Just when you thought the gap-widening driver shortage can't get any more difficult to maneuver, the new entry-level driver training (ELDT) rules quietly went into nationwide effect back on February 7th of this year. Making what was once a simple obligation, for many carriers, to fully train and onboard their newly hired commercial drivers, a now fully regulated and flat-out legally licensed procedure. For some, the new entry-level driver training rules will seem like a petty...

Ready to get engaged?! Okay, I'm not talking about actually getting hitched or running away on a weekend elope journey to Sin City. Although, that second option sounds like some good stories could come out of an adventure such as a Vegas destination wedding. However, I digress. What I'm referring to is simply an invitation for our readers to submit and express their thoughts, feelings, and emotions about the state of the expedite industry in its current form. An engagement, o...

Walmart, the third-largest private carrier in North America, recently committed to increasing driver pay and instituting an integrated training program. What this means is that new hires can make upwards of $110,000 per year, and they'll even train current company associates and help them earn their truck driving certificates. In a sense this keeps employment opportunities enticing for potential new hires and allows current employees the potential to significantly increase th...

Congrats to John Elliott, CEO of Load One, on his appointment....

Whatever your beliefs are about the driver shortage, the fact remains that every industry, including trucking, needs to replace workers as they cycle out and also add new workers to help the industry grow. Each year as an industry, trucking grows and there is a real need for qualified drivers to fill those vacancies....

Recently, the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) released what were found to be the top four violations for fiscal year 2021. These violations are often mistakes that drivers seem to be unaware of, or are simply negligent to the fact that they can do harm to their companies as well as their own financial livelihood. Take a look at the list provided by FMCSA. If you're a driver, consider what your current standing is in relation to the violations listed. If yo...

In today's volatile employment economy - the same atmosphere many of us are accustomed to traversing on a daily basis - it's not out of the realm of possibility that we all have experienced similar plights and pitfalls to what our country's drivers are frequently facing day-in and day-out. Driver treatment is something that we should all be more aware of. Especially when it comes to the notion that there are increasingly less drivers to pluck from the trucking pool, and it se...

Whether you're the owner/operator of your own truck or cargo van, or perhaps you're simply wanting to drive as an independent contractor, here are some general rules that can be followed and adhered to for both the novice and the seasoned vet. The following are suggestions to help jumpstart your business either as a burgeoning expediter or as a longtime logistics professional. For the Owner OperatorsThe first thing to keep in mind is that you are the master of your own truck,...

As of press time, the national average price of gasoline is $4.01 a gallon, up 45% from $2.76 a year ago, according to the AAA, when pandemic lockdowns were in the process of being lifted and vaccines became readily available, once again opening up the United States to regular fuel consumption. Diesel is $4.53, up 51% from $2.99 this time last year. Gas prices are believed to continue in an upward trend, thanks in-part to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to kbb.com. Ca...

Diesel prices across the United States hit an all-time high during the week ending March 7, and prospects of any immediate relief at the pump are grim, as the Biden Administration announced additional sanctions on Russian energy imports after Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. "The decision today is not without cost here at home," Biden said. "Putin's war is already hurting American families at the gas pump.... I'm going to do everything I can to minimize Putin's price hik...