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Aug 10, 2015

TRAILER NEWS * USA: Reshaping the dry van

* DC - New laws, new tech and pressure from fleets guiding trailers’ future

-- Without a trailer, a tractor is meaningless. A trailer, the argument could be made, is the piece of equipment that actually brings revenue in for a fleet... Today, as savvy fleet managers understand that any money saved in fuel costs adds to their bottom line, new aerodynamic aspects are being added to the trailer design mix. Also, new technologies – such as telematics, GPS tracking and real-time logistics information – are pushing trailer OEMs to reevaluate longstanding designs and look at how trailers will be used in the future in a new light... Strick Trailers in 2011 was selected as Daimler Trucks’ trailer partner for its 2015 SuperTruck project, a five-year development process in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy and other leading industry manufacturers and suppliers. Daimler’s highly sophisticated and sleek vehicle was showcased in the Freightliner booth at this year’s Mid-America Trucking Show... In the near future, “smart” trailer systems will be fully integrated with the tractor to provide enhanced telematics, sensors for self-inspection, predictive analytics for diagnostic maintenance, data for better driver and management operating visibility and control, improved public safety and security, and reduced cargo loss and theft... 
(Photo: A Trailer Tail's with aerodynamic shape)  --  Washington, DC, USA - CCJ, by Jack Roberts - August 7, 2015

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Nov 8, 2011

TRAILERS HEIGHT DEBATE * Europe

* Belgium - FTA ups the pressure on EC to stop 4m trailer height limit


Brussels,Belgium -Road Transport (UK), by Chris Druce -3 November 2011: -- The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is ratcheting up the pressure on UK and European politicians alike, with plans for a rally in Brussels, as fears grow that a 4m trailer height will be foisted on UK hauliers... Although initially thought unlikely, European Commission (EC) plans to introduce a standard 4m trailer height for single deck trailers across the region have failed to go away, with the EC’s Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles sticking to its guns despite fierce opposition from the UK... The FTA says up to 80% of the UK’s trailer parc runs at 4.2m. Although rigids will be allowed to continue running at 4.95m as will double-deck trailers, the enforcement of a lower height limit for single-deck trailers would be crippling... Double-deck trailers will be allowed under revised regulations...

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