ATRI’s recently released study on the costs and impacts of driver detention found detention times exceeded four hours in 4.9% of stops.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is ramping up studies analyzing truck driver pay and unpaid detention time.
Carrier Perspective: State of the Industry
Getting shippers to pay for drivers’ wait time could boost driver retention and improve safety, according to a trucking economics expert.
Findings from a recent Spireon white paper survey, conducted in conjunction with FreightWaves, found that about 40% of carriers reported losing more than $500 per trailer per week in detention costs.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, Landstar sees a cooling freight market in the second half of 2021. Plus, the Biden administration may consider regulating driver detention, and Werner sells its freight forwarding business.
A trucking lobbyist sees the Biden administration taking up the detention time challenge.
Baton co-founder Andrew Berberick explains how truckers can regain time and cover more freight through an elastic model of on-demand capacity.
FHWA calls trucking parking a “major transportation safety problem.”
Rulemaking would require making detention time data public
Postponement until completion of safety study part of $494 billion highway bill
Startup Baton Trucking believes it can eliminate waste and detention through a drop yard network.
R&D investment delivers top-5 status among FreightTech 25.
Prioritizing high-risk motor carriers for interventions an added challenge.
Eliminating delays is source of pride for the beef processor and retailer
Ease of doing business ranked high with drivers serving over 40 facilities.
FMCSA wants to fill “critical data gap” on loading dock wait times
In addition to the persistent need for more drivers within a fragmented industry, there are additional headwinds that the trucking industry faces makes trucker recruitment difficult, particularly regarding younger drivers.
Everyone’s interested in who is a shipper of choice, and if they’re not they want to know how they can become one.
One thing that hasn’t changed (yet) with the ELD mandate is the way drivers get treated at shippers and receivers. The old adage of “hurry up and wait” has never been more apt, especially in the over-the-road truckload sector.
