Commercial Carrier JournalFrom Commercial Carrier JournalLogistics OutsourcingIs Higher Pay the Answer to Trucking Capacity Crunch?Carriers are becoming increasingly anxious about finding good drivers. Good drivers want to know why, in a time of shortage, they are not being rewarded better. And shippers are keeping their fingers crossed, hoping trucks will continue to be readily available - and affordable.November 4, 2013All LogisticsCars Cause Auto-Truck Collisions More Than 80 Percent of the Time, Report SaysA report released by the American Trucking Associations concludes that many more times than not, car drivers are at fault when cars and trucks crash with one another. ATA's report rounded up reports from several large studies for its findings, including from agencies like the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and groups like the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute.February 20, 2013All LogisticsTrucking Industry Adds 5,000 Jobs in JanuaryFor-hire trucking companies added 5,000 payroll jobs in January on a seasonally adjusted basis as the overall economy added 157,000 non-farm jobs, according to the latest estimates released Feb. 1 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 7.9 percent.February 7, 2013Page 1 of 1