Interesting Opinion Piece in Bloomberg from Virginia Postrel on the regulations, retirements and a lack of parking spaces that are challenging long haul truckers.

According to the ATA’s most recent survey, some companies are now paying truck load drivers an average of $53,000 per year, while some private fleet drivers are seeing $86,000 salaries.

Transportation and logistics companies added 9,800 jobs in March to keep up with a booming U.S. shipping market.

Retail industry sales this year are expected to grow between 3.8 and 4.4 percent over the $3.53 trillion reached in 2017, with online and other non-store sales expected to rise between 10 and 12 percent, according to the National Retail Federation’s 2018 economic...

Financial valuations of truckload carriers have been rising as indicated by the Dow Jones U.S. Trucking Index which climbed in recent months.

The line being drawn between traditional trucking expertise and high technology applications was in the spotlight again today.