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The trucking industry has been a barometer of U.S. economic health for a long time, and. trucking is in trouble. In August, Yellow Freight filed for Chapter 11. The company shed 30,000 mostly blue-collar jobs, and now the digital freight broker Convoy is ceasing operations.
Fun fact, kids. Your Grumpy Observer has always been fascinated with the transportation and logistics industries. An intricate system of people and marvels, like the Antonov plane or Ro-ro vessels, all flawlessly coordinated to bring you your cargo, or in-laws, just in time for production or babysitting. C’est Magnifique.
Over the last few years, the number of truck drivers and truck driving firms has reduced across both America and Canada leading to considerable distribution across both countries.
If you read the news online, it often claims that the California port situation is caused by a driver shortage. But wait, hold your horses: it is in part caused by a driver shortage but what has driven this numbers shortfall?
American trucking is responsible for much of our way of life. Most of us fail to realize how many of the things we use or consume daily do not have a local source. Whether it’s food, fuel, electronics or clothes; the goods are not from a local source.
