantic, reported that by 2020, the industry could face a driver shortage of 33,000 truck operators... Angela Splinter, CEO Trucking HR Canada echoed this statistic by adding that the numbers do fluctuate from 25,000 to 33,000, but could realistically be higher... According to Paul Easson, president of Eassons Transport, the job can be demoralizing when truckers are forced to wait for their schedules or left idling at a shipper’s facility waiting for their truck to unload. Rearranging operations so dispatch plans are forward looking will aid wait times... The issue of time was stressed when Easson addressed the conference attendees...

* British Columbia - Trucking Association seeks immigrant drivers 

Langley,BC,CAN -Truck News -Oct 21, 2013: -- The BC Trucking Association (BCTA) has developed a new skills assessment tool called IDRIVE and is looking for 25 recent immigrants with professional truck-driving experience to participate in a pilot test to be scheduled in November or December 2013... BCTA is working with BC motor carriers to find ways to address a shortage of professional drivers that could run as high as 33,000 across Canada by 2020, according to a Conference Board of Canada study...

° TRUCKERS' COMMENT °

 * ALP wrote:
October 25, 2013: "Well I guess I am tired of hearing all the things companies are doing to keep drivers happy After 25 years in the industry it is no different now than then only you cannot run 24/7 to make money. Companies tell everyone we are the top in the industry if so why you always looking for drivers why are drivers always unhappy with there work schedule. Very simple pay for what you do live up to your promises. We all can agree that services have not decreased so who is making the bucks here. The food industry say transport costs are up we are told , transport companies they are down so where is the truth who do you believe someone is making the bucks of a drivers hard work. Does not look like retailers are hurting for a dollar or transport companies whether privately owned or owned by share holders. If any other trade or worker put up with the delays, lies that are given to drivers the country it would shut down. I do not want a medal of honor for what I do just treat me right and pay me. The sad part about all of this bull is I LOVE what I do and everyone else is tell me what to work , when to rest and what I can make know anywhere else this happens. The more I put in the less I get back come on people these days are gone do not be so greedy share the wealth the trucking industry will be a better place. Everyone know you get what you pay for..."

* poor boy said: 
October 25, 2013 - : "for months I've listened to all these so called experts with their theories on how to help these companies retain drivers. the main problem is with our antiquated labour laws that haven't kept up with the times. This is not "Rocket science" 24hrs in a day 10 for sleeping according to our log books. 14 hrs for productivity. IE driving, traffic, loading, unloading, call me back in an hour game and so on. Pay by the hour and most safety problems will take of themselves. The labour laws need to be changed to fit today's type of trucking, most of these trucking companies manipulate the rules to suite their purpose. Sure the labour rules says after 60hrs it's overtime great in theory. At the end of your 3rd day lets say for shits and giggles your company makes you sit some place for 24hrs because they don't have freight, that blows the 60hrs in 7 days apart plus a day with no income sitting at some truckstop. I don't think these labour laws regarding trucking have changed much since the 1930s. The laws have to change across the country in order to have a level playing field for everyone. I could go and on but i think most people reading this will get the idea of it..."

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Aug 8, 2013

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * New Zealand

* Truck drivers facing removal from NZ immigration lists

(Photo: Renault with a dual axle trailer loaded with roofing and flooring) 
 Auckland,NZ -Re:locate -1 August 2013: -- New Zealand has hinted that the occupation of truck driving is set to be removed from the Immediate Skills Shortage List in February... The country’s Immigration Minister, Michael Woodhouse, recently said that the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment would be working closely with the trucking industry over the coming year to identify skill needs and develop a plan for how to best meet those needs... According to INZ estimates, there are currently 403 overseas drivers working temporarily in New Zealand...

