GREENSBORO, N.C. — Volvo Trucks North America has stated a commitment to provide career opportunities for women in the trucking industry, and the company sent one of its women executives to a roundtable event to prove it.
In March, Triad Business Journal reported that women are beginning to fill gaps in various aspects of the trucking industry, where only 6.2 percent of some 3.5 million professional drivers in the U.S. are women.
Christina Ameigh, regional vice president western region at Greensboro-based Volvo Trucks North America, participated in an event Tuesday featuring company and division leaders at the Women in Trucking’s Accelerate! Conference and Expo in Dallas, Texas.
The trucking industry is expected to carry nearly 22 billion tons of freight in 2029 — a 35 percent increase in freight volume over the next 10 years — and women are making up more of the industry demographic.
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