ATA: Trucking Industry Was Short More Than 60,000 Drivers in Meeting Demand at End of 2018

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{"text":"More than 60,000 truck drivers were needed by the end of last year — the most ever — to meet the country’s demands for freight services, according to a new driver shortage report by American Trucking Associations.\n\n“Over the past 15 years, we’ve watched the shortage rise and fall with economic trends, but it ballooned last year to the highest level we’ve seen to date,” said Bob Costello, chief economist for the federation.\n\nCostello said that last year’s shortage hit a high of 60,800 drivers, up from 50,700 in 2017, an increase of nearly 20%.\n\n“We’re forecasting that this year, the shortage will actually improve slightly, just a little bit as freight remains soft,” Costello said. “We did attract more people to the industry, but it’s not improving significantly.”\n\nRead more: https://www.ttnews.com/articles/ata-says-truck-driver-shortage-course-double-decade","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

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7580 发表于 2019-07-28 22:28:04 That is so true they are just saying that to say it

","text":"That is what they want the people to think so tell me why the loades are not paying 🤔","replyToPid":159120}

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757210 发表于 2019-07-28 21:40:42 They say there is a driver shortage but I see more and more truck stops with parked trucks for several days at a time

","text":"That is so true they are just saying that to say it","replyToPid":159083}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"They say there is a driver shortage but I see more and more truck stops with parked trucks for several days at a time ","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"I think an university of agriculture of Iowa or Idaho debunked that at least in livestock and produce haulers. ","replyToPid":0}

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7580 发表于 2019-07-28 22:29:50 That is what they want the people to think so tell me why the loades are not paying 🤔

","text":"More trucks and drivers = cheaper freight, no thanks I’ll pass!","replyToPid":159121}