* UK - Truck Driver behaviour affects the bottom line
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Reading,Berkshire,UK -Fleet Europe, by Tim Harrup -5 July 2012: -- UK company FleetMatics is pointing out that with fuel prices rising again, one of the most obvious and effective ways for fleets to reduce costs lies in driver behaviour. Better driving habits in terms of speed and excessive idling (cured by stop-start systems) can save up to 15% in fuel consumption. The use of telematics fleet management systems which show when a driver is exceeding a speed limit, along with other driving habits, can also help in keeping costs down, if rectification measures are taken. FleetMatics points to other cost-saving actions, which include ensuring that vehicles are correctly maintained and serviced. Having the correct tyre pressures is another vital ingredient in all this, as tyre manufacturer Michelin points out. And when a fleet runs into hundreds of cars or more, significant fuel savings of the level mentioned can have a positive effect on the bottom line of the entire company operations, FleetMatics reminds us...
* USA - Shortage driving fleets to consider inexperienced drivers
Arlington,VA,USA -Fleet Owner. by David Cullen -Jul. 18, 2012: -- Due to the driver shortage/turnover issue that is again plaguing over-the-road trucking, more motor carriers are looking into hiring inexperienced drivers and are seeking them out at truck-driver training schools.
That’s the key finding of the American Trucking Assn.’s (ATA) just published Benchmarking Guide for Driver Recruitment and Retention. The new guide, which ATA is selling, runs 92 pages and contains data and anecdotal information based on interviews with more than 50 fleets, which together run over 130,000 trucks and manage more than 155,000 drivers and contractors...
Last month, ATA reported that after a one-quarter reprieve, the annualized turnover rate for large truckload fleets rose slightly in the first quarter of 2012 while small truckload fleets saw a tremendous surge in turnover.
According to ATA chief economist, Bob Costello, the turnover rate for large truckload fleets rose two percentage points to 90%-- marking its highest point since the first quarter of 2008. But at truckload fleets with less than $30 million in revenue, turnover jumped 16 percentage points to 71% in the first quarter– for its highest level since the second quarter of 2008...
Costello added that turnover at less-than-truckload carriers remained “remarkably low,” at just 8% . However, that was up one percentage point from the previous quarter.Labels: drivers' shortage, truck drivers news
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