Recently the Director of Operations for Cord Moving and Storage headquartered in Saint Louis Mo with branches in Belleville, IL, Dixon MO and Memphis, TN sat down and outlined a very strategic plan on driver recruitment. Mike Scalera a veteran and well respected leader in the moving and storage...
Read moreTruck drivers are the basic unit of transportation capacity and the glue that holds supply chains together. No container or straight truck or trailer moves without, at some point, a truck driver. Even so, trucking companies, especially truckload carriers and household van lines often have great difficulty finding, hiring...
Read moreThe Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has signed off on a five-year construction plan that is roughly half the size it was in past years. State officials said Wednesday that they plan to spend about $600 million a year on road construction through June 30, 2016, instead of the...
Read moreTruck shipments fell for the second consecutive month in May, according to the American Trucking Associations. The trade organization reported Monday that its advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 2.3 percent in May, building on a revised April tonnage decline of 0.6 percent, slightly better than the...
Read moreTrucking companies have more trouble keeping long-haul drivers ~ ATA says Turnover for long-haul drivers in large truckload fleets hit an annualized rate of 75 percent during the first three months of the year, the American Trucking Association. That’s a leap from the low of 39 percent during the...
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