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

Talking Logistics

Here are some excerpts from the press release : According to the report, ATA’s first in-depth examination of the driver shortage since 2015, the driver shortage eased in 2016 to roughly 36,500 – down from 2015’s shortfall of 45,000. “We Just pay drivers more and you’ll fix the problem,” is the most common solution I hear from folks.

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

Supply challenges arising from the war will hit many industries, with electronics being a prime example, since Russia and Ukraine are both sources of materials such as palladium and neon , vital for the manufacture of semiconductors. In 2015, it stood at around $5.40. The issues don’t stop there, however.