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TRUCKING INDUSTRY * USA & Canada
* Virginia - First FMCSA ”listening session” hears HOS pros, cons
Arlington,VA.,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Jan 20, 2010: -- Motor carriers, truck drivers, safety groups, and other interested parties presented their critiques of the current hours of service (HOS) regulations to a panel of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) officials here yesterday. The meeting was the first of four “listening sessions” to be held by the agency as it begins its third effort in 10 years to reform the work rules governing trucking operations in the U.S.... Anne Ferro, the newly installed Administrator of FMCSA, who was on hand at the beginning of the eight-hour listening session, stressed to those gathered in person and listening in via audio webcast that she wanted “to receive as many comments as possible” about the current rules – “the good, the bad, and the ugly,” in her words... Most of the speakers representing motor carriers and drivers were in favor of keeping the current HOS rules – a 14 hour workday, with a maximum 11 hours of drive time and 3 hours for loading/unloading, followed by a 10-hour off-duty period. The current rules also limit drivers to 60/70 hours on duty in 7/8 consecutive days. They then may restart their 7/8 consecutive day period after taking 34 or more consecutive hours off duty – also known as the “34-hour restart” provision... (Photo from fleetowner: Anne Ferro on hearing about hours of service)
* Virginia - Teamsters Urge Changes in Hours-Of-Service Rule - Drivers, employers offer different views of safety at FMCSA hearing
Arlington,VA,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Thomas L. Gallagher -Jan 20, 2010: -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters urged federal regulators at a hearing to reverse a regulation that increased the number of hours truckers can drive... Drivers and their employers got a chance Tuesday to air their opinions on proposed hours-of-service regulations under consideration by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. FMCSA on Jan. 19 held the first of four listening sessions to gather public opinion on the regulation, which has been the subject of controversy since it was first issued in 2003. The American Trucking Associations backed the 11-hour driving limit in the rule...
* DC - OOIDA: Truckers need flexibility in the HOS rules
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine -19 Jan 2010: -- Ask anyone else if they would routinely give away 40 hours a week unpaid to their employer, and you would probably be laughed out of the room. Yet truck drivers do just that because of inefficiencies in the loading and unloading processes they deal with every day... That’s a point the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association drove home at the Virginia listening session on the hours-of-service regulations hosted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration today, Jan. 19...
* Nevada: Fleets tell suppliers they’re changing
Las Vegas,NV,USA -Fleet Owner, by Jim Mele -Jan 19, 2010: -- Truckload carriers are not going to be in much of a truck-buying mood this year and may be rethinking their trade cycles-- pushing them out from three years to four or five, according to three well-know truckload executives... Speaking to truck and component manufacturers gathered for the one-day Heavy Duty Dialogue conference here, Swift Transportation president, Jerry Moyes, said: “We used to run trucks for a million miles and the quality wasn’t anywhere near as good as it is now. With the improvement in quality, we’re looking at running our trucks another year or two” ... “We’ve already gone from three years to four [on trade cycles] and now we’re looking at five years,” said Pat Quinn, co-chairman of U.S. Xpress Enterprises... O&S Trucking does plan to buy some new trucks in the next few months, but has also started buying used equipment, according president and founder, Jim O’Neal... Turning to recent proposals for higher gross weight limits, all three fleet executives urged caution. While an increase to 97,000 lb. GVW ratings might benefit “a narrow niche” of carriers, a smaller jump to 85,000 to 87,000 lb. limits would be better for most because it wouldn’t make current trucks and trailers obsolete, O’Neal said... With the improving economy on everyone’s mind at the conference, the three fleet executives also agreed that the driver shortage would reemerge as freight picks up...* Michigan - YRC's Holland Speeds Transit Times - Carrier extends next-day service between Toronto, U.S. Midwest
MICH,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Jan 19, 2010: -- YRC Worldwide regional subsidiary Holland reduced transit times on cross-border lanes linking Toronto and the U.S. Midwest, cutting a day from transit times in some lanes... The company Tuesday said it is introducing next-day service between Toronto and Chicago, Joliet and Wheeling, Ill.; Cincinnati; Huntington, W. Va.; and Indianapolis... That allows Holland to reduce transit times from three days to two on routes linking Toronto and Kansas City, Mo., Memphis, Tenn., Worthington, Minn., and other points... (Photo from hankstruckpictures: USF Holland ready line)
* California - Port of San Diego requires truck registration
San Diego,CAL,USA -Land Line Magazine -January 19, 2010: -- Truck drivers who don’t regularly haul loads to and from the Port of San Diego may not be aware of a new requirement going into effect this week... The Port is requiring trucking companies that haul to and from the port to register truck owner information into its eModal computer system. The port recently e-mailed some companies to make them aware of the new requirement, which it termed “mandatory for truckers entering” the port... “The deadline to comply is Jan. 22, 2010,” port officials stated... The Port of San Diego says its registry is based on the California Air Resources Board’s statewide port drayage rule. CARB, however, has its own drayage registry that truck owners are required to comply with... (Photo from latimesblogs: Port of San Diego's truckers protest)* California - Oakland’s Old Truck Ban Blocks Traffic - Sporadic delays result from lack of paper work, identity tags
Oakland,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Jan 20, 2010: -- Harbor drayage companies calling at the Port of Oakland experienced sporadic delays Tuesday as the port initiated its ban on old trucks... The problems stemmed from truckers filing inaccurate vehicle identification numbers with the terminals or drivers showing up without the required radio frequency identification tag on their vehicles, said Bruce Wargo, who is head of the Oakland Marine Terminal Operators Association... Wargo's numbers indicate that 92 percent of the trucks with RFID tags accessed the marine terminals without a problem... Oakland's clean-truck program bans all pre-1994 trucks. Vehicles of model years 1994 to 2003 are allowed entry to the terminals if the trucks have been retrofitted with an approved diesel particulate trap... (Photo courtesy Port of Oakland)* DC - Con-Way Freight tightens its distribution
Washington,DC,USA -Logistics Management, by John D. Schulz -19 Jan 2010: -- In a major change of network operations that it says will cut shippers' transit times to 460 domestic destinations, the carrier has re-engineered its logistics and freight network, to reduce the $4.3 billion company's carbon footprint by eliminating 16.6 million operating miles a year and save 2.6 million gallons of diesel fuel annually... Thanks to its investment in research, technology and engineering, Greg Lehmkuhl, executive vice president of operations of Con-way Freight, said Con-way was able to take "a higher look at our network" and discovered ways to optimize its routing to eliminate excess mile" and reduce transit times... Major lanes affected include those between Chicago and southern Florida, and Chicago and southern Texas...
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