HEFEI, March 7 (Xinhua) -- On the remote Ruoqiang section of a national highway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Xie Lin transports 30 tonnes of goods on her 17-meter-long truck.

When Tammie Dean started working in recruiting at Lily Transportation after six years as a truck driver, she started a program to help encourage and support other women, called Lily Ladies.

Women have broken barriers for decades, taking on roles that have been traditionally “male” and excelling in those. One of the few remaining male dominated career fields remains truck driving.

motor carriers and truck driver training schools through surveys, interviews and a focus group of female drivers to identify the underlying factors that produce challenges, as well as strategies ...

In 2018, women made up roughly 2 percent of truck drivers. Although their numbers remain small, increasing women are taking to the wheels in China. The report shows the average age of female ...

[RELATED: Safe truck parking availability critical to retain women truck drivers] According to the National Association of Truck Stop Operators (NATSO), there are more than 40,000 truck stops ...

Lafarge Africa Plc has graduated another 30 female truck drivers from its Women on Wheels training programme, bringing the total number of beneficiaries to 103 since the initiative began in 2019.

The lack of women drivers, however, is one of the most standout areas of potential because of the tremendous labor pool available for recruitment: More than 95% of U.S. truck drivers are male. The ...

She quit her stable job as a government worker to chase her high-octane dream of extreme sports full time. She took on ...

BEIJING, Dec 27 (Reuters) - China will extend licence age limits for drivers of medium-sized and ... Men will retire at 63 instead of 60, while women in white collar work will retire at 58 instead ...

A WSJ report says TuSimple gave Chinese partners access to autonomous truck tech co-developed with Navistar, raising national ...