Cargo Transporters

Leading people: From the fleet to the mayor’s office – Taking the Hire Road

Shawn Brown, vice president of safety with Cargo Transporters and mayor of Claremont, North Carolina, joined Jeremy Reymer on a recent episode of Taking the Hire Road. Brown and Reymer dived into the notion that there are “no secrets in safety,” as well as the parallels between being the mayor of a city and leading a department of a trucking company.

By and large, Brown has stuck close to his roots. His grandfather, Jack Brown, co-founded a garage and truck rental business in the mid-1960s. That...

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Cargo Transporters raises driver pay again

Cargo Transporters rig on highway

A heightened freight demand environment and a declining pool of drivers has carriers raising pay to keep their equipment moving. Driver wages have been climbing for roughly a year and a half now and will likely continue to step higher for an industry that struggles to recruit and retain labor in both good and bad markets.

Dry van truckload carrier Cargo Transporters announced its largest-ever pay increase for over-the-road drivers. Beginning Sunday, the North Carolina-based hauler will pay solo...

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Cargo Transporters announces 3rd pay increase for drivers

With a tight labor market for truck drivers, dry van truckload carrier Cargo Transporters announced its third and largest pay increase this year.

The company’s “all-in” pay option will increase from 58 cents per mile to 60 cents per mile for new and existing single drivers.

Cargo Transporters’ all-in pay structure option was announced in January. The all-in pay structure is aimed at giving drivers a choice in how they are paid.

The all-in pay option converts productivity pay, seven paid holidays...

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FreightWaves LIVE Recap: Cargo Transporters upshifts telematics

With the clock ticking on the 3G cellular network and the need to transition to higher speeds relied upon by telematics devices, carriers are looking for the right partner — if they haven’t already found one — to make that shift.

For Claremont, North Carolina-based Cargo Transporters, a truckload carrier operating approximately 500 power units and 1,800 trailers, SkyBitz was up to the task.

“We started looking about two years ago into how we were going to handle [the sunsetting of 3G],” Cargo...

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Cargo Transporters announces ‘all-in’ flexible pay option for drivers

Carriers get creative with ways to pay drivers

In addition to pay increases, carriers are becoming more creative in the ways they compensate drivers as the industry deals with labor headwinds.

Dry van truckload carrier Cargo Transporters announced Wednesday an “all-in” pay package for new and current drivers. The new pay structure combines base rate mileage pay, productivity bonuses and paid time off, minimizing fluctuations in pay and providing drivers higher per-mile rates.

The Claremont, North-Carolina-based company will pay drivers a...

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Best transportation companies for female employees named

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has released its 2020 list of the top transportation companies for females.

The annual Top Companies for Women to Work for in Transportation list was created by WIT magazine Redefining the Road in 2018 as part of its mission to promote the accomplishments of businesses focused on the employment of females in the trucking industry.

Companies making the list this year were listed alphabetically, beginning with AGT Global Logistics, founded and led by Angela...

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Trucking executives hope for a Nike Swoosh recovery

Knight truck on the road

A quick uptick in the economy could lead to renewed labor concerns for the trucking industry, creating a double-edged sword as the nation looks to return to some semblance of economic normalcy. A more gradual improvement would be the preference of two top trucking executives who participated in the opening general session of the Truckload Carriers Association’s (TCA) Virtual Safety & Security Meeting, held last Tuesday through Thursday.

Speaking during the session, sponsored by the Allied...

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