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Nov 6, 2012

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * USA

* Arkansas - Driver Shortage Boosting Dedicated U.S. Trucking Business

(Photographer, Michael Fein/Bloomberg: A J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. truck travels north on Interstate 87 past the village of Lake George, New York) Lowell,ARK,USA -Bloomberg News, by Anna-Louise Jackson and Anthony Feld -November 6, 2012: -- Retailers and grocery stores are among companies increasingly using dedicated-fleet services as a shortage of drivers constrains U.S. trucking capacity while the economy heals... J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. and Werner Enterprises Inc. are among carriers benefiting from an “accelerating trend” that’s helping to buoy the trucking industry, according to John Larkin, managing director in Baltimore at Stifel Nicolaus and Co...  Dedicated-fleet services -- provided by a carrier that allocates a fleet of trucks to specific customers -- are “in vogue” because shippers want to eliminate the uncertainty related with procuring vehicles, he said... These services now are “the preferred approach to lock in capacity” for core shipments, Larkin said. Further, because customers are charged the same amount whether a truck is empty or full, they can better manage their costs in the event of a shortage by negotiating rates for “defined, predictable routes” in advance, he added...


* Virginia - ATA Releases Driver Shortage Analysis Paper 

Arlington,VA,USA -American Trucking Associations/PRNewswire-USNewswire/The Sacramento Bee -Nov. 5, 2012: -- Today, American Trucking Associations released an analysis of the shortage of truck drivers, concluding that the current shortage is acute and limited primarily to the truckload sector of the industry; but that long-term trends could cause the shortage to explode in the next decade... In the paper, ATA said that while private fleets and less-than-truckload carriers may have some difficulty hiring drivers, the bulk of the shortage was confined to long-haul, over-the-road truckload carriers...


* Nevada - ITS boosts driver training initiative 

Sparks,NV,USA -Northern Nevada Business Weekly, by Rob Sabo -5 Nov 2012: -- A program started six months ago to groom new big-rig truck drivers has resulted in more than a dozen new hires for ITS Logistics, and President and Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Lynch, says the company’s driver-training program could become it’s best resource to overcome an industry-wide driver shortage... Nationwide, the trucking companies say they are short at least 20,000 drivers, and Nevada companies share in the pain... The company provides candidates who have recently graduated from a truck driving school with additional training. Driver trainees, for instance, spend several days working alongside ITS Logistics mechanics to learn the essentials of truck and trailer maintenance. They also spend two to three weeks driving local routes, learning to backing skills and learning to drive on congested roads... Finally, they complete crucial over-the-road training on long-haul routes with a trainer...  


* California - Ripped off drivers 

San Marcos,CAL,USA -Topix -Oct 30, 2012: -- A lot of honest trucking companies that are playing by the rules have to compete with criminal outlaw "logistics" companies who have "Illegal Alien truckers" on their payroll who are happy to drive over hours and do anything illegal to put more money in their pockets. These ilegals dont even have a real driver license...  all fake documents...  they get these loads from the shipper and can "outperform" the honest trucking companies... Never a mention of catching those crooked operators. Honest drivers and companies are being driven out of business by the criminals...   Crooked shippers ant wait to give the loads to these lower cost outlaw imigrunts.......its ridiculous...

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Oct 3, 2012

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * WORLDWIDE

* USA - Pay is still the heart of it 

Diemen,The Netherlands - Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Oct. 3, 2012: ... The ongoing truck driver shortage in this country (and it’s not just solely a U.S. problem, either) along with some of the reasons why it exists in the first place, despite national unemployment numbers hovering around 8.2%... The biggest factor, though, remains the pay. Even though average driver pay is now in the neighborhood of $50,000, it’s still not consistent as for most it’s still based on mileage that (no surprise here) fluctuates from week to week. Throw in weeks spent on the road away from family and friends, and it should be no shocker that it’s hard to keep folks behind the wheel of a big rig... Yet don’t think trucking alone is in the paycheck crosshairs. Indeed, according to a recent study by global human resources firm Randstad, U.S. workers are most likely to identify promotions or bonuses as one of the most effective ways to keep them engaged in their jobs – regardless of industry... In the latest Randstad Engagement Index, 36% of workers say bonuses and promotions (which typically come with pay increases, of course) are among the most effective motivations...


