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The war with Iran moved diesel up nearly 50 percent in five weeks and analysts are modeling $6 and higher if the Strait of Hormuz stays disrupted into summer. Carriers are repricing surcharges, shippers are absorbing new fees and everyone is looking for relief. The biggest lever most fleets have on their fuel budget is not an aerodynamics package or a new engine spec. It is the driver.

The headline writes itself and the industry groups are celebrating: Pell Grants are coming to CDL schools. The American Trucking Associations called it a move that would “dismantle financial barriers that prevent students from low-income households from accessing the career pathways that lead to the trucking industry.” The Secretary of Education said a great education […]

Smith System’s new Trainer Center platform aims to help trucking fleets run more consistent driver training programs.

Amazon is working to improve driver safety, efficiency and job satisfaction with more investments in high-tech driver academies, AI-powered tools and higher pay rates.

Non-domiciled CDL holders are just a small sliver of a bigger issue with how CDLs are issued and regulated.

By establishing an ongoing MVR monitoring program, carriers can protect themselves from risky actions like unknowingly dispatching a driver without a valid license.

Building a strong driver training program pays dividends in the long run.

In just a few weeks, law enforcement personnel across North America will be posted at roads, weigh stations and designated inspection areas to conduct thousands of inspections during CVSA’s 2023 International Roadcheck.

Cargo insurance is vital protection for carriers, but preventing damages in the first place, like these tips from Reliance Partners, can help them avoid cash payouts and maintain trust with shippers and customers.

Luma Brighter Learning is helping carriers stand out as top employers during a driver shortage through better training programs.

Reliance Partners’ Robert Kaferle stresses the importance of continual training because no one knows everything — no matter how long you’ve been in the industry.

Truck driver safety is an ongoing process that involves engagement, awareness and targeted training.

Corrective action training may not prevent an incident but it will reduce the likelihood of one reoccurring.

Driver training schools are seeing an influx of those interested in joining the trucking industry. 

Drivers find the fleet camera system to be more of a wingman than a watchdog.

With millions of truck drivers on the roads every day, it is up to carriers to ensure they uphold the values and safety-first focus of the professional trucker. And it all starts with training.

Netradyne’s Adam Kahn joins WHAT THE TRUCK?!? to discuss the power of positive reinforcement in fleet safety.

Fleet professionals were asked to identify their top struggles and what would help overcome them

Trucking carriers face increased risk of nuclear verdicts, but managing those risks is not insurmountable, if done right and from the start.

1st-year drivers can make up to $110K, veteran drivers even more

Carriers interested in conducting driver training for both property carrying and passenger carrying commercial motor vehicles must now meet requirements set forth under FMCSA’s entry-level driver training rule, including registering their programs with the TPR.

As competition for truck drivers heats up, fleets need to take steps to improve their recruiting, hiring and onboarding processes to find candidates and get them into trucks.

For years, the industry has asked for the ability to expand its driver workforce. FMCSA’s apprenticeship program is that opportunity, and now is time to jump on this opportunity.

Every gallon of fuel saved can lead to savings that affect the bottom line for fleets

Click here to Prepare Your Driver Trainers to Comply with the new ELDT Rule

On this episode of Net-Zero Carbon, Tyler Cole, director of carbon intelligence at FreightWaves, chats with Desiree Wood, founder and president of REAL Women in Trucking, about truck driver issues and what motivates her work. “I became an advocate by necessity — partly from self-preservation, but partly because I could see the drivers had few […]

The Truckload Carriers Association is now including educational content from its Truckload Academy as part of a TCA membership.

As the industry prepares for the new entry-level driver training rule to go into effect in February, fleets that train their own drivers and schools face new challenges in complying.

Federal regulators have vastly improved the ability to keep unsafe drivers off the road but the trucking industry is scrambling to make up the shortfall.

Adam Kahn outlines the benefits of Netradyne’s positive twist on fleet safety management.

Jeremy Reymer, CEO and founder of DriverReach, chats with transportation technologist Adam Kahn, president of the commercial fleet team at Netradyne.

From time to time, truck drivers require additional training. Whether it is refresher training or due to a recent incident, success depends on having the right approach.

Many organizations, including the Future Leaders of Indiana, are partnering with the Next Generation in Trucking Association to attract younger people to trucking.

How do we overcome the driver shortage? And can it be done just by being cool? Blythe Brumleve debates on this episode of Cyberly.

Yard tractors are often found in ports, like this one in Port Houston, but fleets, warehouses and distribution centers are typical users of the vehicles. Anytime a driver is using a yard tractor, it presents a safety risk, so even though it may not be going onto public roadways, driver training is critical to ensure safe operation. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

On this episode of Taking the Hire Road, Jetco Delivery CEO Brian Fielkow discusses how a culture of safety plays a critical role in recruiting and retention strategies, as well as his new training course.

Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, chats with Gina Anderson, CEO of Luma Brighter Learning.

A. Bailey Wood reveals his vision and goals as the new head of the Commercial Vehicle Training Association.

Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels explains that driver trainers should be everything from instructor and mentor to trainer, psychologist and friend to their students.

Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels says, “Communication between a driver and their fleet manager or safety department should be an open line for expressing what you want from them, but also what should they expect from you?”

For more information on improving your driver training with the Safe & Smart Driver Training Program, visit JJKeller.com/SafeAndSmart

As more and more consumers exchange the shopping mall for the mouse pad, the swift uptick in e-commerce has greatly benefited couriers, but can the sector sustain this trend?

To ensure social distancing, eight backup facilities at nearby hotels will be ready to go if the regular training sites get too full

New driver panel will inform FMCSA’s MCSAC safety group.

Carriers may not be able to eliminate risk, but they can minimize it with a strong and consistent driver training program.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, the FreightWaves Carrier Summit began on Wednesday; a new upstart wants to dig deeper into supply chains; and FedEx sets peak season shipping charges.

Collaboration between manufacturer, seller and service provider will ensure drivers have a clear understanding of the requirements pertaining to each delivery.

Temporary change could leave carriers vulnerable to disqualified drivers.

Nothing fires up the trucking community like a strong opinion on the driver shortage. From its inception, FreightWaves waded into the conversation, balancing perspectives from both ends of the continuum. We considered the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA’s) perspective that there is an ever-expanding dearth of quality drivers, especially for midsize to large carriers. We considered […]

AI-powered driver behavior monitoring startup Nauto has launched a real-time, in-vehicle solution that helps reduce driver distraction on the road through targeted alerts and coaching.

A New Mexico jury awarded the family of a woman killed in a February 2017 crash involving a student driver for Werner Enterprises Inc. around $40.5 million in damages on Oct. 11 following a two-week trial.

AvatarFleet is in the business of simplifying the process in which transportation companies find not just drivers, but safe drivers.

Experts say Aussie trucks should be widened a tiny amount… but officials ain’t listening. Also: truck driver funding; fatigue; drugged drivers.

Diesel prices fall in the western Canadian province as a leader makes good on a campaign pledge. But the Trudeau government plans impose a federal surcharge soon.

Simulators to benefit training standards in Mexico and the U.S.

What makes a commodity and agricultural commodity? That is one question that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations hopes to answer soon, it said, during a regulatory update session at the Mid-America Trucking Show.

Accident that killed members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team in Saskatchewan spurred efforts improve driver-training standards in country.

The Commercial Vehicle Training Association is pushing for more states to adopt third-party testing to shorten wait times for those seeking to schedule CDL tests.

Regulators say a database designed to standardize and simplify training certification for new drivers will be ready on time next year.

Retention, training, and the capacity crunch are undeniably hot button issues in 2018. In response, SmartDrive and FreightWaves collaborated to distribute a survey to uncover trends in driver incentive programs. The white paper—based on the findings of the survey, which was fielded in Q3 2018—reveals the steps that trucking companies are taking in order to hire and retain qualified drivers and create safer, more profitable organizations.

XPO already has an extensive tuition-free training program in-house. This move expands it out the front door.

Using Driver iQ’s Q218 survey on driver recruitment and retention as a point of reference, Stifel Capital Markets hosted Lana Batts, Co-President of Driver iQ and Eric Fuller, President and CEO of U.S. Xpress, inc. to discuss driver recruitment and retention trends in 2018 and beyond.

Sponsored by Reliance Partners…Other than the economy slowing and unemployment rising, is there a solution to the driver problem?

CVTA has recently received approval to be listed as a National Standard Registered Apprenticeship Program for professional truck drivers, allowing CVTA member carriers to compete for discretionary apprenticeship grants.

In addition to the persistent need for more drivers within a fragmented industry, there are additional headwinds that the trucking industry faces makes trucker recruitment difficult, particularly regarding younger drivers.

Sponsored by Reliance Partners…Two very different approaches could give some breathing room to the tightening CDL driver shortage.

Burning vehicles and rival automaker are certainly problems, but with Tesla the song remains the same: how to fund it.

It’s pay, it’s treatment, it’s training: a long list of personnel issues facing the trucking industry.

A CDL holder between the ages of 18 and 21 must do all their driving inside a state under current law.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has reduced accidents 7% in New York since implementing a driver training program using virtual reality, according to Work Truck Online. The program, delivered by Virtual Driver Interactive (VDI), is called Virtual HD and has been used by USPS since 2015.

President Donald Trump and Republican leaders introduced their long-awaited tax reform plan on Wednesday. As expected, the plan calls for a significant cut to the corporate tax rate, from 35% to 20%, and the elimination of four of the seven individual tax brackets, creating brackets of just 12%, 25% and 35%.