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SwampRatt said:
FedEx Founder’s Son Lands Promotion, Moves Up Corporate Ladder at Shipping Giant

http://www.ttnews.com/articles/fede...omotion-moves-corporate-ladder-shipping-giant

"Richard Smith, 39, was promoted to president and CEO of FedEx Trade Networks, the international trade arm of FedEx Express, on July 1. It’s among the top 23 leadership positions at the $60 billion a year, 400,000-employee company."

Interesting, fact filled read.
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Smith added. "I would like to also thank my consulting team from BRG Patel, who has guided me for many years now." Without their guidance, I do not believe I would have been promoted.
 
Test drive: Paccar’s 12-speed automated transmission

http://www.ccjdigital.com/test-driv...a3c973&utm_term=newsletter-2-daily-position-4

"The 12-speed transmission – rated at 1,850 lb. ft. of torque and 110,000 GCVW and featuring standard eight-bolt PTO capability – isn’t a manual design with automated components. It is purpose-built as an automated transmission..."

"An “Urge to Move” feature prevents the truck from rolling in the wrong direction at start, and allows the driver to use the brake to control truck speed."

"This feature also works in reverse. When backing up, you can creep toward the dock, bumping between high and low reverse gears as needed. You don’t have to feather the accelerator and risk smacking the dock with an ill-timed fuel-fired lurch."

Sounds like heaven...
 
CVSA releases Roadcheck 2017 results

http://fleetowner.com/roadside-insp...m=email&elq2=1e88a7c5faf043db8e76efe5e8cf290a

"Of the 40,944 Level I inspections conducted, 23% (9,398) were placed out of service for vehicle-related violations. The top three out-of-service vehicle violations were for:

  • Brake systems (26.9 % of vehicle out-of-service violations)
  • Cargo securement (15.7%)
  • Tires/wheels (15.1%)
Of the 2,267 vehicles carrying hazardous materials/dangerous goods that received a Level I inspection, 12.8% were placed out of service for vehicle-related violations. The top three vehicle violations related to the transportation of hazardous materials/dangerous goods were for:

  • Loading and securement (40.4% of all out-of-service hazardous materials/dangerous goods violations)
  • Shipping papers (22.7%)
  • Placarding (20.8%)
Of the vehicles placed out of service, brake adjustment and brake system violations combined to represent 41.4% (7,743) of all out-of-service vehicle violations.

According to CVSA, driver results are as follows:

  • 4.7% (2,940) of drivers were placed out of service for driver-related violations.
  • Of the inspections of vehicles carrying hazardous materials/dangerous goods, 1.9% were placed out of service for driver-related violations.
  • Out of the 598 motorcoaches inspected, 3.8% (23) of drivers were placed out of service for driver-related violations.
  • The top three driver-related violations were for hours of service (32.3% of driver out-of-service violations), wrong class license (14.9%) and false log book (11.3%).
  • There were 710 safety belt violations."
 
SwampRatt said:
CVSA releases Roadcheck 2017 results

http://fleetowner.com/roadside-insp...m=email&elq2=1e88a7c5faf043db8e76efe5e8cf290a

"Of the 40,944 Level I inspections conducted, 23% (9,398) were placed out of service for vehicle-related violations. The top three out-of-service vehicle violations were for:




    • Brake systems (26.9 % of vehicle out-of-service violations)
    • Cargo securement (15.7%)
    • Tires/wheels (15.1%)
Of the 2,267 vehicles carrying hazardous materials/dangerous goods that received a Level I inspection, 12.8% were placed out of service for vehicle-related violations. The top three vehicle violations related to the transportation of hazardous materials/dangerous goods were for:




    • Loading and securement (40.4% of all out-of-service hazardous materials/dangerous goods violations)
    • Shipping papers (22.7%)
    • Placarding (20.8%)
Of the vehicles placed out of service, brake adjustment and brake system violations combined to represent 41.4% (7,743) of all out-of-service vehicle violations.

According to CVSA, driver results are as follows:




    • 4.7% (2,940) of drivers were placed out of service for driver-related violations.
    • Of the inspections of vehicles carrying hazardous materials/dangerous goods, 1.9% were placed out of service for driver-related violations.
    • Out of the 598 motorcoaches inspected, 3.8% (23) of drivers were placed out of service for driver-related violations.
    • The top three driver-related violations were for hours of service (32.3% of driver out-of-service violations), wrong class license (14.9%) and false log book (11.3%).
    • There were 710 safety belt violations."
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So tires, and brakes were 2 of the leading violations, along with haz mat securement, and related paperwork,and placards? All by far, some of the easiest things to check. Obviously, a sealed load pulled by a road driver cuts out the checking the haz mat, but I would also guess many violations were on city units. Do a pretrip. The license you save may be your own....
 
