The driver shortage for US trucking firms continues to be a real issue, and a key factor in why most trucking firms are not adding capacity on pace with the growth in freight volumes - they can't find the drivers the need to sit in new tractors.
That in turn is leading to higher rates for shippers.
Pay naturally enough continues to be a key issue in thinking about the driver shortage, both in absolute terms and relative to wages in the construction industry, which is usually cited as the sector that most competes with trucking for human resources.