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Feb 21, 2011

Delaying Truck Drivers * USA - DeFazio Targets Shippers

Bill would require regulating detention time with penalties for excessive delay


Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Feb 18, 2011: -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., wants shippers to speed truck drivers through their gates or pay the consequences for excessive detention time during loading or unloading... The Oregon Democrat introduced a bill Feb. 17 that would require the Department of Transportation to regulate how long truckers may be detained at docks... The bill, H.R. 756, would require the DOT to study the issue and establish a maximum number of hours drivers may be detained by shippers... The legislation would require shippers to pay drivers and carriers for detention... DeFazio's bill follows a Government Accountability Office report that found 80 percent of drivers detained had trouble complying with hours of service rules...

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Feb 26, 2009

Improve Inefficiencies * USA - To kickstart ‘road to recovery’

Helping truckers avoid waiting hours at a time to load and unload, however, can save the economy billions right now without costing a dime, OOIDA told a Congressional panel

Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -23 Feb 2009: -- This past week, Joe Rajkovacz, OOIDA regulatory affairs specialist, told a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure about the Association’s concerns with freight transportation in Southern California... Specifically, Rajkovacz pointed members of Congress to the untold numbers of hours drivers are forced to waste because of waiting to load and unload at ports and warehouse docks... Rajkovacz cited recent research submitted by the FMCSA titled ”Motor Carrier Efficiency Study Update”, which showed inefficiencies listed as “time loading/unloading” and “empty miles” as the two greatest factors contributing to inefficiencies in trucking today...

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Feb 21, 2007

Problems on the Road Ahead * USA - For Metal Haulers

USA -33Metalproducing -February, 2007: -- Rising fuel costs, driver shortages, tangling regulations, and indadequate infrastructure haven't brought on a transportation crisis, … yet... The recent boom in U.S. manufacturing boom brought into sharper focus a number of inadequacies in the country's transportation systems. Harbor bottlenecks, congested highways, lacking infrastructure maintenance, and shortages of qualified personnel are among the friction points resulting in costly inefficiencies and delays for U.S. metal industries... (Photo: Barge transportation is hindered by inadequate dredging and load-carrying capacity)

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