A Twenty Year Truck Driver - I Will Tell You Why America's "Shipping Crisis" Will Not End

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3. The other side of that coin is at the shipping and receiving points stateside.

Every dock seems undermanned, and even major union docks are so undermanned that 24/7 facilities are closing without notice on 2nd & 3rd, and on weekends even day shifts. Not only does this cause further delays, it also hurts driver retention. Waiting an extra 12-24 or even more hours pisses drivers off. We and most companies pay detention (Pay for waiting, most drivers are paid by mile), and overlay (After a certain amount of hour overlay is a per diem amount), but this can't match what a driver can make with fast efficient loading/unloading turn around times.

Long haul is a dangerous, sometimes brutal, difficult, and too often seemingly thankless job where you're in the middle between the shipper, receiver, customer, Department of Transportation, and often by the driver's perception the company they work for is at odds with them, interfering with the driver's ability to make the most possible money per load.

Drivers are leaving in, well, droves with no change in sight. This will likely get even worst in the coming months, and probably continue at least a couple/few more years..