* South Africa - Truck drivers gather to stage massive protest in Johannesburg amid labour unrest 

Johannesburg,SA -The Associated Press/The Province, by Rodney Muhumuza -October 2, 2012: -- Thousands of striking truck drivers protested Tuesday amid heavy police presence in central Johannesburg as labour unrest continued across South Africa, leading to fears of renewed violence... The truckers marched to the nearby area of Braamfontein to submit a petition to the transport bargaining council for a 12 per cent pay raise, said the South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union, which organized protests around South Africa...


 - DRIVERS PROTESTS - 

 * Belgium - Drivers protest in Brussels against social dumping

Brussels,Belgium -Truck and Business, by Astrid Huyghe -24 Sept 2012: -- They were more than 500 drivers Monday noon rally in Brussels to show a common front against social dumping in the European transport. Drivers, gathered out of 5 motorway parking located in Flanders and Wallonia before joining together Heysel. The Ubot-FGTB (BTB-ABVV) were represented in numbers, but we also saw trade unionists ACLVB, OGBL ... The reason for the rally? "The Belgian drivers are facing a huge problem," says Frank Moreels, Federal Secretary BTB-ABVV. "Large companies tend to hire drivers who come from Europe Eastern. They roll to ½ or 1/3 of the salary of a Belgian driver. It is unfair competition for small independents" ...

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Jul 18, 2012

DRIVERS SHORTAGE * TRUCKS DRIVERS BEHAVIOUR - Studies

* UK -  Truck Driver behaviour affects the bottom line

(Photo: Road UK England speed blurred lorry)
Reading,Berkshire,UK -Fleet Europe, by Tim Harrup -5 July 2012: -- UK company FleetMatics is pointing out that with fuel prices rising again, one of the most obvious and effective ways for fleets to reduce costs lies in driver behaviour. Better driving habits in terms of speed and excessive idling (cured by stop-start systems) can save up to 15% in fuel consumption. The use of telematics fleet management systems which show when a driver is exceeding a speed limit, along with other driving habits, can also help in keeping costs down, if rectification measures are taken. FleetMatics points to other cost-saving actions, which include ensuring that vehicles are correctly maintained and serviced. Having the correct tyre pressures is another vital ingredient in all this, as tyre manufacturer Michelin points out. And when a fleet runs into hundreds of cars or more, significant fuel savings of the level mentioned can have a positive effect on the bottom line of the entire company operations, FleetMatics reminds us...


* USA - Shortage driving fleets to consider inexperienced drivers

 Arlington,VA,USA -Fleet Owner. by David Cullen -Jul. 18, 2012: -- Due to the driver shortage/turnover issue that is again plaguing over-the-road trucking, more motor carriers are looking into hiring inexperienced drivers and are seeking them out at truck-driver training schools. That’s the key finding of the American Trucking Assn.’s (ATA) just published Benchmarking Guide for Driver Recruitment and Retention. The new guide, which ATA is selling, runs 92 pages and contains data and anecdotal information based on interviews with more than 50 fleets, which together run over 130,000 trucks and manage more than 155,000 drivers and contractors...   Last month, ATA reported that after a one-quarter reprieve, the annualized turnover rate for large truckload fleets rose slightly in the first quarter of 2012 while small truckload fleets saw a tremendous surge in turnover. According to ATA chief economist, Bob Costello, the turnover rate for large truckload fleets rose two percentage points to 90%-- marking its highest point since the first quarter of 2008. But at truckload fleets with less than $30 million in revenue, turnover jumped 16 percentage points to 71% in the first quarter– for its highest level since the second quarter of 2008...  Costello added that turnover at less-than-truckload carriers remained “remarkably low,” at just 8% . However, that was up one percentage point from the previous quarter.

