http://edmontonjournal.com/news/cri...any-fined-over-3-million-for-overweight-loads
I have read few different articles about this investigation and not one story brings up the shipper. If this carrier came with 10 trucks to get loaded and another carrier also brought 10 trucks, did the shipper not question why one carrier is being loaded more each trip compared to other carriers. Also, I suspect the drivers were paid by the KG or tonne, so drivers pushed to get paid more. Again, shippers that pay driver by weight and not mile should be required by law to have onsite scales. The article states that the trucks were scaled at consignee but no mention of being scaled light/ heavy at shipper? We don’t know all the details but overweight issues start with shippers and carriers. Many shippers are loading freight based on estimated weights. Many shippers with docks often do not allow drivers to watch load being loaded. So this investigation sure seems once sided. Yes carrier has a responsibility if overweight to return back to shipper to get product removed if they are heavy. But the articles on the web never address the shipper. I read one article that the consignee that received said they were not aware trucks had restrictions on how much they can haul. Maybe it is time that shipper’s and consignee’s who will load commercial trucks as part of their daily business are required to take a course about load management, load securement, weight dispersion of a load. Just my two cents.
I have read few different articles about this investigation and not one story brings up the shipper. If this carrier came with 10 trucks to get loaded and another carrier also brought 10 trucks, did the shipper not question why one carrier is being loaded more each trip compared to other carriers. Also, I suspect the drivers were paid by the KG or tonne, so drivers pushed to get paid more. Again, shippers that pay driver by weight and not mile should be required by law to have onsite scales. The article states that the trucks were scaled at consignee but no mention of being scaled light/ heavy at shipper? We don’t know all the details but overweight issues start with shippers and carriers. Many shippers are loading freight based on estimated weights. Many shippers with docks often do not allow drivers to watch load being loaded. So this investigation sure seems once sided. Yes carrier has a responsibility if overweight to return back to shipper to get product removed if they are heavy. But the articles on the web never address the shipper. I read one article that the consignee that received said they were not aware trucks had restrictions on how much they can haul. Maybe it is time that shipper’s and consignee’s who will load commercial trucks as part of their daily business are required to take a course about load management, load securement, weight dispersion of a load. Just my two cents.
