NEW YORK A KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst said Tuesday the truckload industry is recovering faster than expected, with rates increasing and more full trucks crisscrossing highways. Truckload carriers generally dedicate an entire trailer to one customer and move the freight directly from the shipper to the receiver. Less-than-truckload carriers fill their trucks with freight from [...]
Maverick Announces 2nd Driver Pay Increase
May 24th, 2010
Maverick Transportation, LLC announced another pay raise for current and potential drivers, effective June 6, 2010. This is the second pay raise Maverick has announced in the last 30 days. Under the new plan, Maverick will implement an additional $.02/mile pay raise. This equates to an overall $.06/mile pay increase over the last month [...]
Melton Truck Lines, Inc. Raises Driver Pay
May 21st, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Melton Truck Lines, Inc. Raises Driver Pay TULSA, Okla – May 20, 2010 – Melton Truck Lines, a premier air-ride flatbed carrier based in Tulsa, OK, is pleased to announce a 2 cent per mile pay increase. We are also increasing Tarp Pay to $40 per load, which is among the highest [...]
An open road: Trucking companies rev up hiring of new drivers as recession winds down
May 17th, 2010
By John Perney | Special to the Kalamazoo G… May 16, 2010, 6:00AM KALAMAZOO — To hear those in the industry tell it, opportunities right now for someone interested in becoming a truck driver are as wide open as a four-lane highway at 3 a.m. They say demand for drivers is rising sharply — the [...]
5/13/2010 Supporters of the Kerry-Lieberman climate bill claim that the legislation will “help us create nearly 2 million new jobs and … help us maintain leadership in the global economy,” but the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) analysis of climate legislation says the opposite. “A recent CBO study casts doubt on the measure’s job-creating potential. The [...]
