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ATRI study shows 39% of truck deliveries face costly delays. Industry loses $15B annually.
Truckers stuck waiting? A new survey by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) dropped some eye-opening facts about driver detention. Driver detention was voted fifth as a top industry issue for drivers in 2023, according to ATRI. And this problem is still prevalent today.
What's the deal with detention? It's when drivers wait over two hours at a facility to pick up or deliver freight. And it's causing major headaches for the industry.
Who's getting hit hardest?
Time is money, and drivers are losing both
"Detention is so common that many industry professionals have accepted it as inevitable without realizing the true extent of its costs," says Chad England, C.R. England CEO.
There are plethora of reasons on why these delays are happening, ranging from scheduling issues, lack of parking/dock space, inadequate staffing, upstream production delays and more.
Detentions have cost the trucking industry 135 million hours in 2023. So now, truckers are getting creative with early arrivals, better communication, and even refusing service to chronic offenders. While detention rates have dipped slightly, the costs remain astronomical. With only half of detention invoices paid, the industry's taking a major hit.
Want to dig deeper? Check out the full ATRI report for more insights on this ever growing and highly annoying issue.
Source: Transport Topics
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