Trucking Jobs in Portland, OR

Portland's freight personality is shaped by its unique position between Pacific Rim trade and Pacific Northwest agriculture. Daimler Trucks North America's headquarters here means the city is where Freightliner and Western Star trucks are designed and tested, creating a concentration of truck industry expertise found nowhere else. Nike's world headquarters in nearby Beaverton generates footwear and apparel distribution freight that ships globally. Intel's massive Ronler Acres campus in Hillsboro produces chips that move by secure, temperature-controlled transport. The Columbia River Gorge is one of the most scenic — and most wind-battered — trucking corridors in the country, with I-84 running through it carrying freight between Portland and Boise. Oregon's weight-mile tax system is unique in the nation and adds administrative complexity that some drivers find burdensome, but the state's natural beauty and quality of life keep it an attractive place to base trucking operations.