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https://www.ttnews.com/articles/opportunities-abound-women-trucking Trucking provides women with career opportunities that allow them to chart successful paths, but consideration must be given to challenges they face, experts said at an industry conference. During her 20-year career at UPS...

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Jimmy Carter deregulated the trucking industry in 1980. The Teamsters Union went from 2 million truckers to now only 75k. Non-union trucking companies pay shitty wages & can't keep drivers. That's why we have a trucker shortage, & why your grocery stores have empty shelves.

A high school in California is now training teens to enter the industry through its truck driving school program. https://www.npr.org/2021/10/13/1045463623/high-schoolers-are-training-to-drive-18-wheelers-amid-a-shortage-of-truck-driver

Yes, all drivers (including our partners and third parties) are required to wear face coverings or face masks for their entire shift, particularly during deliveries/stops and when entering Amazon locations. This will help as an additional preventative measure to keep you (and the customers you...

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I would consider the downtime and the distance to and from the crude oil terminals. I always wondered why crude oil trucks were driving like a bat out of hell. turns out most are getting paid by the load and some by %.

U.K. Offers Thousands of Visas to Foreign Truckers to Ease Driver Shortage The move reflects growing alarm within the government about a disruption to supplies that has prompted panic buying and, in some cases, caused fuel to run out at gas stations. LONDON — Responding to an escalating...

I've also heard talk about that as well. it wouldn't be surprising really, just an eventual part of Amazon gobbling up market share. Some folks like Intermodal work, it'll be interesting to see if rates start going down after Amazon enters the Intermodal game.

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What's your favorite trucking Gadget? I'll go first. My New Rand McNally GPS. I didn't think i would be as impressed with it at first , but over time it really has made up for the hefty price.

Load fairs from Amazon are primarily calculated based on destination needs (cargo backlogs) while also giving you the option to see the per mile payment of said load. The busier the regional market for Amazon the more money they pay. Amazon is not considered a top payer in regards to miles, but...