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Tag: detention time
Overdrive Extra
Detention study thorough, but meaningful change proves elusive
One in five small carriers donât even charge detention, using brokers that donât try to collect it, and believe not billing it gives them a competitive edge.
September 26, 2019
Business
In ATRI survey, drivers report longer, more frequent detention at shippers/receivers
Respondents to the study indicated that more than a quarter of their dwell times within the year leading up to taking the survey lasted two or more hours, with 9.3% of delays lasting six or more hours. Both of these are increases from 2014, according to ATRIâs numbers.
September 4, 2019
Business
Deadline to file comments on detention time is next week
FMCSA is looking for information on available data about loading, unloading and delay times at shippers and receivers; technology that could track detention time; how contracts between carriers and shippers address detention time; what actions FMCSA could take to reduce detention time; and more.
September 4, 2019
Business
FMCSA boss Martinez tells Congress ELDs a first step toward adding hours flexibility
Ray Martinez, head of the FMCSA, thinks so and expressed to Congressional lawmakers how the ELD mandate should lead to hours of service flexibility.
May 30, 2018
Business
Blockchain: Better tools to fight detention abuse, with added utility for driver, carrier credentials
Using geofencing and other location data, a blockchain system might document detention time with a high degree of accuracy. If the system is part of a âsmart contract,â a driver would receive detention pay quickly. Drivers/carriers, meanwhile, might use private keys to take control of their business data.
January 9, 2018
Business
Detention data collection phase, regulatory process under way
As required by the FAST Act, DOT will report âon the impact of loading and unloading delaysâ on the economy, transport efficiency, safety and driver pay/income. Efforts could hold import for hours, detention pay in future.
June 17, 2016
Voices
âBe the change you want to seeâ
From the cab of Clifford âDream Walkerâ Petersen on the state of the industry. Drivers have strength in numbers, and individual actions will go a long way toward improving conditions for owner-operators.
May 24, 2016
Business
FAST Act highway bill: What trucking measures made it, what didnât
In: Major CSA reform, expansion of driver drug testing, detention study and more. Out: Younger truckers and a measure that could have harmed small business truckers.
December 2, 2015
Channel 19
âDemand detentionâ pay: Strong voices on compensation for waits
âWaiting over 6 hours to get loaded and then only getting 5 hours drive time ⊠Then you lose another day to get your next load, and $50 is not going to cover the lost time" -- a variety of other voices offered ways to get to better compensation.
September 22, 2015
Business
Detention détente: Chance 2 Transport
âIf you need a 10-hour break at the place youâre delivering,â the Delaware, Ohio, Kroger facility âis a good place to go.â âC2T owner Rod Miller, who takes an active role in detention management, on a particular problem receiver
September 18, 2015
Business
J.B. Hunt to shippers and receivers: Donât waste driversâ time
J.B. Hunt recently released a report on what shippers and receivers can do to increase driver uptime and, ultimately, income.
July 6, 2015
Business
Driversâ case against Wal-Mart Trans. over unpaid on-duty time gets class-action certification
A federal court in California has ruled a lawsuit brought by drivers against Wal-Mart Transportation may proceed as a class-action lawsuit. The driver plaintiffs claim that between 1993 and now, they did not receive the minimum wage required by state law, nor were they allowed to take their state-required meal and rest breaks.
September 17, 2014
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