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Truck Driver Shortage: Getting Better, Worse, or No Problem at All?

Talking Logistics

In the report, ATA projects the shortage to reach 50,000 by the end of 2017 and if current trends hold the shortage could grow to more than 174,000 by 2026. That’s true, but so are these troubling trends and statistics from ATRI : Source: “Analysis of Truck Driver Age Demographics Across Two Decades,” ATRI, December 2014.

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Looking Back at Previous Capacity Crunches & How Shippers Responded

GlobalTranz

The same held true after Superstorm Sandy and the unyielding winter of 2014, reports Lawrence J. Also, the driver short has continually grown worse for the last eight years, and it is expected to continue through 2026, asserts Iris Kuo of Trucks.com. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, capacity hit a breaking point.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

If things don't change, and we continue up this progression, by 2026, we will be at 170,000 drivers short. A 2014 study by The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte projected that employment in manufacturing and warehousing would fall a 2 to 3.5 The need for automation is undeniable.