THE American Trucking Associations (ATA) has declared the truck driver shortage has eased but remains near an all-time high, reports the American Journal of Transportation.
"Based on our estimates, the trucking industry is short roughly 78,000 drivers," said ATA chief economist Bob Costello.
"That's down slightly from 2021's record of more than 81,000, but still extremely high historically."
ATA calculates the shortage estimates by determining the difference between drivers in the market and the optimal number of drivers based on freight demand.
"The good news is rising pay, and other factors have helped the industry attract new drivers," said Mr Costello.
"However, that influx is still not enough to make a substantive difference in the shortage - particularly in the long-haul, for-hire truckload sector, the part of the industry most acutely impacted by the shortage."
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