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Jan 28, 2012

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * USA

* Nebraska - Driver Market, Truck Capacity Tightening

Omaha,NEB,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Jan 27, 2012: -- Trucking operator’s annual profit breaks $100 million mark, sales reach $2 billion...  A “challenging” driver market will put more pressure on trucking costs, capacity and pricing in 2012, says truckload carrier Werner Enterprises... The driver market tightened in the fourth quarter of 2011, the Omaha-based company said Thursday. Difficulty hiring enough truck drivers kept Werner’s capacity slightly below its target level of about 7,300 trucks in the latter part of 2011, the company said when announcing its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings and revenue...  Any lack of drivers didn’t slow Werner much last year... For the last quarter, Werner reported a 22 percent increase in net profit to $29.4 million, while revenue rose 10 percent to $507.9 million. In 2010, Werner was the third-largest truckload carrier in the U.S., according to SJ Consulting Group... 

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Jan 18, 2012

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * USA

* Georgia - From the dock to the driver’s seat

(Photo, by aharmonix: A SAIA's Truck on I-15, Arizona)
Atlanta,GA,USA --Penton Media/Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Jan 17, 2012: -- Faced with an ever-growing shortage of truck drivers, fleets are engaging in a variety of efforts to find and keep willing hands to hold a big rig’s steering wheel for a career. Not only are fleets starting up their own driver training schools, but recruiting efforts in have intensified, even within their own companies... LTL carrier Saia, for one, is stepping up efforts to comb the ranks of its dockworkers to find employees with the right safety mindset and work ethic to help pilot its fleet of 2,475 city and 1,820 linehaul tractor-trailers... A bigger paycheck is one of the big incentives to move from dockworker to driver at Saia...

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Oct 4, 2011

Driver Turnover * USA - Hits 79 Percent at Large Carriers

Truckload industry churn increases as carriers battle for drivers

The Journal of Commerce, by William B. Cassidy -Sep 30, 2011: -- Truck drivers are leaving large truckload carriers for other employers at a faster pace, but smaller competitors are keeping more drivers, a survey shows...  The driver turnover rate at large carriers hit 79 percent, the highest rate since the second quarter of 2008, according to the American Trucking Associations...  The annual turnover rate means 79 percent of the truck drivers employed by a large truckload carrier will leave within one year and need to be replaced...  The year-over-year leap indicates the battle for truck drivers among truckload carriers is heating up, though not as quickly as it did last fall and winter...  As driver pay and benefits increase, truckers tend to jump from carrier to carrier. In addition, carriers tend to focus recruitment efforts on experienced drivers...  Smaller truckload carriers saw their turnover rate drop from 50 percent to 47 percent, possibly indicating a driver preference for regional trucking firms...  The driver turnover rate at less-than-truckload carriers was only 6 percent...

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Sep 6, 2011

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * Canada - CTA: To affect seasonal sectors more significantly:

(Photo: Transport truck carrying fertilizer flips over on Highway 416)
Victoria,B.C.,USA -Truck News -Aug 22, 2011: -- Canadian Trucking Alliance president and CEO David Bradley says factors impacting capacity in the Canadian trucking industry, especially the shortage of qualified drivers, are likely to be felt more acutely in seasonal sectors like fertilizer transportation...  Bradley was speaking at the North American Fertilizer Transportation Forum, hosted jointly by the Canadian and US Fertilizer Institutes, in Victoria...  In addition, Bradley said that because of the hazardous nature of the commodities hauled in the fertilizer sector, the drivers that haul the product need a high level of training and make a special commitment...

