TRUCK DRIVERS

Commentary: Freight rates – the games continue

May Day trucker protest

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. 

We are in uncharted waters as a world, a country, and a freight economy. Networks have been disrupted, plants shuttered, trucks parked, and drivers unemployed. Carriers and brokers are doing what they can to get through the worst of the disruption while planning for the restart of the economy as North America emerges from the shutdown. Shippers are using the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/commentary-freight-rates-the-games-continue

Today’s Pickup: Another ELD provider shuts down

ELD

Good day,

When the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate went into effect, there were more than 250 companies that self-registered their devices for compliance. Most expected that number to shrink over time, and it has. The latest company to abandon its ELD program is Continental.

The company announced it has stopped sales of its Roadlog product line. It will continue to support current users until Aug. 14, 2020, the company said, and provide transition assistance to other providers.

“Unfortunate...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/todays-pickup-another-eld-provider-shuts-down

Cancer advocate reminds truckers May is Melanoma Awareness Month

If you are friends with trucking advocate Ingrid Brown on social media, she says you can expect to see “friendly reminder” posts from her over the next couple of weeks to bring awareness that May is Melanoma Awareness Month.

While the American Academy of Dermatology Association usually offers free skin cancer screenings in May, the organization had to cancel them this month because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Since being diagnosed with melanoma in 2017, Brown, a 40-year trucking veteran with...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cancer-advocate-reminds-truckers-that-may-is-melanoma-awareness-month

Time for ‘truck tinder’: matching app for truck platoons

Maasvlakte Plaza is located close to the main road. The huge parking area offers a secure service where truck drivers can stay overnight and chat to each other. Truck drivers don’t need to take any detours, and they have access to all the basic provisions that they and their trucks need. Showers, food and drink or, if necessary, calling at a tyre specialist and petrol station. Everything is organised perfectly. In short, it’s a safe overnight location in Rotterdam for both driver and cargo....

http://container-news.com/time-truck-tinder-truck-platoons/

A new vision for safety at APM Terminals in Kenya

Objective vision testing

APM Terminals Inland Services Kenya has partnered with non-profit group TwoBillionEyes Foundation to offer free eye tests and corrective glasses for truck drivers. The partnership not only improves safety for all concerned, but also creates new employment opportunities.

The partnership resulted in a free eye check-up camp held from 27 August to 13 September 2018. The camp benefitted 550 truck drivers visiting the company’s inland container freight station (CFS) 4 km from Kenya’s primary port of...

http://container-news.com/vision-safety-apm-terminals-kenya/

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