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One of the most startling statistics in the trucking industry is the alarming and rising turnover rate. Trucking is hard work, and it’s easy for drivers to feel unappreciated for…

Sounds kind of clickbaity, doesn’t it? Well, research shows that it’s true. Driving sleep deprived is in fact worse than driving drunk. According to sleep expert Matthew Walker, author of…

Logistics and shipping make up one of the largest markets in the US (and the world), but there’s so much more to it than just dollar signs and pushing products…

  The trucking industry has existed in America since the late 1800s, but the shipping industry as a whole has existed for more than 5000 years. As long as there…

Of all of the methods of shipping goods — planes, trains, boats, and trucks — trucks are the most used, moving more than $66 billion of freight annually. The second most used is railroads,…

Electric semi-trucks sound like a natural progression from electric automobiles. The electric car is becoming more and more common, so it only makes sense that electric trucks would follow as…

Plus, how to avoid them. Did you know that each year in the United States, there are 500,000 trucking accidents? That’s a horrifying statistic. Even more startling is that around…

The EPA (Environment Protection Agency) is in charge of regulating and moderating the emissions used by trucks, cars, planes, and any other form of transportation. Global climate change is a…

To understand the trucking industry, we first need to understand the story of Goldilocks and the 3 bears. If you’ve never heard this age-old fairy tale, you really need to…

There are around 3.5 million truck drivers in the US, and though this seems like a lot, we still have a national truck driver shortage. We need more truck drivers!…

The truth is, not all truck drivers are created equal. Like any profession, there are certain qualities that can help a driver stand out in their field. Being a trucker…

Trucking is an objectively difficult and incredibly important job. I mean, trucking is one of the largest industries in the United States, and it’s only growing. Of the entire United…

One problem that we’ve talked about quite a bit on this blog is the high turnover rate in the trucking industry. There are lots of people trying to become truckers,…

Your first year in trucking is kind of a big deal. Think of your trucking career as the 162 game baseball season. The first 30 games or so might not…