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Most of the items you buy get to you, in part, by trucks. Right now, many trucking companies are facing a driver shortage, which could make it harder for you to get what you need. “The demand for ...

A small logging contractor in upstate New York had a truck empty and needed someone with experience, and I needed a job. At that point I'd been trucking for nearly 20 years in four different countries ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - A nationwide shortage of truck drivers is creating ripple effects across supply chains, including in Southwest Virginia. Now, two community colleges are working together to help ...

The continued driver shortage is doing more than creating problems for trucking companies. In 2026, it is affecting how fast goods move, how much businesses pay to ship them, and how much consumers ...

American Trucking Associations 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 ...

The new younger-driver pilot program and other steps to address the truck driver shortage were a key topic during Robin Hutcheson’s nomination hearing on June 8 to be administrator of the Federal ...

Commercial fleets have been adopting electric vehicles for their long-term fuel and maintenance savings, but Benore Logistics has found another big benefit to making the switch: going electric is ...

Australia's transport industry is warning of a truck driver shortage crisis as its workforce shrinks. The national road transport association, NatRoad, said the problem stems from a number of factors, ...