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June 15, 2013 |
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Recently, our friends over TruckerBuddy.org sent us a link to the latest Trucker Buddy eMagazine. Take a look and enjoy! You can also view it on your Smartphone.
Trucker Buddy International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization started in 1992 and dedicated to helping educate and mentor schoolchildren via a pen pal relationship between professional truck drivers and children in grades K-8. Trucker Buddy matches classes of students with professional truck drivers. Every week drivers share news about their travels with their class. Once a month, students write letters to their drivers. Students' skills in reading, writing, geography, mathematics, social studies, and history are enhanced and learning is fun.
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Carrier of the Month
Paul Miller Trucking, Inc.
Paul Miller Trucking began with one truck being driven by Paul Miller and has grown steadily over the years. Paul Miller Trucking was established in the community of Spring Grove, Pennsylvania in 1978 and it’s been their home ever since.
Paul Miller Trucking is among the safest carriers in the nation as measured by CSA (Compliance, Safety, Accountability) with effective utilization of cutting edge technology and pro-active employee development.
Paul Miller Trucking trains their drivers in the seven critical areas identified in the national Compliance Safety Accountability initiative to prevent safety problems before they occur. They make sure that their vehicles are fully functional and ready to hit the road. Their safety commitment and proactive maintenance strategy help ensure reliably safe, on-time deliveries.
In addition to great, well maintained equipment, Paul Miller Trucking has steady work and provides their drivers competitive pay with home time on the weekends and possibly throughout the week. 95% of their drivers are home every weekend.
If you would like to work for a company that treats its drivers like professionals and valued members of the corporate family, then please call 800-347-5786 or visit PaulMillerTrucking.com
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New Report Underscores Trucking’s Essential Role in U.S. Economy
A new report issued by the American Trucking Associations, ATA American Trucking Trends 2013, demonstrated that trucking continues to be the dominant mode of freight transportation in the United States as even more goods were delivered by truck.
“Good data is important to good policymaking,” said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves. “And the data in Trends shows a dynamic, growing industry that is the literal lifeblood of the U.S. economy.”
Among the findings in this year’s edition of Trends:
- Trucks moved 9.4 billion tons of freight in 2012, or 68.5% of all domestic shipments. Both figures are up from the previous year.
- In 2012, trucking generated $642.1 billion in gross freight-related revenues, or 80.7% of the nation’s freight bills, also increases from 2011.
- There are 6.9 million people employed in trucking-related industries.
- The majority of trucking companies are small businesses – with 90.5% operating six or fewer trucks. Only 2.8% of fleets operate more than 20 trucks.
- Class 6-8 trucks traveled 137.2 billion miles in 2011 – up 4.7% from the previous year.
- The trucking industry paid $36.5 billion in federal and state highway user fees and taxes in 2011 – a 10.3% increase from 2009.
“As the nation continues to travel the road to recovery following the Great Recession it is becoming increasingly clear that trucking is leading the way,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. “The data in Trends should provide a road map for policy makers and business leaders as they continue to plot the course of that recovery.”
American Trucking Trends 2013 is available exclusively from ATA Business Solutions and participating state trucking associations.
The TruckDriver.com Alma Mater Survey results are in, looks like those diplomas are paying off!
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No - 36%
Next up, the return of the TruckDriver.com Smarter Drivers, Smarter Phones Survey.
Keep on truckin’ and please drive safely.
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