Car transport professionals that might have been concerned about the mood and attitude of Canadians living in urban centres of Canada towards auto transport carriers traveling through the area might be onto something. A recently conducted Leger Marketing poll in Quebec discovered that many people on the roads of Quebec feel that car carriers and other large trucks need to slow down when on the roads of Canada and that many of these professional vehicles follow too close to the vehicle in front of them and seem to forget that not every person on the road is as confident and skilled at driving as they might be.
The results from this poll weren't all bad though as the survey indicated that overall about 83 percent of those questioned had a positive attitude toward the transport industry and its work transporting on the roads of Canada. The survey according to some transport professionals also suggests that the individuals surveyed that were concerned about transport trucks on the roads of Canada could be living in an urban area already choked with traffic and construction that could definitely have changed their opinion. That commuters in traffic with a large transport truck might often feel a little apprehension no matter which side the truck is currently on, not just when they're coming up behind them, and that drivers often forget that large trucks can't stop and start on a dime.
This certainly seems to make sense when you consider the size of the trucks in question and the small room that's often available when you're driving next to one on the highway. It probably does seem to many drivers on the roads that the vehicle transport behind them is to close for safety and this could be the case in many instances. It would seem to be more concerning that drivers on the roads over estimate the ability of the large truck behind them to make a fast move when necessary, since this is wrong and could cause them significant physical harm.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Exhibits for car transport professionals
Car transportation professionals that were able to attend the Road Today Truck Show on May 29 and 30 at the Powerade Centre in Brampton, Ontario were treated to upbeat exhibits hinting that good times could be just around the corner for car haulers. Reports by those in attendance indicated that the mood was energetic and the exhibits were informative and entertaining on all fronts for car shipping professionals that were able to make the affair. There was a trade show going on, a show'n'shine event, CN Rail had a little Obie educational display for people to take a look at, there was a car exhibit, live music and even some ethic cuisine for you to enjoy.
The show trucks on display is what many came to see and they weren't disappointed as Ajaib Samra won the most acclaim with his truck that was chosen by attendees as the Public Choice Award winner and Best Light Show. Dan Prentice was the judges darling with the Judges Choice award and Hardeep Dayal was the top pick of the sponsors in attendance. The best owner operator trucking unit award went to Nick Pirone, while Avtar Chauhan won the Best Dump Truck category, and John Camposeo won the award for Best Company-Owned Truck and Best Truck Interior. Gursewak Singh won for Best Day cab, Carey Wojtaski took the award for best chrome on a truck, Randall Gerred had the Best Tanker, Paul Davidson sported the Best Antique award category and Shawn Bowles won in the Best Tractor-Trailer category. On the business side of the transport industry Jaswinder Shoker won an award for entrepreneurs, while Harpreet Garcha won an award for excellence as a dispatcher.
If you missed this year's Road Today Truck Show? There should be another show next year highlighting the top trucks in the business and entertainment for trucking enthusiasts. This will be your chance to check out some of the best looking trucks in the business and talk to professionals in the transport industry about some of the issues that might be keeping you up at night. We'll have someone in attendance next year, so we'll see you next year at the Road Today Truck Show.
The show trucks on display is what many came to see and they weren't disappointed as Ajaib Samra won the most acclaim with his truck that was chosen by attendees as the Public Choice Award winner and Best Light Show. Dan Prentice was the judges darling with the Judges Choice award and Hardeep Dayal was the top pick of the sponsors in attendance. The best owner operator trucking unit award went to Nick Pirone, while Avtar Chauhan won the Best Dump Truck category, and John Camposeo won the award for Best Company-Owned Truck and Best Truck Interior. Gursewak Singh won for Best Day cab, Carey Wojtaski took the award for best chrome on a truck, Randall Gerred had the Best Tanker, Paul Davidson sported the Best Antique award category and Shawn Bowles won in the Best Tractor-Trailer category. On the business side of the transport industry Jaswinder Shoker won an award for entrepreneurs, while Harpreet Garcha won an award for excellence as a dispatcher.
If you missed this year's Road Today Truck Show? There should be another show next year highlighting the top trucks in the business and entertainment for trucking enthusiasts. This will be your chance to check out some of the best looking trucks in the business and talk to professionals in the transport industry about some of the issues that might be keeping you up at night. We'll have someone in attendance next year, so we'll see you next year at the Road Today Truck Show.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Drivers Tailgating Car Carriers a Problem?
Car transportation professionals who think that texting while operating a car carrier is one of the most distracting activities a driver can do might want to rethink this idea if the latest study by a San Diego-based firm that manufactures driver-monitoring systems is right. In fact, if you're guilty of reading text while driving, you're only guilty of breaking the fourth commandment of transport trucking, according to the lastest study. This latest study also seems to indicate that activities like texting and talking on a cell phone might not be involved in as large a percentage of the crashes involving transport vehicles. This might come as a surprise to many car shipping professionals considering the attention regulators have paid to drivers using cell phones and texting and it wouldn't be surprising if they thoughts that driving while distracted would be involved in a large percentage of accidents.
