Trucking news and briefs for Monday, March 14, 2022:
CargoNet reports cargo theft decrease in 2021
California, Texas and Florida saw the most cargo theft activity in 2021, accounting for 49% of all thefts throughout the state.Cargo theft recording firm CargoNet recorded 1,285 offer chain risk gatherings throughout the United States and Canada in 2021, a 15% lower in action year-more than-yr.
Fifty-five per cent of occasions associated theft of at the very least a person hefty professional motor vehicle, which features semi-tractors, semi-trailers, or intermodal chassis or container. Fifty-four per cent of occasions involved theft of cargo or tried theft of cargo. The average cargo worth for every cargo theft was $172,340, for an believed full of $57.90 million in cargo stolen across the United States and Canada in this assessment time period.
California continues to be the prime condition for described cargo thefts with CargoNet recording a 13% enhance calendar year-more than-year. This will come as no shock to authorities, as California carries on to struggle with an improve of sophisticated assaults on shipments of computer elements across the Bay Location and Southern California.
Texas recorded the second-most action and noticed a year-in excess of-calendar year decrease in theft exercise of 15%. Florida rounds out the best three states with a slight improve of 6% and carries on to see a change from Miami-Dade into Broward, Palm Beach, Hillsborough and surrounding counties.
Cargo burglars ongoing to exhibit a robust desire for electronics shipments, which observed a substantial 34% raise year-over-yr. Particularly, CargoNet has pointed out improved focusing on of buyer electronics shipments – specially desktops and add-ons.
Domestic products had been the 2nd-most stolen commodity but dropped when compared to 2020. Home cleaning materials saw a important minimize from 2020, which CargoNet largely attributed to the increase in desire for cleaning materials and domestic paper products and solutions specifically at the start off of the pandemic.
In distinction, foodstuff and beverage thefts dropped 35%, because supply chain partners claimed less pilferages of these goods.
Entering 2022, CargoNet expects that theft activity will stay elevated.
“We keep on to be concerned about the improve in rail thefts and concentrating on of computer electronics shipments shipping from California, as properly as a breakout of full truckload cargo thefts spreading across the jap half of the United States,” the agency mentioned. “CargoNet carries on to keep track of these situations and operate with legislation enforcement businesses throughout the region to share data and recover stolen motor vehicles and merchandise.”
Michigan weight constraints in spot up to Mackinac Bridge
Michigan DOT is growing its spring fat limits to address up to the Mackinac Bridge.The Michigan Office of Transportation and neighborhood businesses are enacting supplemental yearly spring excess weight constraints to safeguard streets. The state instituted some limits earlier this thirty day period.
Effective 7 a.m. Monday, March 14, pounds constraints will be imposed and enforced on all condition trunkline highways from the Michigan/Indiana and Michigan/Ohio condition lines north to and including the Mackinac Bridge.
All point out trunklines in this spot will have fat limitations imposed and enforced. Condition routes generally carry M, I, or US designations.
All prolonged permits will be legitimate for oversize masses in the pounds-limited spot on the limited routes. One-excursion permits will not be issued for any over weight hundreds or masses exceeding 14 ft in width, 11 axles and 150 feet in general length on the limited routes.
MDOT establishes when pounds limits start each and every spring by measuring frost depths along condition highways, observing street conditions, and checking weather conditions forecasts. Fat limits remain in result right up until the frost line is deep sufficient to allow dampness to escape and the roadbeds regain steadiness.
CVSA seeks nominations for annual harmless driver award
The Business Auto Protection Alliance is accepting nominations for its 2022 Intercontinental Driver Excellence Award (Plan).
Each individual year CVSA recognizes the remarkable careers of experienced commercial motor car motorists and their dedication to public security by means of its driver excellence award.
“This annual award acknowledges drivers who go higher than and over and above the performance of their duties as a commercial motor vehicle driver, distinguishing them selves conspicuously and beyond the connect with of responsibility via the accomplishment of safe operation and compliance carried out with evident difference for an prolonged period of time of time,” CVSA claims.
Motorists nominated for the award ought to be of personalized character over and above reproach with no disqualifying previous habits, as indicated in the Notion award requirements.
Nominees need to have:
- At the very least 25 cumulative yrs of crash-totally free driving in a professional motor car or truck with a clear driving report for the previous three decades
- No felony convictions
- No basic safety-relevant driving suspensions in the previous a few many years
- No driver violations in the past three several years, excluding kind and method violations
The Concept winner will acquire:
- A test for $2,500
- A crystal trophy
- Airfare for the winner and just one visitor to Immediate Town, South Dakota, to acquire his/her award
- Two-night resort keep in Rapid Town
The Plan winner will be offered with his/her award and receive general public recognition at the CVSA Annual Meeting and Exhibition in the tumble. Announcement of the Concept winner will be shared nationally through a push release, as perfectly as on the CVSA website and as a result of social media. A element article on the award winner will run in CVSA’s quarterly magazine, “Guardian.”
This 12 months, CVSA is accepting nominations and the supporting documentation as a result of an online nomination kind. Partial apps will not be viewed as.
The deadline to full and submit the on the net nomination type and supporting documentation is May well 20. All nominators will obtain notification confirming CVSA’s receipt of their nomination application.
