Truckload capacity shortages will gather momentum this year and continue through 2013 as the economy recovers and regulatory restrictions limit the driver pool, an FTR Associates economist said. Because of the economic upturn and the federal government's push for improved safety, "a couple hundred thousand drivers will be taken out of the marketplace between now and the end of next year," said FTR senior consultant Noel Perry, who acknowledged that forecast shortages have been slow to occur and now likely will hit the market in 2012.
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