Trucking Industry News

According to research from Bob Costello, chief economist for the American Trucking Associations, the turnover rate for truck drivers atlarge truckload fleets fell 1 percentage point to an annualized rate of 88 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011.

A transportation company recently announced its plan to create a scholarship opportunity for 1,000 veterans, which will make it easier for them to receive the necessary CDL training to become a certified member of the trucking industry.

New legislation recently signed into law by Utah Governor Gary Herbert will make it easier for military veterans in Utah to bypass CDL training and receive their CDL if they have worked in a military unit that required the skills for the license, reported the Deseret News, a news source in Utah.

Two baby boomers in Ohio, David McCarty and Deane Kennedy, are a just a few of the generation who have been pushed to gain new skills as a result of the difficult job market, reported the Dayton Daily News.

A online trucking driver training company recently partnered with the Oklahoma Trucking Association, which provides members of the OTA access to a web-based training program in order to receive the necessary online CDL training to become a certified truck driver.

The oil boom in eastern Montana has prompted Governor Brian Schweitzer and Attorney General Steve Bullock to create an additional driver exam that will be able to supplement the demand for truckers with the proper CDL training to become part of the workforce.

Business intelligence firm WANTED Technologies recently added a Skills in Demand section to its analytics offering and found CDL training was the fourth-most valued certification employers are currently looking for.

A local truck driver training school in California promises to give prospective truckers the appropriate CDL training within 30 days to enter these professionals into the workforce.

A new opportunity for prospective truckers to receive CDL training is coming at Baker College in Allen Park, Michigan, which is teaming up with a local transportation company, reported the Michigan Business Review.

West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller is working on a plan to renew a program in which military veterans can get the necessary CDL training to become part of the trucking workforce, according to Lewisburg CBS affiliate WVNS.