{"id":1773,"date":"2015-07-08T19:52:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T19:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/carrier-sums-up-detention-math-for-shippers\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:51:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:51:38","slug":"carrier-sums-up-detention-math-for-shippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/carrier-sums-up-detention-math-for-shippers\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrier Sums Up Detention Math for Shippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new whitepaper released by one of the largest trucking companies in North America asks shippers to think of a driver\u2019s time as an hourglass \u2013 \u201ca perishable commodity which is continually diminishing\u201d and provides helpful hints towards becoming a \u201cshipper of choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the paper \u2013 660 Minutes: How Improving Driver Efficiency Increases Capacity<\/a> \u2013 J.B. Hunt Transport attempts to translate for shippers and receivers drivers\u2019 hours-of-service into real-world miles and dollars and cents.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn many ways, capacity shortage and driver inefficiency are a result of misinformation surrounding hours of service,\u201d it reads. \u201cThink of a driver\u2019s time as that of an hourglass, a perishable commodity which is continually diminishing.\u201d<\/p>\n

As reported by Fleet Owner<\/i>:<\/p>\n

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tracting those 660 minutes of available driving time and a 30-minute mandatory break from the 840 minutes of the duty day leaves 150 minutes of on-duty, not-driving time. But that\u2019s on paper. In reality, according to a study cited in the report, the average driving time at one large fleet has fallen to 390 minutes, a drop of 48 minutes in actual driving time under the 2013 HOS changes.<\/p>\n

Other time-consuming activities cited in the study included empty drive time, appointment inflexibility and time spent at the shipper or receiver location. \u201cA loss of minutes, even hours when multiplied over many loads, can create a severe impact on capacity,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n

A pie chart and a timeline illustrate how a driver\u2019s time is spent. And despite having a \u201cfavorable\u201d day, the driver in the example\u00a0forfeited at least two hours he could have spent on the road, the white paper points out.<\/p>\n

Those wasted two hours\u2014even with only\u00a03 hours total for pickup and delivery, and another hour looking for a safe place to shut down\u2014works out to 100 lost miles. Figuring 250 work days, that comes to 25,000 lost miles for the driver\u2014and, again, the example is of a \u201cpretty good\u201d day.<\/p>\n

More to the point that\u2019s important to shippers, that amounts to 36 missed loads, using a 700-mile length of haul.<\/p>\n

Multiply that by the number of long-haul drivers on the road, and that\u2019s some serious capacity being lost to inefficiency.<\/p>\n

So how can shippers help? For starters, just taking 30-minutes off of the time a truck spends waiting at each end of a load gives the driver back 12,500 miles per year. In other examples, the white paper notes that drop-and-hook, compared to live unloading, would save 48 minutes a day (worth 10,000 miles per year), while flexible pickup and delivery times would trim 45 minutes a day (9,375 miles). The report also points to the benefits of onsite parking and driver amenities, as well as more efficient delivery plans.<\/p>\n

All told, by using the suggested \u201cbest practices,\u201d shippers could potentially contribute another 44,375 miles to driver\u2019s annual total, or an additional 63 loads.<\/p>\n

\u201cEffectively, this change would have allowed three drivers to pick up and deliver a greater number of loads than every four drivers accomplish today,\u201d the white paper says. \u201cThat\u2019s a more than 33% increase in productivity per truck per year\u2014equivalent to at least 25 trucks of additional capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with warning about the impact\u00a0on capacity of coming regulations such as electronic logging devices, the J.B. Hunt report specifies \u201csome key traits\u201d often considered in evaluating shippers\u2014and suggestions for becoming a \u201ca shipper of choice\u201d:<\/p>\n