US truck tonnage rises 3.2% in MayARLINGTON, Va. — US truck tonnage posted its first gain since February, rising 3.2% in May, according to the American Trucking Associations’ seasonally-adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index.
However, the modest gains were not enough to erase the 6.7% reduction suffered through March and April, the ATA noted. Tonnage was still off 11% compared to May, 2008, however that’s the best year-over-year result in three months.
ATA chief economist Bob Costello said it’s too early to expect a surge in truck tonnage.
“I am hopeful that the worst is behind us, but I just don’t see anything on the economic horizon that suggests freight transportation is ready to explode,” Costello said. “The consumer is still facing too many headwinds, including employment losses, tight credit, rising fuel prices, and falling home values, to name a few, that will make it very difficult for household spending to jump in the near term.”
However, Costello added he doesn’t expect tonnage to deteriorate much further.
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Jul 8, 2009
Truck Tonnage Rises!
Jul 8, 2009
Truck Driving Jobs Decrease in June
A great article from eTrucker Staff goes through the June Payroll Employment Numbers and how they relate to the truck driving jobs industry. In the article they discuss the some of the month over month changes from May to June.
Here is the article:
“Trucking jobs drop in June”- By eTrucker Staff
Payroll employment among for-hire trucking companies in June dropped 0.9 percent from May levels and 9.2 percent from June 2008 on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The latest numbers also reflect a slight upward revision in trucking employment levels for May and a slight downward revision for April.
With the estimated 11,000 jobs lost in May, the trucking industry has lost more than 75,000 jobs since the end of 2008 – a decline of 5.6 percent. Job cuts since the beginning of August when trucking jobs cuts began to accelerate total 124,700, or 9 percent. The BLS numbers reflect all payroll employment in for-hire trucking, but they don’t include trucking-related jobs in other industries, such as a truck driver for a private fleet.
Seasonally adjusted trucking employment peaked in January 2007 at more than 1.45 million, according to BLS figures. Since then, for-hire trucking companies have shed nearly 189,000 jobs, or 13 percent.
In May, the decline in trucking employment slightly outpaced that in the entire U.S. economy. Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 467,000 jobs or 0.4 percent from May to June on a seasonally adjusted basis. Compared to June 2008, non-farm payroll employment is down 4.1 percent.
This complete and original article can be found at http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=79941
Jul 6, 2009
These Truck Driving Schools Just Keep On Trucking
WCSH6.com ran an an article today, July 6th 2009, about the Northeast Technical Institute. According to the article the training school is slowing acceptance into it’s truck driving school program. This trimming comes due to the slowing of the economy.
The article posted by author Brian Yocono says that their are currently not very many trucking jobs in the trucking industry right now . The schools’ president, says he has not seen the industry like this in 19 years.
Well, here at CR England, We just keep on trucking!
We haven’t reduced our enrollment at all. In fact, if your looking for great truck driving schools take a look at our program. We guarantee our graduates a job and have financing availaible for everyone regardless of their credit situation. We are the largest refrigerted carrier in the nation and offer great pay and benefits.
All ready have a Class A License?
We are looking for you too! CR England has many great opportunites for those looking for truck driving jobs. If your looking to drive for a stable and reliable company stop by our website for more information. Visit us at http://www.CREngland.com
The original WCH6.com article can be found online at the following address: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=105169&catid=2
Jun 29, 2009
Tennessee Truck Driving School Probed
Acccording to eTrucker.com’s Jill Dunn State and federal officials are probing some truck driving schools in tennessee. According toa n article written by Jill Dunn the state has terminated its third-party agreement with the truck driving training school . The school can no longer administer CDL skills tests now.
A quote form the article:
“ The Tennessee Department of Safety ended its agreement with Volunteer Training Center in Murfreesboro on June 21, only six months into the parties’ five-year contract.”
This is another sad story about truck driving schools that have been in the news recently. We posted a list a few weeks back of things you could do to find a quality truck driving shcool. It is definetly important these days to get the right kind of training right from the get go.
Here is a link to the previous article that we wrote on this issue that was titled How To Find A Truck Driving School
The complete article that was quoted above and written by Jill Dunn can be found @
http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=79738
Jun 18, 2009
Colonel In the Trucking Schools With the Mustard
We had to post an update on yesterdays post ” A Truck Driving Schools Quality Matters!”.
Today theProvince.com ran an article with more allegations regarding the now closed truck driving school in Surrey. This most recent article ads a little humor to the situation.
Apparently the owner who was creating fake documents for students thought he was pretty bright. In order to make the documents look a little more authentic, he recommended his students splash a little mustard on the documents. This was to give them an authentic Indian look?
I read a comment that said “I don’t relish … using mustard to ketch up .”
Obviously a very clever comment that definably sums up the entire situation. You can link to today’s article at the bottom of this post.
Well, I can assure you this. Here at CR England, our truck driving schools are by the book. No sticky situations at our schools. The only condiments here are located just above the napkins and left of the hot dog machine!
Here is theprovince.com article written by John Coleburn http://www.theprovince.com/news/Surrey+truck+scammer+used+mustard+give+fakes+Indian+look/1706636/story.html
