The shortage of professional drivers quickly became the defining issue for the industry during the past year with its far-reaching effects. American Trucking Associations estimates that the industry ...

Dedra McKinley, representing Republic Services, won the 2021 National Commercial Driver of the Year by the National Waste & Recycling Association. When thinking of waste management collection as a ...

Wages for professional truck drivers rose significantly in 2021 as demand for drivers amid the ongoing driver shortage increased competition for talent, according to the results of an industry survey ...

In April, Walmart made headlines by announcing that it will pay its private fleet truck drivers as much as $110,000 in their first year with the big-box retailer. The median pay for big-rig drivers in ...

A surge in speeding related deaths in recent years is prompting some to propose new ways to slow down America’s drivers and to rethink a controversial rule that sets the speed limit for many roads in ...

That’s a 30% increase from before the pandemic, when the industry already faced a labor shortage of 61,500 drivers. “That’s a pretty big spike,” Spear added. Many drivers are retiring, dropping out of ...

Bill Nearhoof of Pitt Ohio has been named DMC Insurance’s 2021 Driver of the Year. All companies insured by DMC were invited to nominate up to three drivers for consideration for this award. Nearhoof ...