Post by FUSION on Apr 16, 2014 18:26:55 GMT -5
Race for drivers
Besides offering new services, chasing freight, and trying to keep their customers happy, all truckers face the prospect of coping with $4-per-gallon diesel, increasingly costly government regulations, greater capital expenditures for rolling stock, information technology investments, and higher driver pay.
Of all those cost, perhaps the driver situation is the most vital. Very few fleets are expanding significantly, mostly because they don’t have the additional supply of drivers. “The truckload driver shortage is as severe as ever,” Larkin says. “Finding drug free, CSA compliant drivers remains a challenge, despite commendable efforts on the part of many carriers.”
www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/top_50_trucking_companies_anticipating_needs_exceeding_expectations
www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/driver_turnover_rate_heads_down_but_remains_an_issue
Besides offering new services, chasing freight, and trying to keep their customers happy, all truckers face the prospect of coping with $4-per-gallon diesel, increasingly costly government regulations, greater capital expenditures for rolling stock, information technology investments, and higher driver pay.
Of all those cost, perhaps the driver situation is the most vital. Very few fleets are expanding significantly, mostly because they don’t have the additional supply of drivers. “The truckload driver shortage is as severe as ever,” Larkin says. “Finding drug free, CSA compliant drivers remains a challenge, despite commendable efforts on the part of many carriers.”
www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/top_50_trucking_companies_anticipating_needs_exceeding_expectations
www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/driver_turnover_rate_heads_down_but_remains_an_issue
