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(December 3, 2018) – average for their industry The recent ruling notes that drivers who are paid by the EnTrans International, • Comprehensive training programs mile may still be paid in that fashion, but their overall pay must meet the federal requirements for minimum wage. LLC, manufacturing • Evidence that prevention of incidents is “The law that we’re suing under says: We’re going to look at all divisions have been the cornerstone of the safety process the money you carriers have paid a driver in a given week. And that could be mileage pay. It could be detention pay. It doesn’t recognized as America’s • Good communication of the value of matter. It doesn’t matter how you did it. We’re going to look at the total paycheck that your driver earned and divide it by the total Safest Companies 2018 by EHS Today. safety and a way to substantiate the hours he worked,’’ said attorney Justin Swidler, who represents the drivers in this case. The annual award was first given in benefits of the safety process “The trucking companies may say, ‘Well, that only includes 2002 and to date has recognized drive time and time the driver logged on-duty, and no other time.’ And we take the decision to mean that you have to 238 companies. include all the time the driver gives with work time under federal labor laws, and that includes some of the time the This year, 13 companies driver spends in the sleeper berth.’’ received America’s Safest Swidler then added: “The significance of the ruling is that the court has recognized a principle -- and it’s not Companies awards at the the first court to do so -- but it’s recognized as a principle that I think every driver intuitively knows, which is that Safety Leadership Conference when you’re stuck guarding a truck, the tractor or the load, that’s still work, even if you’re in the sleeper berth. Even if in Louisville, Kentucky. To you’re sleeping that’s work time because a lot of that time you wouldn’t be there if you weren’t at work. There’s the be considered for the award, conceptual recognition that this is work.’’ organizations must demonstrate: Richard Pianka, deputy general counsel, called the ruling an “outlier’’ that is causing concern and uncertainty in the • Support from leadership trucking industry. and management for “But in the fullness of time,’’ he added, “the issue will come out the right way. In the meantime, it muddies the water.’’ Environmental Health and Swidler said he doesn’t think the decision is a major Safety (EHS) efforts game changer. • Employee involvement in “And we don’t pretend otherwise,’’ he said. “What the court held here is, in essence, that when you’re over the road as a driver, EHS processes (l-r): Dave Blanchard and Stephanie Valentic from EHS Today; Karen Czor, • Innovative solutions to Corporate Director of Risk Management for EnTrans International; (Higher driver pay continued on page 21) Noe Cardenas, EHS Manager EnTrans Juarez Trailer Operations safety challenges (EnTrans Intl., LLC continued on page 18) Work underway on ‘radically High-tech trucks may different diesel engine’ face legal obstacles A California project is working to produce Tesla, Otto and other companies have been a radically different commercial diesel developing driver-less vehicles for years, with engine that emits much less, burns less fuel, Mercedez-Benz placing a semi-autonomous and produces the same or more power as a truck on the road in 2015. conventional diesel power plant in smaller- Tech leader and financiers alike are displacement package. confident that self-driving trucks will This on-road demo eventually will see this become the norm as early as the next new engine under the hood FofRaEPEeteSrbUiltBMSoCdeRl IPTdIeOcaNdeU, pPhaDsAingTEouFt OaroRuMnd 1.8 million truck- 579. 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Driver-less trucks won’t arrive soon (‘Radically different diesel engine’ continued from page 1) The advent of automated driving technology is poised to transform the trucking industry in the years A traditional four-stroke engine has a single and decades to come. However, many experts believe it is clear that autonomous trucks will not be ready to piston per cylinder being driven up and down handle all driving tasks and conditions anytime soon. as fuel and air come in, are compressed and are ignited, and exhaust gases are then pushed Instead, developers of this technology are working to build a future where drivers and automation work out. Valves, injectors, nozzles and spark hand in hand to transport freight more safely and efficiently. Exactly how that combination of human labor ignition typically conduct that orchestra from and automated systems will take shape remains an open question, but a number of competing concepts the cylinder head above. have been proposed. An opposed-piston engine is very different – two Several technology firms and start-ups hope to introduce fully autonomous