Trucking is Robust
ARLINGTON, Va. – The American Trucking Associations released its annual data compendium Wednesday – ATA American Trucking Trends 2019 – which showed industry revenue in 2018 was up $700 million from the previous year. “2018 was…
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HireMaster Tool Makes Hiring Events Easy
By Al Muskewitz Wright Media Editor-in-Chief There is probably nothing more frustrating to a trucking company’s recruiting effort than to schedule an event to attract potential drivers and either not have enough staff to handle…
Non-Profit Launches 2019 Trucking Survey
ATRI is the trucking industry’s 501c3 not-for-profit research organization. The launching of this annual survey allows for drivers, brokers, industry leaders and executives to have buy in and share thoughts, concerns, and ideas when it…
Make sure to keep your certifications up to date
Don’t get caught not having up to date credentials when hauling freight Drivers have plenty to stay on top of when hauling their freight day to day. Getting enough sleep and staying on top of…
Youth movement
Knoxville-based TLD Logistics making concerted effort to recruit millennials for its workforce By Al MuskewitzWright Media Editor-in-Chief You could say Pete Hance entered the trucking industry by happy accident, and now he’s embraced it as…
Trucking on the RISE
Slow Summer Months Start to Take a Turn for the Better According to The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the economy added 224,000 workers to payrolls in June. Since the month June was…
ATA Releases Driver Shortage Analysis
Study shows a slight improvement in 2019 driver shortage projections but not necessarily “for the right reasons” By Al MuskewitzWright Media Editor-in-Chief Bob Costello has a warning that goes beyond putting drivers in the seat. Costello, the chief…
Fleet Forward Conference
Are you attending this informative and networking event? Coming up in mid November in San Jose is the always fabulous Fleet Forward Conference. Where fleet owners and industry leaders come together to share whats good,…
Wright Ideas: A Company on the Grow
By Al Muskewitz Wright Media Editor-in-Chief When Kenny Wright, founder and president of Wright Media Corp., reflects on the explosive growth his company has enjoyed particularly over the last three years, he calls it nothing…
Trucker Advisor Connects Truckers
The country is wide, the road is long and there is a lot going on in between. Sometimes, a driver just needs a little advice when he’s in an unfamiliar place and friendly advice from…