Received ANOTHER monthly report from the American Trucking Association refering to the critical shortage of drivers.
Most entry level carriers offer paid training, vacation, 401K and health insurance.ATA Releases Driver Shortage Analysis Paper
The American Trucking Associations has released an analysis of the shortage of truck drivers, concluding that the current shortage is acute and limited primarily to the truckload sector of the industry; but that long-term trends could cause the shortage to explode in the next decade.
“Carriers and fleet executives have begun expressing concern about their ability to identify and hire qualified professional drivers,” ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said, “and with this report, we tried to identify where the impacts were being felt the most, why the shortage is increasingly worrisome and why it has the potential to get worse.”
In the paper, available here, ATA said that while private fleets and less-than-truckload carriers may have some difficulty hiring drivers, the bulk of the shortage was confined to long-haul, over-the-road truckload carriers.
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ATA Truck Tonnage Index Fell 3.8% in October -- ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
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