Though an industry-wide driver shortage gets all the ink, trucking’s biggest problem is inefficiency, according to Convoy CEO Dan Lewis.

A preliminary plan to improve Interstate 81 between Bristol and Winchester and use truck tolls to pay for it is running into strong opposition.

The first quarter of 2018 was a good one for leased and independent owner-operators, according to data from American Truck Business Services (ATBS).

The pace of hiring improved slightly in April as the unemployment rate fell below 4% for the first time since the end of 2000. Trucking employment, however, saw no such gains as jobs in the industry declined for the first time in eight months, according to a report in Freightwaves.

Growing up in a family business with a fleet of heavy-duty trucks, Dakota Semler saw the business face a difficult choice. New state air quality standards in 2007 meant that the winery would either need to install pricey retrofit kits in each truck or replace the whole fleet. As the economy crashed the following year, they made the decision to shut the fleet down.