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News Articles: trucking

Lineage Logistics' new produce facility in Port Wentworth

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  • Business

Produce logistics facility opens outside Savannah, promising fresher food for consumers

Lineage Logistics said it chose Port Wentworth due to its close proximity to the Port of Savannah.

April 21, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Tucker Bubacz, a 17-year-old senior, climbs into the cab of a semi truck just outside Williamsport High School in Williamsport, Md. on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.

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  • Business

The driver of the big rig one lane over might soon be one of these teenagers

The trucking industry projects it will need to hire over a million drivers over the next decade. One idea that's gained some traction: Bring in younger drivers, starting in high school.

October 28, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu and
  • Mary Yang
Brandie Diamond describes herself as a "transgender truck driver/chef/Jill-of-all-trades." But her career in trucking began in the mid-1980s, and she hadn't come out as trans back then.

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  • Mental Health

What women truckers can tell us about living and working alone

American long-haul truckers share wisdom from the road on living where you work

July 22, 2022
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By:
  • Adelina Lancianese
Heavy haul trucker Eric Jammer stands in front of his truck.

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  • Business

The astronomical price of diesel is making everything more expensive

America runs on diesel. It keeps freight moving, factories humming and farmers planting. But a surge in diesel prices is making everything more expensive.

May 28, 2022
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By:
  • Brittany Cronin
Heavy haul trucker Eric Jammer stands in front of his truck.

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  • Business

The astronomical price of diesel is making everything more expensive

America runs on diesel. It keeps freight moving, factories humming and farmers planting. But a surge in diesel prices is making everything more expensive.

May 28, 2022
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By:
  • Brittany Cronin
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Waiting on that holiday gift from your online cart? It might be stuck at a seaport

The global supply chain backup is clogging the Port of Houston, but it's not as bad as the huge bottleneck at the Port of Los Angeles.

November 05, 2021
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By:
  • John Burnett

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  • Economy

Is There Really A Truck Driver Shortage?

The nation's big trucking employers have been arguing for decades that there's a trucker shortage. Is it really a shortage or something different?

May 26, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky

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