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Wanted: 80,000 truck drivers to help fix the supply chain

Posted on October 20, 2021

The trucking industry is short 80,000 drivers, a record high, Chris Spear, President and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, tells CNN. That’s a 30% increase from before the pandemic, when the industry already faced a labor shortage of 61,500 drivers.”That’s a pretty big spike,” Spear added. Many drivers are retiring, dropping out of the […]

Truckers make the world go round. Invisible truths you didn’t know about trucking in America

Posted on October 5, 2021

What’s the journey of all the goods we consume? Trucking is dangerous, difficult and in demand. Here’s the story behind an industry on the cusp of major technological change. In May 2020, with the coronavirus pandemic in its infancy, a chain of colorful big rigs parked along Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC, for nearly three […]

DOE/EIA diesel price up 1.3 cents to level last seen in October 2018

Posted on September 21, 2021

A relatively small upward move in the weekly Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration (DOE/EIA) retail diesel price has pushed the benchmark number up to almost a four-year record. At $3.385 a gallon, the price that is the basis for most fuel surcharges is now at a level that has not been seen since the price […]

Pero Transport – September 2021’s Driver of the Month

Posted on September 15, 2021

Congratulations to Evans, he has been chosen as Pero Transport’s 2021 Driver of the Month! Tell us a little about yourself… I have been driving, with Pero Transport, since July of 2015. I was born and raised, in Miami, FL and graduated from North Miami Beach Senior High School, in 2002. I am of Haitian […]

Goodbye Summer 2021…

Posted on September 7, 2021

With Summer 2021 coming to an end, we wanted to share the winners of our Pero Transport Summer 2021 Photo Contest! See below: Biggest Catch Pictured here is our driver Louis’ wife, Scarlett, and his Captain Brian in Apalachicola with the first fish of the day, second cast – a 33’ redfish too big to […]

Welcome to the New PeroTransport.com!

Posted on July 6, 2021

Welcome to the new PeroTransport.com website! Pero Transport is an asset fleet operating with over 60+ state-of-the art trucks and trailers. The company boasts a fleet comprised of a maximum truck age of only 5 years old. We are dedicated to creating a solid work-life balance for our drivers, so they have the ability to […]

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