What activity did this latest study find was involved in the greatest number of accidents involving transport vehicles? According to this study by DriveCam Inc. the latest data indicates that tailgating was responsible for about 27 percent of the accidents occurring on the roads of America involving a transport vehicle. This problem might not surprise many drivers of the vehicle transports on the roads of America who have to deal with commuters getting to close to their vehicle on a daily basis? Commuters or transports tailgating vehicles moving down the highways of America is certainly going to be of concern to the government agencies tasked with making the roads as safe as possible for all users. If the data turns out to be verifiable and correct than we can certainly at least expect the Federal transport authorities to take a look at the problem in the months ahead. It will take some time to check the data and the way it was collected, before we can say anything concrete about this latest study. For now, we'll just say that this latest study looks interesting, but it seems to indicate something that goes against logic?
What activity did this latest study find was involved in the greatest number of accidents involving transport vehicles? According to this study by DriveCam Inc. the latest data indicates that tailgating was responsible for about 27 percent of the accidents occurring on the roads of America involving a transport vehicle. This problem might not surprise many drivers of the vehicle transports on the roads of America who have to deal with commuters getting to close to their vehicle on a daily basis? Commuters or transports tailgating vehicles moving down the highways of America is certainly going to be of concern to the government agencies tasked with making the roads as safe as possible for all users. If the data turns out to be verifiable and correct than we can certainly at least expect the Federal transport authorities to take a look at the problem in the months ahead. It will take some time to check the data and the way it was collected, before we can say anything concrete about this latest study. For now, we'll just say that this latest study looks interesting, but it seems to indicate something that goes against logic?
Friday, June 4, 2010
UK Car Haulers and the T.27 City Car
Car haulers in the United Kingdom will be happy to hear that the money provided by the UK Technology Strategy Board to help the development work being done on the T.27 City Car appears to have a good investment. The T.27 City Car is being developed by a partnership lead by Gordon Murray and Zytek Automotive Limited, while technical support was provided by Michelin Plc and Continental Corporation. The sub-contractors involved in this program include MIRA Limited, Vocis Driveline Controls, VCA UK, and ENAX.
If work keeps progressing at the same rate we could see T.27 City Cars being taken to destinations on European car carriers in a few years time. The latest reports indicate that the first phase of the development work has been completed and they're ready to start phase two of their plans, which will be to find the business partners and funding they need to make the T.27 City Car a reality. They want to have a running prototype of the T.27 City Car completed by April 2011, so they have something to show investors one would guess, and to stay on schedule, which is always going to impress the money lenders. They have a lot of work ahead of them if they want to have a working prototype to show people by this time, but they appear to be preparing to ramp-up efforts to get the work done on time. Still, the progress is great news for the car shipping industry of the United Kingdom and Europe and gives them some cars to look forward to transporting in the future.
If work keeps progressing at the same rate we could see T.27 City Cars being taken to destinations on European car carriers in a few years time. The latest reports indicate that the first phase of the development work has been completed and they're ready to start phase two of their plans, which will be to find the business partners and funding they need to make the T.27 City Car a reality. They want to have a running prototype of the T.27 City Car completed by April 2011, so they have something to show investors one would guess, and to stay on schedule, which is always going to impress the money lenders. They have a lot of work ahead of them if they want to have a working prototype to show people by this time, but they appear to be preparing to ramp-up efforts to get the work done on time. Still, the progress is great news for the car shipping industry of the United Kingdom and Europe and gives them some cars to look forward to transporting in the future.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Vroon Still Shipping Cars
The international car shipping industry has been a tough business during the past 2 years of rough financial weather for the business of moving cars to market. New ocean car carriers are being ordered, built and delivered, but prospects for long-term work for new ocean car carriers are slim at present, unless you already have business dealings that will keep any new ships you order busy shipping cars to destinations around the world. Shipping lines that have good negotiators and have the necessary business connections could find short-term work to fill-the-void between now and the day the market begins to turn around and they find long-term work hauling cars.
Dutch shipowner Vroon currently operates around 7 ocean auto transport carriers, most of them are new and were built between 2009 and 2010. According to sources in the car hauling industry Vroon currently operates their vessels on short-term contracts due to the fact that long-term contracts are difficult to find in the current market.
Vroon is also expecting their newest ocean car carrier to be arriving around the second week of June, according to the latest reports from shipbuilders at Hyundai Mipo. Called the Imola Express, this 3,500-ceu Pure Car Carrier (PCC) is presently without scheduled work, but Vroon is expecting to find work shipping cars to market in the following weeks, according to officials at the company.
Vroon is also an active ship owner in other sectors of the transport industry, like bulkers and containerships, and according to the sources Vroon has recently jumped into the bitumen tanker sector with an order for 4 new bitumen tankers at the same Hyundai Mip Dockyards.