trucks in the near future by linked pistons push back and forth in each cylinder – limiting the scope of where they can operate, leaving much of the work to drivers in conventional vehicles. and there's no cylinder head at all. Under the “transfer hub” model, for example, unmanned long-haul trucks would travel from exit to exit on freeways and swap trailers with trucks operated by local drivers at designated transfer stations. “Throughout the 20th century, when the utmost fuel, weight and volume efficiencies were Other concepts include “teleoperation” of autonomous trucks with remote backup drivers, or required to propel aircraft, ships and vehicles, piggybacking on truck platooning technology to create mixed convoys of piloted and autonomous vehicles. an unconventional type of compression ignition These business models could begin to address trucking’s persistent labor shortage and high driver engine was used: opposed-piston engines,’’ turnover rates, but they also may require fleets to make changes to the structure of their operations. And Achates states on its website. developers would need to demonstrate a clear return on investment for fleets to adopt the technology, industry experts said. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) provided $9 million to CALSTART, a clean As companies pursue these various methods of deploying autonomous trucks, they are concentrating first transportation catalyst group that's managing the on specific freight moves rather than attempting to automate all types of driving. project. Achates Power will provide the engine and is leading a project team of Aramco Services, “The common theme, when you look at all these business models, is that these are limited applications,” BASF, Corning, Dana, Delphi, Eaton, Faurecia, said Mike Cammisa, vice president of safety policy, connectivity and technology at American Trucking Federal Mogul, Honeywell and Litens. The groups Associations (ATA). “They lend themselves to certain types of freight movement, but not all. That’s why we is also joined by the Southwest Research Institute. still see that need for truck drivers. You still need the driver to handle certain elements of the driving task.” This 10L opposed-piston diesel will be roughly “THERE’S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME MARRIAGE OF THE TECHNOLOGY equivalent to a 15L four-stroke, according to Mihai WITH THE DRIVER THAT MAYBE MAKES THE JOB A LITTLE MORE Dorobantu, director of technology planning and PLEASANT FOR SOME PEOPLE. IT’S A TOUGH JOB TO BE A DRIVER, government affairs at Eaton Vehicle Group. AND SOME OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE MAKING IT JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO DO IT.” Eaton technology will manage the precise airflow needed for the opposed-piston engine with a Twin – BOB VERRET, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER FOR DUPRÉ LOGISTICS Vortices Series (TVS) air pump and charger – belt- driven so far in this demo, though there are other A growing list of companies are developing automated driving systems for commercial trucks, including options – and the company is developing a new TVS Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo division, formerly the Google self-driving car project. Waymo is now operating component for the purpose. self-driving trucks in the Atlanta, Ga., area, hauling server equipment and other materials to data centers operated by sister company Google. Achates was formed in 2004 and has been working on opposed-piston engines for the U.S. Other players in the nascent self-driving truck industry include ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc., military. Achates and Cummins Inc. have been as well as tech start-ups such as Embark, TuSimple and Starsky Robotics. These firms have been testing collaborating on a new family of engines for the on highways, but for now their trucks still have “safety drivers” behind the wheel as a backup. U.S. Army since 2014 and are slated to build, test and commercialize new products in that vein within Meanwhile, truck manufacturers and braking system suppliers are exploring the potential of self-driving about the next three years. trucks, but in general, they are pursuing a more gradual pathway to automation. For these companies, the baseline for development is to build upon today’s active-safety technology by adding automated steering The opposed-piston engine design is scalable functionality and more advanced software and sensors that further support the driver. and efficient, according to Achates, and could be used to make engines for that effort anywhere Over time, these advanced driver-assist technologies could eventually morph into highway “autopilot” from a 4.0L 300 hp. to a 20.0L 1,500 hp. unit. systems, which may or may not rely on a human operator in the truck as a fallback. In the near term, private or restricted sites could provide early opportunities for the deployment of unmanned