Carriers are searching for ways to Incentivize fuel-efficient behaviors in drivers
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With fuel costs burning a hole in many carriers’ pockets, many are turning internally to temper the blaze. Some common methods being implemented include “driver scores” and encouraging fuel-saving behaviors based on accumulating points for rewards - like electronics.
Check out today’s featured article from Trucking Info to read about some suggested methods from leaders in the industry to consider taking when encouraging drivers to save on fuel costs. ☕️
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Featured Article:
How to Coach and Motivate Drivers for Fuel Savings | Trucking Info
“The pain at the pump is unflinching as the cost of diesel just keeps soaring. But there’s one strategy that fleets can put into place far more quickly than spec’ing new fuel-efficient equipment: coaching and motivating drivers to get the most miles out of every gallon.”
Water Cooler Topics
🔦 Cargo theft is on the rise and fleets are on heightened alert. Holiday weekends are notorious times for thieves to plan their operations. In the past five years alone, there have been 114 cargo thefts reported over the 4th of July holiday. The total loss in value was $5,535,417.
⚾️ The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission voted and approved the Oakland Athletics $12 billion waterfront ballpark project on June 30th. This reclassification of a 56-acre terminal at the Port of Oakland has been a win in the long legal battle the project has faced in order to begin development. As shipping traffic grows, some worry that the Port of Oakland will sorely miss the space.
⛽️ Drivers were out in full swing over the fourth of July weekend, raising the demand for gasoline. The average price per gallon fell to $4.857 on June 29th, falling from the record high above $5 in the weeks previous. Regardless of this drop, several states raised their gasoline taxes on July 1st - the timing was impeccable.
Small businesses are the consistent victims of growing price tags
While consumers everywhere are definitely feeling the sting, government mismanagement of money has bled straight down to the small businesses of the country. Record-high inflation has destroyed projections and budgets across the globe, leading many small businesses to shut down shop.
Covid-19 reset consumer behavior, leaving many Americans no choice but to consume from larger corporations. This left many small businesses in the dust.
Inflation 💸
Biden’s Policies Darken Small Business Outlook | Tipp Insights
“Small business owners are bracing for a recession and are cutting back on various business expenses to cope.”
Ports 🚢
“West Coast port labor talks are entering a new and potentially troublesome phase.”
Business Strategy 💡
Highway Transport opens $11M Chicago-area facility | Bulk Transporter
“State-of-the-art new service center to add 70 employees, serve as a central hub for chemical transporter’s expanding U.S. and Canadian operations.”
“J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, announced today that the cargo vessel Johnelle has docked at the Port of Everett in Washington, with more than 250 new containers reserved for the expansion of J.B. Hunt’s intermodal fleet.”
Fuel ⛽️
Diesel Prices: A Tale Of War and Peace [Commentary] | Trucking Info
“The global market that drives skyrocketing fuel prices is out of range of manipulation by the executive branch of the U.S. government, writes HDT Business/Washington Editor Contributing David Cullen.”
Leadership 🏆
“The most successful supply chain leaders are designing business and technology strategies around mitigating risk and navigating uncertain environments with agility, and above all this, the most widely talked about topic for the event was sustainability.”
Industry Forecast 📊
State of Logistics 2022: Out of sync | Logistics MGMT
“Last year was a deeply unsettled and trying time for logistics managers, as demand for freight services in all modes surged and supply chains struggled to keep inventory on hand. To return to a more balanced, long-term growth trajectory, shippers will need to invest in the ideas and capabilities that will make the industry more resilient.”
Regulations ⚖️
Why Michigan should replace gas taxes with mileage-based user fees | Reason.org
“State policymakers should start thinking about a permanent replacement for the gas tax, such as mileage-based user fees.”
Air ✈️
Fourth of July travel surge puts airlines — and passengers — to the test | CNBC
“The rate of flight cancellations and delays is higher this year than before the pandemic thanks to bad weather and staffing shortages.”
Fuel Tech ♻️
Hydrogen’s Uniqueness Calls for Extra Safety Measures | TT News
“Safety measures are being developed to deal with the special properties of hydrogen as the pace quickens to bring heavy-duty fuel-cell trucks to market.”
Back to The Future? Cargo Giant Cargill Turns to Sails to Cut carbon | Marine Link
“In a new take on ancient technology, Cargill, one of the world's biggest charterers of ships, is to add state-of-the art sails to a vessel early next year to test whether wind power can cut its carbon emissions, a top company executive said.”
Shortages 🛒
GlobalWafers pauses US chips plant over Congress inaction | Supply Chain Digital
“The world’s third-largest maker of semiconductor wafers, Taiwan’s GlobalWafers, has announced plans to build a US$5bn factory in the US, but only if the US government helps pay for it.”
News Bag 🗞
Supply Chain by the Numbers for July 1, 2022 | SC Digest
“That is how many charging stations for electric trucks are planned for an Amazon delivery station in the Village of Yorkville, Wisconsin (near Racine) after winning an OK from local officials last week.”
Beginning of the end for carriers’ bull run | Supply Chain and Logistics
“Drewry’s Weekly Feature Articles are usually full of good information, though at an aggregate level.”
Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 06/24/2022-06/30/2022 | All Things Supply Chain
“At a time when the Russian invasion of Ukraine is already disrupting crops, farms in the United States are struggling with shortages of vital chemicals, forcing farmers to cut back on the supplies they use.”
Quote of the Day:
“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”
— Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft
The Workday Dash is an aggregation of articles regarding the transportation logistics, trucking, and supply chain industries for July 31, 2025, from iLevel Logistics Inc.