The American Trucking Associations (ATA) last week released the first study of the trucking labor market since the end of the most recent recession. As the economy improves and the amount of freight to be moved grows, retaining and recruiting qualified drivers takes on even greater importance. The ATA Driver Compensation Study, updated with data from 2010 and 2011, collects regional and Continue Reading

Though larger fleets are expected to fare better than their smaller counterparts in 2011, both expressed concern about finding enough drivers, according to results published in the Business Expectation Survey conducted by Transport Capital Partners, LLC. To counteract this, more are stepping up recruiting efforts and the potential impact of CSA 2010, which could affect the pool of available drivers. And perhaps to attract more or better drivers, about two-thirds of firms that responded expected to raise driver wages as much as 5 percent. Only 20 percent of those participating expected no Continue Reading

Feeling the pinch of a depressed economy, truckload fleets have cut driver pay in the last year, in some cases almost 3 cents per mile, according to the latest National Transportation Institute survey. But longevity is paying off as drivers who’ve been behind the wheel for three years or more aren’t often the ones Continue Reading