Trucking news and briefs for Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019:
Drivewyze adds 10 stations in Oregon to service network
Truck fleets and operators using Drivewyze PreClear weigh station bypass service will now receive bypasses at 10 locations in Oregon.
The new Drivewyze sites are located in Woodburn (north and southbound), Booth Ranch (north and southbound), Ashland (north and southbound), southwest of Juniper Butte (north and southbound), Wyeth (westbound), and Rocky Point (westbound).
The Woodburn, Booth Ranch, and Ashland sites are along the I-5 corridor. The Drivewyze locations near Juniper Butte is just north of Redmond, along Highway 97. The Wyeth site is due west of Hood River on I-84, and the Rocky Point location is along Highway 30.
Trucking jobs numbers climb after recent downturn
Preliminary figures show that the for-hire trucking industry added 1,300 payroll jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis in October, coming after three straight months of declines, according to the Department of Labor’s monthly employment report.
The economy as a whole in October added 128,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate was 3.6%.
October’s gains for trucking come after a 4,300-job loss in September and menial losses in July and August. Industry employment rose through the spring months.
