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Texas resumes truck safety inspections at border entry in El Paso

Cross-border truck drivers are once again facing hourslong waits at a the Ysleta-Zaragoza International Bridge in El Paso, Texas.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) renewed controversial state-run safety inspections Saturday, stopping and inspecting all commercial vehicles arriving from Mexico. 

“This operation may expand to other El Paso [port of entry] cargo facilities and will affect wait times and the flow of commercial vehicles making entry into the U.S.,” Fernando Thome, assistant...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/texas-resumes-truck-safety-inspections-at-border-entry-in-el-paso

Texas border wait times spike as CBP agents moved to immigration duty

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Cargo truck wait times at the port of entry in Eagle Pass, Texas, have soared since federal...

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Truck inspections causing long wait times at Texas border bridges

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Wait times of up to eight hours are being caused by enhanced inspections of commercial trucks...

Loaded and Rolling: Private fleets expand; trucking mergers and acquisitions; and detention on the rise

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Private trucking fleets expand amid soaring spot rates

According to a recent National Private Truck Council Report, private fleets continue to expand due to high spot market rates and dwindling capacity in the market. Less capacity equals less service, and service metrics remain a big driver for in-house transportation. For large common carriers (they haul other people’s freight), this can pose a challenge since both private and common carriers target the same...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loaded-and-rolling-private-fleets-expand-trucking-mergers-and-acquisitions-and-detention-on-the-rise

Are driver wait times nullifying carrier pay increases?

As carriers continue to try to attract drivers by enticing them with more pay, delays caused by disruptions in the supply chain that show no signs of letting up could be eating away at those incentives.

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) points out that while there is no standard definition of “excessive detention” in the trucking industry, it is generally accepted that any delay over two hours is reasonably defined as excessive.

Where carriers are able to negotiate...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/are-driver-wait-times-nullifying-carrier-pay-increases

Baton’s Andrus partnership: A lesson in effectively addressing dwell time

Andrus Transportation Service Inc., a trucking company based in Utah, announced it has partnered with Baton, a final-mile logistics platform. The partnership comes after a successful 30-day pilot program that reduced the dwell time, or wait time, the company experienced in Los Angeles.

Andrus’ operations director, Garrett Costly, explained that prior to the pilot, most drivers experienced 3.2 hours of wait time per load, in a market that is currently experiencing dwell time closer to 1.9 hours.

A...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/batons-andrus-partnership-a-lesson-in-effectively-addressing-dwell-time

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