Truck driver wages rose 16% in the first quarter of 2025, according to one study conducted by several job sites.  The study was conducted for the first quarter of 2025 – January 1st, 2025 through March 31st, 2025 – by resume-building platform ‘Resume Now’ and talent-matching platform ‘Talroo,’ and has apparently discovered that truck drivers ...more

On the CDLLife App, real drivers share their real experiences—the good, the funny, and the helpful. Here’s a highlight of some posts that have been starting conversations in the community, from new truck upgrades to positive experiences with fellow drivers while OTR.This driver was pleased to have finally accomplished over 1,000,000 miles ticked over on ...more

The owner of a trucking company in northern Idaho says he is closing the business in part because good drivers are ” a dying breed.” Wes Olson Trucking was founded by Wes Olson near Sandpoint, Idaho. Olson got into trucking in 1958 and bought his own 1955 Mack in 1961, when he started his own ...more

A video circulating on trucker internet has one question to ask about this gorgeous back-in: luck or skill? In the video, a beautiful day cab pulling a flatbed appears to complete a gorgeous back-in in one try – all while combatting impatient motorists now stuck in traffic due to the maneuver.“Skill or luck?” the video ...more

Potholes in the Detroit area are causing headaches for the people who live there, including truck drivers.  Residents in Clinton Township, Michigan just outside of Detroit say that the potholes in the Detroit area are so bad, they’ve been damaging vehicles. The poor roads are also causing safety issues, because drivers are paying more attention ...more

Several truckers who bypassed an Oregon weigh station were ticketed and educated during an enforcement detail in Union County this week. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office (UCSO), deputies partnered with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Oregon State Patrol this week to ticket truckers for bypassing Perry’s weigh station near La ...more

A truck driver is dead after a falling tree struck his tractor trailer on Interstate 64 in Virginia on Wednesday afternoon.  The accident happened on April 16th at around 3:30 p.m. on eastbound I-64 at the 172.5 mile marker. According to 12 On Your Side, the tractor trailer was traveling in the right lane when a ...more

Semi-trucks enter an inspection area at the Otay Mesa port of entry on the US-Mexico border in San Diego. (Ariana Drehsler/Bloomberg) The Department of Transportation recently announced it will proceed with a $150 million grant to build a road and port of entry facility along the San Diego-Baja California border region. Secretary Sean Duffy on ...more

Gantry cranes and shipping containers at the Yantian International Container Terminals in Shenzhen, China, on April 7. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg) The World Trade Organization slashed its forecast for merchandise trade this year as soaring U.S. tariffs and broader uncertainty hammer international commerce. The Geneva-based WTO expects the volume of world merchandise trade to decline by 0.2% ...more

The AI agents can perform numerous tasks like price quoting, processing orders, acquiring trucking capacity, setting delivery appointments and supply chain tracking. (Business Wire) C.H. Robinson has expanded its proprietary fleet of artificial intelligence agents to handle more tasks across the life cycle of a shipment, the company announced April 16. The company launched the ...more