U.S. shortfall in drivers will double in a year to 300,000
U.S. trucking companies may face a massive 30% surge in wages by 2014 as rising demand for freight shipments threatens to push the industry’s driver shortage to the longest on record, according to freight transport analysis firm, FTR Associates.
The Nashville-based firm predicted that the current shortfall in drivers will double in a year to about 300,000 full-time positions, or 10% of the workforce. Read more here.