vehicles, Some claimed benefits of an opposed-piston which already are being used in the mining and agriculture industries in some countries. engine versus a conventional design include: As automated driving technology advances, trucking companies are beginning to examine these • Lower fuel consumption: Opposed-piston possibilities. engines are said to wring more power out of less displacement and fuel burned with their more Bob Verret, chief information officer for Dupré Logistics, said the industry likely will move toward efficient design. “hybrid” business models that incorporate both drivers and automation. • Lower emissions: The CALSTART demo “There’s going to have to be some marriage of the technology with the driver that maybe makes the is targeting CARB's lowest Ultra-Low NOx job a little more pleasant for some people,” he said. “It’s a tough job to be a driver, and some of these standard while also lowering CO2 emissions technologies are making it just a little bit easier to do it.” “well below today's best trucks,’’ according to Achates. There would be up to 15 percent to 20 Verret predicted that truly autonomous trucks would be restricted to large freeways and would perhaps percent less carbon emissions than required drop trailers at depot stations for drivers of conventional trucks to pick up. under current greenhouse gas standards. “It will help to ease the driver shortage, but we’re never going to eliminate the driver’s job as I see it • Simplified engine and components: With today, at least not in my lifetime,” he said. the cylinder head valve-train eliminated, the engine would experience less friction, Some level of human labor may always be required for many tasks in the trucking industry. loss and overall cost for this type of internal One example is the delivery of gasoline, a core service provided by Dupré Logistics. combustion engine. It also would have other “I don’t know how you get an autonomous vehicle to take a hose off the truck at the pump and connect it related benefits, including less maintenance, to a tank on the ground,” Verret said. “It just isn’t going to happen.” according to the designers. Even the technology developers that are working to enable fully autonomous trucks still see a definite need for drivers for many years to come. (Driver-less trucks continued on page 15) 12 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER I JANUARY 2019 www.TankTransport.com

ELDs simplifying truck dispatching Samsara is another cloud-based system that launched in 2015. One year later, Cash-Wa made the decision to use Samsara as its sole transportation The days of dispatchers spending much of their time attempting to track management provider, after originally hiring the company because of its down drivers are history. Electronic logging devices (ELDs) and other modern temperature-monitoring sensors. technologies have turned today’s dispatchers more into data analysts. “We’re able to bring fresh eyes and a new perspective to problems,” Jim Hoss, vice president of Cash-Wa, a food distributor in Nebraska, said said Mike Ross, Samsara’s product lead. “We aren’t encumbered by 20 years dispatch has totally changed from when he began his career 18 years ago. Back of infrastructure.” then, he could only dream of knowing where all of his trucks were at all times. “NOW WITH EVERYONE HAVING ELDS, CUSTOMERS CAN “We used to have to call customers to find out where our trucks were,” Hoss VIEW EVERY TRUCK ON THE ROAD. REGARDLESS IF THE said. “Imagine doing that with 150 drivers. Our customers would be calling SHIPMENT IS ON A TRUCK FROM MY FLEET OR ON A wondering when the delivery would be there. To be able to watch your trucks THIRD-PARTY VEHICLE, I NOW HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF move around online is amazing.” VISIBILITY. IT HAS BEEN CLEARLY TRANSFORMATIVE.” Tiffany Giekes, vice president of Decker Truck Line, agreed that while – ANDREW ROSZKO, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF DESCARTES SYSTEM GROUP trucks still deliver goods the way they have for decades, dispatching has radically changed. “First thing in the morning when I come in and turn on my computer, I pull up Samsara to see where my trucks are,” Cash-Wa’s Hoss said. “It’s become so “It’s more like a trading floor. It’s not just one computer screen. It’s integral to our operations. It’s just how we do business.” toggling back and forth between screens,” she said. “It used to be a roll of quarters and a fax machine. Now it’s the click of a button. We can kind of see These newer software programs have eliminated the need for some dispatch into the future a little bit. We can plan. We can coordinate. We can coach our jobs because of increased efficiency. Those employees who remain in dispatch drivers to optimize their days. We have the tools now to make better decisions are spending more time on route enhancement and customer service. before they become big headaches.” “Our dispatchers have to become more flexible and analytical,” Decker’s Giekes said Decker’s decisions are aided by McLeod Software feasibility Giekes explained. function and can involve trailer swaps, shuttle runs, or a team load. Some of that new flexibility is due to the rise of e-commerce, and the “We can see all of the available equipment that we have on the road and expectation of faster home deliveries. where they are,” Giekes said. “If we have a driver stuck in Des Moines and we need to get the load to Fort Dodge, we can send a driver empty and have them “Customers now expect what was traditionally a two-day haul to be a one- swap to make that delivery. 