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Japan's intense trucker shortage may inspire a drastic solution — a giant conveyer belt between cities
Test runs of the automated cargo transport corridor are expected to begin in 2027 or early 2028.
Mikhaila Friel
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Trucking company offers a new perk as it battles nearly 100% turnover: a personal advocate for its drivers to help them schedule appointments and manage business
Central Florida Transport said the advocate does anything from schedule healthcare appointments to …
Grace Kay
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Truckers warn skyrocketing diesel prices are making US supply-chain and trucking industry unsustainable
Insider spoke with five truckers who warned the industry could be at a breaking point as record gas…
Grace Kay
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Truckers are on pace to file a record number of complaints against employers amid the driver shortage
Supply-chain snags have forced truck drivers to wait hours at ports and depots under tight delivery…
Grace Kay
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Biden says investment bankers 'could all retire and nothing much would change,' but if truckers quit 'everything comes to a halt'
President Joe Biden highlighted the essential work of truck drivers while promoting his Trucking Ac…
Hannah Towey
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Leaked data reportedly reveals a Texas construction CEO who once loaned Trump his private jet is a top donor to the 'Freedom Convoy' trucker protest
Hackers leaked the names of over 92,000 donors who gave thousands to the protesters known as the "F…
Grace Kay
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Ottawa police chief resigns amid trucker protest that's crippled Canada's capital city
Sources told local news that the police chief has been accused of behavior that hurt the force's ab…
Grace Kay
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Truck drivers really aren't surprised that the industry's struggling to hire and retain workers
Truckers say they have to sleep in their trucks, eat what they can, when they can, and communicate …
Grace Dean
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Police seize fuel and increase arrests as Canadian trucker vaccine mandate protests hit 12-day mark
Police said they are "turning up the heat" on the Freedom Convoy protest in Canada's capital, as pr…
Grace Kay
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Marijuana testing for truck drivers is becoming a leading cause of the growing national trucker shortage, expert says
As of December, more than 60,000 truckers have been temporarily taken off the road for testing posi…
Grace Kay
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US trucking industry is short by a record 80,000 drivers amid the supply-chain crisis, association head says
This could double to 160,000 by 2030 if nothing is done to address the trucker shortage, the ATA sa…
Grace Dean
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From burgers cooked on engines to air fryer lobster tails, see how long-haul truckers creatively and affordably cook on the road with limited meal options
Close up of a trucker driving while his trucking partner is using a laptop and eating.Getty
Grace Kay
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Female truckers describe the extra precautions they take to stay safe on the road from disguising their gender and avoiding tight clothes to carrying weapons
Insider interviewed five female truckers and three safety experts about the measures drivers take t…
Grace Kay,Hannah Towey
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I train new truckers. Here's why so many are leaving the industry.
The trucking industry's high turnover is down to low pay, time away from family, and the experience…
Grace Dean
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Meet a 25-year-old trucker who says there's 'not a trucker shortage, it's a pay shortage'
Clayton Atkins said trucker is a "last resort" career for young people. He thinks the starting wage…
Juliana Kaplan
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Videos show gridlock in Ottawa as thousands of truckers camp for days outside the capital to protest vaccine mandate
The videos show trucks filling the streets of the capital of Canada and protestors outside Parliame…
Grace Kay
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Truckers say the way they're treated by their employers and the general public is causing drivers to leave the industry
"You're treated as a lower class citizen," Michigan-based former trucker Brian Pape said. "It's alm…
Grace Dean
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A trucker explains the truck driver shortage: We're 'tired of carrying the country on our backs'
"People have been forced to seek alternative forms of employment in order to be able to provide for…
Grace Kay
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There isn't a shortage of truck drivers they just don't want to drive for mega carriers anymore
Truck drivers are ditching mega carriers in favor of short-haul journeys at smaller carriers or as …
Grace Dean
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Port of Vancouver faces a backlog of over 50 ships as trucker union plans to strike
Canada's largest port has been struggling to process cargo in recent weeks as British Columbia is r…