US trucking titans unleash their wrath over pending HoS regulations

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A looming driver shortage, which could prove the “worst we’ve seen” is already manifesting in a significant drop of applicants for driving jobs and enrolments for…

Supply chain careers website launched

Education, training and job hunting information for supply chain veterans and newcomers

Canadian trucking industry could be short 33,000 drivers by 2020: report

OTTAWA, Ont. — Though tens of thousands of truck drivers are approaching retirement age, very few young people and immigrants are entering the industry, according to a new report from…

Driver shortage report quantifies overall problem, threat to economy: CTA

OTTAWA, Ont. — A report released today indicating Canada could experience a shortage of 25,000 to 33,000 for-hire truck drivers by 2020 “reflects what the industry has been warning for…

EXCLUSIVE: MTO officer charged with public masturbation allowed to return to work

TORONTO, Ont. — An Ontario Transportation Enforcement Officer (TEO) who pleaded guilty to two counts of committing an indecent act after exposing himself to young women, and who has admitted…

Six Canadian trucking companies named Best Fleets to Drive For

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Six Canadian trucking companies have made the 2013 list of the top 20 Best Fleets to Drive For by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and CarriersEdge. The…

Shippers breathing sigh of relief after tentative deal reached in US East & Gulf Coast labor negotiations

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association have reached a tentative deal on a long-term master contract, likely averting a costly strike that would…

US National Retail Federation urges immediate action to avoid strike at US ports

WASHINGTON, D.C.–The US National Retail Federation is leading a diverse coalition of over 100 national and state associations in asking President Obama to take “immediate action  to ensure that a…

Breakdown in port worker contract negotiations threaten “Container Cliff’

Negotiations on a new contract between the International Longshoremen’s Association and employers represented by the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) broke off abruptly December 18. Union and management said they were…

Materials Handling column: Keeping up with the times [from the October 2012 MM&D print edition|

Education needed to keep up with logistics industry