Keyword
driver shortage
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APTA creating trucking career awareness campaign
DIEPPE, N.B. – The Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA) has hired a transport outreach liaison officer to help it address the labor shortage. “Lately, if you read anything about our industry one topic seems consistent, we are growing, evolving, changing…
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Transportation, warehousing vacancies up
OTTAWA, Ont. – The number of unfilled jobs in transportation and warehousing increased 43.5% in the fourth quarter of 2017, compared to the same period a year earlier, Statistics Canada reports. There were 28,300 vacancies in the sector compared to…
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U.S. driver turnover slips: ATA
ARLINGTON, Va. – Driver turnover at U.S.-based truckload carriers decreased in the final quarter of 2017, but remained at higher levels than the previous year. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) noted the driver market remains tight. “Despite this dip in…
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ATRI lists Top 10 issues facing trucking
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Everyone has issues they have to deal with, and the trucking industry has its fair share, with the much chagrined driver shortage coming in at the top of the list. The American Transport Research Institute (ATRI) has…
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Turning your talent pool into an ocean
Speaker says hiring a diverse workforce will help trucking companies and the industry thrive
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Opinions mixed
Panel voices concern, optimism for impact technology and Millennials will have on industry
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Full plate for incoming CTA president Laskowski
BANFF, Alta. – Stephen Laskowski says the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) can only be as successful as its members will allow it to be. “CTA will only be able to look as far as you’ll be able to let us,”…
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Omnitracs makes the case for hiring military veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Military veterans make good truck drivers. That’s the finding of independent research conducted by Omnitracs. The data suggested: veterans had 42% fewer accidents than non-veterans; veterans achieved 98% more miles driven; and veterans had 58% fewer voluntary…
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Fleets continue to worry about driver shortage
TORONTO, Ont. – The slow-growing economy and sluggish freight volumes have provided carriers some short-term relief from the shortage of qualified drivers, but the issue still remains one of the industry’s top concerns and arose frequently during the Surface Transportation…
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New Brunswick chips in to help solve trucking’s labor shortage
MIRAMICHI, N.B. – The Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA) will get up to $200,000 from the New Brunswick government to identify ways to address labor shortages in the trucking industry. “The trucking industry is a major employer in our province,…
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Report predicts Manitoba to soon face dire labor shortage
WINNIPEG, Man. – The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) says its province will face a dire labor shortage with a shortfall of 10,000 drivers by 2026, and government must step up to fund training and help fill the gaps. The MTA…
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The Reality of the Driver Shortage
Lou Smyrlis asks David Bradley about the apparent driver shortage at the inaugural OTA Council Summit.
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Ethnic, language and gender diversity key to easing driver shortage: CarriersEdge
MARKHAM, Ont. – “Millennials, the group that trucking wants to target to help with the driver shortage, represent more than one quarter of the US population and have overtaken Baby Boomers as the largest generation,” Jane Jazrawy, CEO of CarriersEdge,…
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Is the driver shortage a myth?
For those of you familiar with the transportation and logistics industry, you are well aware of the driver shortage “crisis” that has been a popular and urgent topic for many years running. If you are not familiar with this challenge…
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CTA study predicts driver shortage to be worse than previously thought
TORONTO, Ont. – A new study by the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) reveals that the driver shortage in the Canadian for-hire trucking industry is escalating quicker that previously believed. Updating the CTA’s 2011 report, which predicted a 33,000 shortfall by…