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Daimler delivers electronic truck Cummins enacts recall in California Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) in December delivered the first vehicle in its newly created A voluntary recall affecting more than 500,000 “electric innovation fleet’’ to Penske Truck Leasing in Carson, Calif.. The delivery was the result of a nine- Cummins engines has been initiated after an month collaboration between the two companies to produce and test electric commercial trucks in real- investigation by the California Air Resources Board world applications. (CARB) discovered excess emissions resulting from defective emissions after-treatment systems. The vehicle is an electric version of the Freightliner M2 106 medium-duty truck, dubbed the Freightliner eM2. The event marked the culmination of a year of work for Daimler, partially funded by a $16 million Cummins has worked collaboratively with CARB grant from California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District, an agency focused on improving air on the voluntary recall, which the agency stated quality in the ports region of Los Angeles. was the largest such effort for heavy-duty trucks to date. Owners of 2010-2015 model-year vehicles are Roger Nielsen, DTNA president and chief executive, called it “a historic step in the real-world required to replace the faulty emissions equipment. application of electric vehicles. With increased hauling demands and regulatory pressures, combined with ongoing concerns over energy resource depletion, it is more important than ever that DTNA continues to The trucks will be recalled in two phases. rigorously test and research electric vehicle solutions together with our customers.’’ Starting in Aug. owners of the 500,000 affected vehicles received letters with instructions on Brian Hard, Penske’s chief executive, said his company plans to take on an additional nine eM2 trucks as how to get their catalysts replaced or receive well as 10 of the Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia model, which will be launched later this year. The company reimbursement for the cost of replacement. will offer the electric trucks to customers to use in regular service for one to two years. The second phase begins in March 2019. It is The electric trucks won’t be available to all Penske customers, only those that have an “actual use required for vehicle owners to replace the catalyst case’’ for them. Hard didn’t disclose which of Penske’s customers were interested in the truck, but in order to renew a California DMV registration on said the company has “a good handle on whom the first customers will be and they represent a broad most engine families. spectrum of applications.’’ It was discovered that the selective catalytic “IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT DTNA CONTINUES TO reduction systems were defective after excess RIGOROUSLY TEST AND RESEARCH ELECTRIC VEHICLE SOLUTIONS emissions were detected through CARB’s Heavy Duty TOGETHER WITH OUR CUSTOMERS.’’ In-Use Compliance program. The Cummins recall is the first major recall to result from the program, in – ROGER NIELSEN, DTNA PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE which vehicles are equipped with portable emissions measurement systems to measure truck emissions The reason for the limited offering is that the roll-out is not a full launch of the technology. Daimler while operating under typical demands and conditions. referred to the trucks as “Gen 1 vehicles.’’ As part of Daimler’s “e-mobility’’ initiative, announced last year, the company intends to use this limited deployment as a real-world testing ground. During testing, some of the Cummins engines revealed higher than expected emissions of nitrogen The Freightliner “eM2 project’’ was headed by Andreas Juretzka, who brought together a team of oxides. This led more comprehensive testing by CARB engineers to take the concept of an electric heavy and medium-duty truck from drawing board to reality in that confirmed the cause as a defective SCR. a year’s time. It usually takes the company five years to develop a vehicle, according to the company. The same problem was found in about 60 “engine The eM2 has three large battery packs that straddle the bottom of the vehicle, providing an families” under