Dutch shipowner Vroon currently operates around 7 ocean auto transport carriers, most of them are new and were built between 2009 and 2010. According to sources in the car hauling industry Vroon currently operates their vessels on short-term contracts due to the fact that long-term contracts are difficult to find in the current market.
Vroon is also expecting their newest ocean car carrier to be arriving around the second week of June, according to the latest reports from shipbuilders at Hyundai Mipo. Called the Imola Express, this 3,500-ceu Pure Car Carrier (PCC) is presently without scheduled work, but Vroon is expecting to find work shipping cars to market in the following weeks, according to officials at the company.
Vroon is also an active ship owner in other sectors of the transport industry, like bulkers and containerships, and according to the sources Vroon has recently jumped into the bitumen tanker sector with an order for 4 new bitumen tankers at the same Hyundai Mip Dockyards.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Key transport routes no longer in use
Car delivery services operating within the city limits of a major population centre of the world usually do so with restrictions that can include the use of specific transport routes through the city that have been approved by both city staff, consultation team hired to lend their opinion, and often the car hauling associations representing the car transport professionals in question. The removal or changing of traditional transport routes for services that play a key role in a city's business activities is only going to mean transports will have to use other key transport routes around the city and it could add unnecessary miles to a trip.
The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) had agreed to back the Hamilton Truck Route Master Plan Study, but has recently made comments that indicate some of the transport routes that were first suggested in the study were not in the final recommendations put forth by the Truck Route Sub-Committee of Hamilton.
Apparently, the City of Hamilton decided it wants to remove the transport routes in question for an 18-month test period, for reasons that haven't been forthcoming, despite the routes being recommended by the city staff and consultation team. The key routes in question include parts of Kenilworth Avenue, Upper Ottawa Street, Concession Street/Mountain Brow Blvd, Centennial Parkway and Dundurn Street.
What does this mean for auto transport services operating within the city limits of Hamilton? It might mean transports might have to take other routes than they normally would to get to destination, depending on the missing route they need to use? For example, it's suggested by some transport professionals that the removal of Centennial Parkway from the available transport routes will add an extra million kilometres of transport miles in the City of Hamilton annually.
The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) had agreed to back the Hamilton Truck Route Master Plan Study, but has recently made comments that indicate some of the transport routes that were first suggested in the study were not in the final recommendations put forth by the Truck Route Sub-Committee of Hamilton.
Apparently, the City of Hamilton decided it wants to remove the transport routes in question for an 18-month test period, for reasons that haven't been forthcoming, despite the routes being recommended by the city staff and consultation team. The key routes in question include parts of Kenilworth Avenue, Upper Ottawa Street, Concession Street/Mountain Brow Blvd, Centennial Parkway and Dundurn Street.
What does this mean for auto transport services operating within the city limits of Hamilton? It might mean transports might have to take other routes than they normally would to get to destination, depending on the missing route they need to use? For example, it's suggested by some transport professionals that the removal of Centennial Parkway from the available transport routes will add an extra million kilometres of transport miles in the City of Hamilton annually.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Protecting International Car Shipping
Car transportation professionals concerned about Somalia's emergence on the world stage as a safe haven for terrorists linked to al-Qaeda will be happy to hear President Obama has apparently decided this is a possibility. The other day United States President Barack Obama issued an executive order allowing legal authorities to freeze the assets of individuals or groups with ties to Somalia pirates. In his statements President Obama termed the violence and ongoing problems with piracy off the coast of Somalia as a threat to the national security of the United States of America.
What exactly does this executive order do for the battle to protect international car shipping vessels traveling through the area where pirates operate? This executive order gives the United States Treasury authority to freeze the assets of individuals or groups known to have obstructed the transport of humanitarian assistance into Somalia. It also allows the United States Treasury to freeze the money of individuals or groups known to have provided arms or technical advice to Somalia.
What does this news mean for the worldwide car moving industry as we travel further into the century of the environment? At present maritime lawyers are pretty close-mouthed about the meaning these sanctions will have for the shipping industry in general. We can certainly expect a lot of uncertainty in this affair until the clouds of doubt surrounding any provisions in agreements are clarified. Once the lawyers have a better understanding of the possible implications this executive order has for the shipping industry though, we can expect the emotional turmoil around the possible problems sanctions could create for the business of transport to subside.
What exactly does this executive order do for the battle to protect international car shipping vessels traveling through the area where pirates operate? This executive order gives the United States Treasury authority to freeze the assets of individuals or groups known to have obstructed the transport of humanitarian assistance into Somalia. It also allows the United States Treasury to freeze the money of individuals or groups known to have provided arms or technical advice to Somalia.
What does this news mean for the worldwide car moving industry as we travel further into the century of the environment? At present maritime lawyers are pretty close-mouthed about the meaning these sanctions will have for the shipping industry in general. We can certainly expect a lot of uncertainty in this affair until the clouds of doubt surrounding any provisions in agreements are clarified. Once the lawyers have a better understanding of the possible implications this executive order has for the shipping industry though, we can expect the emotional turmoil around the possible problems sanctions could create for the business of transport to subside.
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