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May 31, 2011

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * Belgium - A carrier of 4 looking for a driver

Brussels,Belgium -Truck & Business, by Claude Yvens -31 May 2011: -- A Belgian carrier in 4 is looking for a driver. This is one of the conclusions to be drawn from the Quarterly Survey of Business and ITLB that for the rest, does not contain much information startling: moderate increase in transport activity, increased cost (reported by 61% of respondents, but what's roll so the other 39%?) and limited ability to increase trafifs transport. According ITLB, "Many carriers add that seeking motivated and experienced drivers is often long, not only because of the influx of new drivers on the labor market is too weak, but also because many experienced drivers are demotivated and leave the profession prematurely" ... (Photo from t3.gstatic Belgium: Drivers in their trucks at highway)

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Mar 15, 2011

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * USA - Demand For Truck Drivers On The Rise

* DC - The trucking industry has been adding jobs and growth is expected to continue

Washington,DC,USA -BrainTrack/MLive.com -March 10, 2011: ... According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, trucking companies added 11,200 jobs in February. Noel Perry, a consultant with FTR Associates, noted that the industry expects a shortage of about 150,000 drivers by the end of this year, and as much as 400,000 by 2012... Mike Hinz, vice president of driver recruiting at Schneider Training Academy in Wisconsin, agreed... For the unemployed, trucking can be a good option. Drivers can make $40,000 to $80,000 annually and companies say that demand for quality drivers is increasing... But the high turnover rate for truck drivers is partially due to its notoriously difficult work conditions: Drivers often need to spend long hours on the road away from family...


* Indiana: Looking for 2,000 new drivers as economy improves

Indianapolis,IND,USA -The Indianapolis Star/Today's Trucking (CAN) -14 March 2011: -- About 2,000 new truck-driving jobs will open in Indiana in 2011...   Interviewed transportation experts and major players in the industry, says economic gains and the retirement of baby-boomer truckers are key factors driving the need for more drivers this year...  It said the average trucker earns US$37,588 a year...  Gary Langston, president of the Indiana Motor Truck Association, said more drivers will be needed to haul consumer goods this year... Indianapolis-based Celadon, which has 3,000 trailers and 9,000 trailers, expects to hire about 100 drivers this year. The company’s founder and chief executive Steve Russell says the economic difficulties of the past couple of years have driven some smaller truck companies out of business, leading to “a competitive shortage in the industry” ... (Image from farm6.static.flickr: Celadon trucks)

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Nov 16, 2010

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * USA - Schneider's Lofgren Sounds Truck Capacity Warning

CSA 2010 could cull 10 percent of driver pool, truckload chief says

Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Nov 15, 2010: ... As the Department of Transportation's CSA 2010 initiative takes effect, new safety regulations will tighten truck capacity for shippers, perhaps dramatically, perhaps as early as the second half of 2011, pushing up truck rates and potentially shifting some freight to other modes, a top carrier executive warns, prognostic Christopher B. Lofgren, president and CEO of truckload giant Schneider National... That could have a ripple effect across other modes and along international supply chains next year as importers and exporters try to secure trucks at higher prices... Lofgren was one of three CEO panelists at a Nov. 15 industry meeting who cautioned shippers about a coming capacity crunch on the nation's highways... "There is a real possibility that as CSA 2010 kicks in there will be a shortage in (truck) supply," Lofgren said. "It's not a matter of buying new trucks (to build out capacity), it's finding new drivers" that will be difficult, he said... Lofgren spoke on a CEO panel at the joint annual meeting of the National Industrial Transportation League, Intermodal Association of North America and Transportation Intermediaries Association...

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Oct 30, 2010

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * Estonia - Road carrier: I would hire 500 drivers tomorrow

Tartu, Eesti,Estonia -Baltic Business, by Toomas Hõbemägi -29 Oct 2010: -- Estonian road carrier Hert-Transport that specialises in transport of new cars on special trailers says that the company's biggest problem is lack of workforce. The company's chairman and owner Tarmo Tschernjavski says that there are so many projects, but not enough workers to do them... Tschernjavski told Ärpäev that the company is ready to hire 500 people from Estonia to drive its car carriers. Hert-Transport serves large car factories such as Renault, Ford, Peugeot and Citroen and car distribution centres, mainly in Europe and customs warehouses in Russia, in particular in Moscow... According to Tchernjavki, the company has idle trucks since there are no drivers. On the upside, there are no leasing costs and owns have the fleet...    Says Aivar Pehme, founder of M-Partner, the demand for a few years is 500 drivers, adding that at present most drivers are Latvians, Lithuanians, Russians and Ukrainians... At present Hert-Transport has 80 employees. Estonia's largest road carriers are Parme Trans with about 150 employees and AS Linford that has 120 employees...