the Cummins name found in a wide expected range of 200 miles. The batteries can be charged to 80 percent of capacity within an hour, range of vehicles, from large commercial trucks to but need an overnight charge to completely top off, according to the company. Rather than selling larger pickup trucks, and some buses. Cummins chargers to each customer, Penske will have the chargers at its facilities and will provide technicians also conducted its own testing to confirm the to work on the unique vehicles. failures and agreed to institute a voluntary recall to replace the catalysts. Juretzka said the trucks will be ready to perform and have been tested for safety. He said his team used knowledge it coupled with what other companies have discovered in developing their electric vehicles. “Our new heavy-duty, in-use compliance program ensures that heavy-duty and other trucks “We can steal with pride to produce something that was more thought-out than just strapping an electric already in operation meet the required emissions power-train to an existing truck,’’ he said. “They had to consider all of the components and technologies standards both in the lab and on the road,” said that tie all the pieces together – the chassis, the electric motor, the batteries, the air compressor – to come Mary D. Nichols, CARB chair. “Our portable testing up with a system that could be as usable as a traditional truck in certain applications.’’ equipment tells us exactly how clean a truck is when it’s actually operating in the real world: The engine was specified to meet the power needs of a typical medium-duty truck in pick-up and delivery, pulling a full load and driving on roads and through local distribution, and food and beverage delivery service, with 480 peak horsepower, according to Daimler. neighborhoods where people live.’’ But the batteries are the key component, Juretzka said. The company will be using batteries from The cause of the problem was purely mechanical, multiple manufacturers to see which performs the best during the two-year deployment. At the end of two according to CARB, and was the result of faster- years, Daimler plans to launch its Gen 2 version of the truck, company officials said. than-expected degradation of the catalyst. The degraded catalyst issue is not a safety risk and does Daimler assembled a group called the Freightliner Electric Vehicle Council, composed of 30 customers not affect current model year Cummins engine with strong needs for an electric commercial truck. The company is working with council members on the families, according to the company. launch of these trucks. Members of the council will benefit from co-development of deployment strategies for electric trucks, including applicable use cases, current legislation and requirements for facilities, Following the recall, CARB and the U.S. charging infrastructure and service support, the company said. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will work together to ensure that the affected vehicles will “It’s still early days for commercial electric vehicle technology and costs are still three or four times that meet all emissions standards, according to CARB. of a comparable diesel model,’’ Nielsen said. The recall is “a great example of how government While component costs are coming down, Juretzka said it is likely too expensive to completely replace and industry work together to protect health and diesel trucks without government incentives. the environment,” said Bill Wehrum, assistant administrator of the EPA Office of Air and Radiation. “The industry is right at the tipping point,’’ he said of commercial electric trucks. “But it still needs funding.’’ “This is the way it’s supposed to work. Our follow-up The truck delivery event concluded with Daimler and Penske honoring the eM2 team, all dressed in testing seeks to make sure that pollution controls green and wearing green Santa hats. They loaded small trees into the back of one of the eM2s for delivery work throughout an engine’s useful life. And, if they to a company called TreePeople. don’t, then companies step up to set things right.” As the first customer of the Freightliner eM2, TreePeople will use the seedlings to help replant the areas in California that were burned in the recent wildfires. The eM2 was driven off Penske’s lot by a man dressed in a green Santa suit. It moved with complete silence, in stark contrast to the constant noise emanating from the nearby highway, a reminder that the coming electric-vehicle future could also cut down on noise pollution. (from HDT) 14 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER I JANUARY 2019 www.TankTransport.com

