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Haulage companies are offering six-figure salaries and $15,000 sign-on bonuses while struggling to attract 80,000 new drivers who are needed to relieve the nation’s supply crisis.

But industry experts said more drivers won’t alleviate the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach backlog, where an empty shipping container fiasco is preventing trucks from moving product to consumers.

Facing an exodus of 600,000 retiring truckers by 2028, the transportation industry is desperate to recruit more people and estimates that 80,000 new hires are needed this year to offset attrition and clear a backed-up supply chain.

‘I can tell you that pretty much every single one of our members – no matter what part of the industry they’re in – is looking for drivers,’ Chris Shimoda, senior vice president of government affairs at the California Trucking Association, told DailyMail.com.

‘They are raising pay across the board, introducing things like signing and retention bonuses, trying to provide more local driving opportunities so that the drivers can be home with their families at night, but it's been a real struggle for several years.’

US Foods, seeking a Northern Californian with a commercial driver’s license (CDL), is offering a $15,000 sign-up bonus and a $1,000 quarterly bonus to candidates willing to work for $38.50 an hour.

And last June, JK Moving Services said it would guarantee its qualified drivers a salary of at least $100,000 as ‘market demands grow and the pool of qualified candidates shrinks.’

It’s all happening as shipping backlogs delay cripple the supply chain, with Christmas toys and holiday goodies among the items stranded in the Pacific as freightliners queue for weeks to unload cargo.

Truck drivers’ wages have spiked by about 20 percent as companies work to lure newcomers into the industry, Shimoda said.

Autonomous trucks could solve this problem.

lorrydriverrocks

Kito lepas dpt 51% saham nanti akan by gaji 100k sebulan dan bonus seumur hidup.

HSR could solve this

Autonomous port management system

I thought there was a massive walkout/resignation because of the vaccine mandates to work?

Perasan Malaysians can try to apply...

it is not just truckers but also delivery drivers. Amazon shortchanged many delivery drivers, many left Amazon and they too have shortage

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It's a good job to do if you've someone that can sponsor you for a Green Card.

Fairly easy to get a license as well and those semi-trucks aren't the most difficult things to drive any longer as they're mostly automatic and plenty of sensors in them to guide you.

Only thing, have fun being away from home most of the week or month in some cases.

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huat ah

Yes. Convert all blue collar jobs to be autonomous. That way we can focus on gender studies.

Bijak.

No lorry driver.... Tukar autonomous.
No robotics maintenance department... Tukar autonomous.
No autonomous repair maintenance department...tukar autonomous.

Never ending cycle.

No wonder tesla nk buat trak..

Bodo American. This will hasten automation and end up leaving them with having no job at all.

Look at all the telephone switch operators and typists still having their jobs. LOL

Some jobs can't be replaced end of the line there's always human.

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Bila besar nanti, saya nak jadi drebar lori!