The Trucker Chronicles

Dayton Business Journal Trucking activity is on the upswing in the U.S. — albeit a smaller upswing than a year earlier, according to the Orlando Business Journal. The American Trucking Associations reported the 12-month, seasonally-adjusted for-hire truck tonnage index — considered a measure of industry health — rose 0.2 percent in March. That was smaller [...]

By Mark Friedman A good truck driver is hard to find, especially when the economy is rolling. Since the annual turnover rate for truck drivers bottomed out at 39 percent during the first quarter of 2010, the rate has more than doubled for trucking companies that have more than $30 million in annual revenue, according [...]

Program will provide training and career opportunities for military personnel and jobs for veterans, as well as fulfill the trucking and busing industries’ needs for qualified licensed commercial vehicle drivers.

GREEN BAY, Wis.  – Schneider National, one of the nation’s largest truckload carriers, announced today that it will transform a substantial portion of its fleet by the end of 2012. The company has invested in 3,000 new 2012 and 2013 tractors. Primarily manufactured by Freightliner, the technology installed on each vehicle will take Schneider’s efforts [...]

William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor The Journal of Commerce Online – News Story Most ‘active’ interstate motor carriers lack federal safety ratings, analysis finds The number of active for-hire motor carriers in the U.S. rose 7.5 percent from February 2011 through this month, an increase of more than 11,500 trucking companies. That increase points to [...]