Amazon is finding it can’t hire enough trucking companies to haul all its freight. So it decided to help would-be trucking entrepreneurs start their own firms.
The retail behemoth is working on an incubator program that aims to train hundreds of people to launch their own trucking businesses exclusively transporting freight for Amazon, The Information has learned. In an internal proposal, Amazon said the incubator would provide business training, loans for truck purchases and other assistance to small trucking businesses.
