Briefly: Researchers search operations information from carriers, owner-operators
The American Transportation Analysis Institute Wednesday, March 1, issued a request for motor carriers to take part in ATRI’s annual replace to its Operational Prices of Trucking report.
ATRI stated its annual Operational Prices of Trucking is “one of the vital used and most complete benchmarking instruments within the trucking trade.” ATRI confidentially collects prices and operational information straight from trucking fleets and owner-operators, and its evaluation reveals key tendencies for fleets of every sector, measurement, and area.
The knowledge requested by ATRI consists of driver pay, gasoline prices, insurance coverage premiums, and tools lease or buy funds. Carriers and owner-operators are requested to supply full-year 2022 cost-per-mile and/or cost-per-hour information by a web-based information entry type or electronic mail submission. By service request, this 12 months’s report consists of precious new effectivity metrics similar to miles between breakdowns.
Collaborating motor carriers will as soon as once more obtain a custom-made report that compares their fleet’s prices and operations to look carriers of the identical sector and measurement, in addition to an advance copy of the total report.
For-hire motor carriers are requested to supply operational value information to ATRI by Friday, April 28. ATRI’s information assortment type is out there on-line right here.
ATRI stated all confidential info is protected, and it’s revealed solely in anonymized, combination type.
Gas distributor donates CDL scholarship funds
Wholesale gasoline distributor Cougar Oil just lately donated $32,000 in scholarship funds to assist 10 residents in Selma, Alabama turn into industrial truck drivers by courses at Wallace Neighborhood School Selma.
Cougar Oil’s Rex Jones made the announcement on Monday, Feb. 27, at Selma Excessive Faculty’s Profession Day.
The funds have been donated to the Petroleum & Comfort Entrepreneurs of Alabama Basis, which despatched the funds to Wallace Neighborhood School Selma for the ten scholarships.
3 useless in tractor-trailer crash in Pennsylvania
Three folks died in a crash involving two tractor-trailers Wednesday morning, March 1, on Route 33 close to Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania.
A report of the accident stated “it seems a southbound tractor-trailer crossed onto the northbound aspect of Route 33 and struck one other tractor-trailer, a pickup truck, and two passenger vehicles, Coroner Tom Yanac advised lehighvalleylive.com.”
The incident is claimed to have began when a tractor-trailer touring south on Route 33 traveled off the freeway and hit an embankment, earlier than getting again onto the southbound lanes of the freeway, state police stated.
Troopers say the motive force then hit the guardrail within the middle median and traveled into the northbound lanes of Route 33, hitting 4 automobiles close to mile marker 20.6 earlier than coming to relaxation.
The crash, which occurred about 30 miles north of Allentown, stays beneath investigation.
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