Trucking news and briefs for Monday, Aug. 29, 2022:
FleetForce Truck Driving School opened its newest training facility in Venice, Florida. Students enrolling in the CDL school can attend tuition-free through a pre-hire program — a collaboration between FleetForce, Florida Trucking Association and State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota. Trucking companies that are FTA members pay the tuition costs up front, with an agreement to hire the student once they complete the course and receive their CDL.
The Venice location is on the campus of State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, and is the second program launched in collaboration with the college. This is the company’s fourth location in Florida, with multiple new sites scheduled to open around the state over the next year.
Since the program launched in November, Dr. Todd Fritch, executive vice president and provost of State College of Florida, said more than 200 individuals have earned their commercial licenses through FleetForce at our Bradenton campus. The expansion to our Venice campus will double the capacity rate while also providing a training opportunity closer to home for south county residents.”
The tuition-free program is available at all FleetForce locations and has been successful in recruiting more students into the trucking industry, with more than 5,000 aspiring drivers having applied since the program launched last year.
Global multimodal logistics provider Omni Logistics recently opened a new 366,711 sq. ft. Dallas Campus.
The opening of the new facility follows the recent opening of Omni Logistics’ new, renewables-powered corporate headquarters in Dallas, new offices in Phoenix, and extensive new warehouse and cross-dock facilities in San Francisco and Philadelphia.