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Sep 29, 2010

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * USA - Truck Driver Salaries

If the American truckers decided to strike, this country would be doomed

USA -Winch -September 29, 2010: -- The U.S. trucking industry hauls more than nine billion tons of cargo a year in the country. This works in more than 64 percent of the nation's freight. How important is trucking to American consumers? The number of municipalities, which is exclusively on trucks for delivery of goods by an astonishing seventy (70) percent!... If the American truckers decided to strike, this country would be doomed. Within days, the shelves would be empty,and all the necessities that we, the consumers, take for granted would be gone. In a week we had the appearance of a Third World country. It 's true what they say. . . "Without trucks America stop" ... On average, a driver on the road 100,000 miles a year. This is the same as driving around the earth four times! While the driver of the road for 21 years, collecting about 2.22 million miles, is led by the same planetjust over 89 times. I have professional drivers, reached five million miles in his career. . . This is 200.75 times around the earth! Amazing when you think about it... That a pilot can expect to pay for all these miles? The driver of the average company now earns between $ 32,400 and $ 42,300. . . depending on the size of the company. Most owner operators salaries between $ 100,000 and $ 150,000 per year, but with an average. The operational costs by 50%, their average net income $ 50,000 $ 75,000. . . if they are lucky... And 'this is worth all the stress and headaches that come with the trucking road? It's worth away from your family for a long time? These questions must be asked are... Trucking is a tremendous asset for our country and our way of life. The public does not understand...


* Need a Job? Welcome, Trucker Shortage

USA -National Truck Driving Jobs -September 28, 2010: -- With the ever-growing shortage of truck drivers and the demand for goods on the rise, many trucking companies will do whatever it takes to recruit new drivers. If you are someone looking to start a career in the long haul, the future looks bright. Bonuses are moving higher and look to only get better if companies want to keep drivers in their trucks. That’s why we say truck driving jobs are available now!... What companies have going against them, are the stereotypes of being a truck driver... Drivers need to take ownership of their abilities and realize they determine their future. Through better education, a driver can seek out trucking companies that provide great training. This will increase the low standards that are set for truck drivers. With the driver shortage, drivers become more valuable...


* Alabama - Truckers in demand; Company offers free classes in Birmingham

Birmingham,ALA,USA -The Birmingham News, by Martin Swant -September 28, 2010: -- Con-way Freight, the national trucking company, is launching new training programs in Birmingham and across the country to train drivers, in an effort to stave off a looming manpower shortage that threatens an industry that delivers raw goods and finished products to every corner of the nation... Con-way Freight has put together a two-fold approach to draw new drivers: provide free training and a guaranteed job. So far, there are planned 55 classes at Con-way Freight locations, including one in Birmingham beginning in January. The company has 100 drivers in its Birmingham operations... A new threat to the driver pool is CSA 2010, a set of truck and bus driving safety regulations by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration... Under the new rules, officials will analyze not only moving violations, but also driving and braking patterns, now tracked by an electronic onboard monitor, he said. If a driver is deemed to be high-risk, it's going to cost a company more to insure, forcing them to be much more selective about whom they hire... If companies need to raise wages to attract better drivers, they might have to raise prices on shipping, which then could shift the burden to the consumer, Kauffman said... (Photo from The Birmingham News, by Linda Stelter - Freight has created a program to train new drivers while allowing them a chance to work during their off-training hours)

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