In 2020, National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is especially significant considering the essential role truck drivers have played and will continue to play through the COVID-19 pandemic. Working long hours on the road and adapting to new conditions due to COVID-19 restrictions and regulations, truck drivers transport the essential goods that make it possible for front line workers to do their jobs as safely as possible and for families to find the products they need on store shelves.
There are an estimated one million professional men and women classified as light delivery or heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Industry Data from American Trucking Associations, the national trade association for the trucking industry, reports that nearly every good consumed in the US is put on a truck at some point. The trucking industry hauled 72.5% of all freight transported in the United States in 2019, equating to 11.84 billion tons.
A leader in integrated global supply chain management, DSC Logistics, now CJ Logistics America, knows how important drivers are to the company’s business and recognizes the vital contributions of the drivers at GNT, a sister CJ Logistics company. “We value the relationships we have with our carrier partners and our partners’ drivers,” said Ken Heller, Chief Transportation Officer. “As we grow and evolve our transportation management business with new and existing customers and evolve in new directions with freight forwarding, asset-based fleet services and freight brokerage, we make building close relationships with our carriers a high priority so that together we ensure customer needs are met.”
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