| | | | | | | | Professional truck drivers do their jobs like few others, but they have battled loneliness and have endured the harm it does to their mental wellness, particularly since COVID. Experts help identify the problems and offer some interventions. |
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| | | Though spot rates have ticked up, they’re still running well below 2021, 2022, and the five-year averages for dry van, refrigerated, and flatbed. But 61% in the Bloomberg/Truckstop survey do expect demand growth and a better spot market by Q1 2024. |
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| | | The latest bump in the national average for the week of Sept. 11: 4.8 cents to $4.54 per gallon. Trucking’s main fuel also rose in nine of 10 U.S. Energy Information Administration regions and subregions... |
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| | | ADP Research Institute's quarterly "Today at Work" report debuts the Employee Motivation and Commitment index, with the transportation and warehousing industry showing the least employee satisfaction worldwide. What's to blame? |
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| | | Emphasis on diet, fitness, and mental health continues, but program runners see lack of sleep as a top concern to drivers and their productivity. |
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| | | When crises occur, the trucking industry helps in big ways: Mercedes is assisting the Ukrainian war effort with 100 Zetro trucks, Linden Logistics sends aid to Maui. Also: Western Star hosts a driver challenge in Oregon. |
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