— -- Attention out-of-work Americans: Want to be a trucker? A worsening shortage of truck drivers is pushing up freight rates and delaying some deliveries, defying the weak economy, high ...

More than 88,000 jobs disappeared in the truck transportation sector in April, a 5.8% drop from March, both the steepest drops on record part of a record-setting 20.5 million job loss across the ...

Refrigerated containers, intermodal containers, oil and gas tankers -- no matter what the cargo, trucks carry it. Trucks vary in size and weight, and the type of route you take can mean a world of ...

Excerpt: The number of truck transportation jobs in November and December were the same, according to the BLS.

Walmart is raising pay for long-haul truck drivers, a taxing job that is increasingly difficult for companies to fill. Walmart, one of the few retail chains that runs its own trucking fleet, said it's ...

DETROIT—From big rigs to buses, millions of American workers currently earn a living driving vehicles. Someday, self-driving systems could make their jobs obsolete. Whether the transition from human ...