VW's throwback-future van to 'haul people and freight'

http://fleetowner.com/autonomous-ve...eb2efbbece97c3387#slide-0-field_images-225041

"Volkswagen has unveiled an electric-drive concept van that's part of the automaker's strategy to sell a million EVs by 2025. It's also geared toward more autonomous driving by the time it's to arrive in production, and could offer a method of automated freight delivery besides."
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Trucking doesn’t appear on this job list. That’s a problem.

http://fleetowner.com/blog/trucking...m=email&elq2=7cadd1d558924f2eb2efbbece97c3387

"So a firm by the name of CareerCast recently compiled a detailed analysis of the top paying jobs Americans can obtain without a traditional four-year college degree.

The problem: Truck driving is nowhere to be found on this list – based in part on Bureau of Labor Statistics data – despite the fact that piloting a big rig doesn’t require a four-year degree and that pay for this position is on the upswing."
 
SwampRatt said:
Trucking doesn’t appear on this job list. That’s a problem.

http://fleetowner.com/blog/trucking...m=email&elq2=7cadd1d558924f2eb2efbbece97c3387

"So a firm by the name of CareerCast recently compiled a detailed analysis of the top paying jobs Americans can obtain without a traditional four-year college degree.

The problem: Truck driving is nowhere to be found on this list – based in part on Bureau of Labor Statistics data – despite the fact that piloting a big rig doesn’t require a four-year degree and that pay for this position is on the upswing."
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It didn't mention the Walmart greeter, "we don't work for peanuts"
 
SwampRatt said:
Trucks Without ELDs Won’t Be Placed Out of Service Until April 1, CVSA Says

http://www.ttnews.com/articles/truc...be-placed-out-service-until-april-1-cvsa-says

Commercial vehicle inspectors will issue citations to motor carriers operating vehicles without electronic logging devices beginning Dec. 18 but will not place vehicles out of service until April 1.
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CVSA also added that any trucks operating under dispatch from, Hat Dispatch, will also be exempt and allowed to continue texting in their previous days hours to the Coop..
 
FMCSA officials, inspectors talk carriers’ role in ELD edits and malfunctions, roadside enforcement

http://www.ccjdigital.com/fmcsa-off...a3c973&utm_term=newsletter-2-daily-position-4

“We’re just going to accept [drivers’ word] at roadside” of the year-model of the engine, he said, “unless we have some evidence to say otherwise.” Officers will file requests with FMCSA enforcers to follow-up if the engine year can’t be verified in a roadside inspection."

"Should an operator’s’ ELD fail or malfunction, they must notify their carrier within 24 hours and reconstruct their previous seven days’ logs on a paper log, blank copies of which are required to be kept on hand.

“They must continue to manually prepare records of duty status on paper logs until the malfunction has been corrected,” says La Tonya Mimms, a transportation specialist in FMCSA’s enforcement division. She spoke in a separate ELD panel at GATS Thursday.

Carriers will then have eight days to repair or replace their unit."

"Limited editing of electronic logs can be made by carriers or drivers, but drivers “ultimately have the right to accept or decline edits” made by carriers, says Mimms. If edits are made by either party, they must be annotated on the device, Smith says, to document the reason for the edit. In such cases, both the original logs and the edited logs must be retained.

“Edits are very limited,” says Mimms. “There are only certain things you can edit. Driving time cannot be shortened,” she said, except in the case of team drivers..."

 
UPS, FedEx halt delivery to major areas of Texas, Louisiana amid storm

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/29/ups-fedex-usps-hurricane-harvey-amazon/613027001/

"Shipping giants UPS, FedEx and the United States Postal Service have indefinitely ceased delivery to major swaths of Texas and Louisiana amid Hurricane Harvey devastation, potentially disrupting supplies of critical medicines, food and other packages.

The ferocious flooding that's pummeled the region is preventing or severely limiting the major delivery companies from reaching hundreds of cities and thousands of neighborhoods.

The U.S. Postal Service, famous for its commitment to delivering in bad weather, said it had suspended service at "several facilities" and temporarily closed dozens of post offices."
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RELATED:

How FedEx Is Coping With Hurricane Harvey's Impact

http://www.ttnews.com/articles/how-fedex-coping-hurricane-harveys-impact


Harvey, aftermath to swing freight movement, stress trucking capacity

http://www.ccjdigital.com/harvey-af...a3c973&utm_term=newsletter-2-daily-position-2

U.S. logistics organizations rush to respond to Hurricane Harvey

http://www.supplychainquarterly.com...cs-organizations-respond-to-hurricane-harvey/
 
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