Trucking 2008
The greatest business concern this year in the trucking industry is the fuel costs and that probably comes as no more surprise to anyone, it is literally exterminating the last remaining independent truck drivers. Big trucking organizations are looking anyhow they can to save fuel costs and they’re looking to trim costs elsewhere to set off those costs.
Expanded efficiency is being looked for from software system programmers using by artificial means intelligent routing and scheduling software packages, linked to real time data from GPS units. Tire inflation technologies are also getting quite popular and for local delivery van hybrid units are arriving at some headroom.
Another huge issue is the ordinances on the trucking industry forcing organizations to buy later model trucks or upgrade their engines to meet newly environmental emissions rules. This is a tough one for smaller organizations with older trucks or small fleets with trucks bought before a certain date. We can expect more small trucking companies and organizations with small fleets to exit the market place.
Meanwhile, driver shortages keep going, but have gotten a bit of a hiatus due to slightly higher unemployment rates and a slower economic system with less demand on the trucking sector, but that’s only a temporary issue, driver shortfalls are expected to be up to 185,000 by 2010 and the trucking companies know it.
Increased ordinances on hazmat drivers is affecting many organizations that haul such loads and along with driver shortages it’s making things tough out there. And insurance costs have risen too, even though truck involved accidents are lower now due to fewer cars on the road due to fuel costs that are too high.
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