(Driver-less trucks continued from page 12) (Legal obstacles continued from page 1) “This is something that is going to happen at As for the actual truck drivers and those who analyze the industry, many are surprisingly nonchalant. a methodical cadence, not an instant rush,” said They’re skeptical that this much-hyped technology has any looming effect. Alex Rodrigues, chief executive of self-driving truck start-up Embark. “I think we’re actually still a pretty long way from that technology being fully baked,’’ said Andrew Lynch, cofounder and president of Columbus, Ohio-based supply-chain company Zipline Logistics. The company aims to refine its technology to “We’re not even close to prepared for those trucks to function on the highway -- a pre-existing system the point where autonomous trucks can operate that’s clogged with human drivers.’’ on freeways with no one on board as part of a transfer-hub arrangement. Even so, Rodrigues Donald Broughton, managing partner of transportation analysis firm Broughton Capital, said it’s said he believes that younger truck drivers won’t true that self-driving trucks won’t be barreling down the highway in the next five years. But it’s not just have a hard time finding work later in their careers because of kinks in the technology: It’s also because of legal complications. given the existing driver shortage, the large number of workers retiring from the profession There’s no clear path to suing a self-driving truck that hits and kills those outside of the truck. In 2016, and the fact that many trucking applications are 3,326 passenger vehicle occupants, motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians died in large truck crashes. not well-suited to automation. About 80 percent of car-truck crashes were caused by the passenger vehicles, not the truck. At the same time, automation could improve In cases where the trucker was at fault, the plaintiff bar might sue the truck driver, the trucking trucking efficiency, which would reduce company who hired the driver, and potentially the company who hired the trucking company, transportation costs, therefore lowering the cost of Broughton said. goods and driving an increase in demand that will lead to more freight. “IF THE SELF-DRIVING TRUCK RUNS INTO SOMEBODY, THERE’S NO TRUCK DRIVER TO SUE,’’ BROUGHTON SAID. “WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE LIABILITY On the other side of the Atlantic, Swedish LAW TO INCLUDE AND INDEMNIFY THE MAKER OF THE TRUCK.’’ start-up Einride plans to use remote drivers to deploy a different type of autonomous vehicle. – DONALD BROUGHTON, MANAGING PARTNER OF TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS FIRM BROUGHTON CAPITAL Rather than outfitting traditional trucks with self- driving equipment, Einride is using unmanned Following current liability laws, the bar cannot sue the freight company who made the equipment. cargo vehicles with no cab, pedals or steering “If the self-driving truck runs into somebody, there’s no truck driver to sue,’’ Broughton said. “We have wheel. These electric powered “T-pods” can carry to change the liability law to include and indemnify the maker of the truck.’’ up to 15 standard European pallets, are about 23 feet long and weigh 33,000 pounds at full capacity. (Legal obstacles continued on page 18) Einride recently announced plans to deploy Labor, Silicon Valley at odds over trucking the first T-pod in the third quarter through a partnership with transportation firm DB Schenker. Jeff Baxter’s sunflower-yellow Kenworth truck shines as bright and almost as big as the sun. Four men The vehicle will travel between two DB Schenker clean the glistening cab in the hangar-like truck wash at Iowa 80, the world’s largest truck stop. warehouses in Jönköping, Sweden. A portion of the route is on a public road, Einride said. Baxter has made a pit-stop at Iowa 80 before picking up a 116-foot wind turbine blade that he’s driving down to Texas, 900 miles away. “Electric and autonomous trucks are two key future technologies that will disrupt the global Baxter, 48, is one of the 1.8 million Americans, mainly men, who drive heavy trucks for a living, the transport and logistics market. We are happy that single most common job in many U.S. states. Driving is one of the biggest occupations in the world. we can test a combination of these two future Another 1.7 million people drive taxis, buses and delivery vehicles in the U.S. alone. But for how long? technologies in cooperation with Einride at such Having “disrupted” industries including manufacturing, music, journalism and retail, Silicon Valley has an early stage,” said Ewald Kaiser, chief operating its eyes on trucking. officer at DB Schenker. Google, Uber, Tesla and the major truck manufacturers are looking to a future in which people like Einride also has plans to begin a separate Baxter will be replaced – or at the very least downgraded to co-pilots – by automated vehicles that will deployment of T-pods in southern Sweden later save billions but will cost millions of jobs. It will be one of the biggest changes to the jobs market since the this year through a partnership with supermarket invention of the automated loom – challenging the livelihoods of millions across the world. chain Lidl. “I’m scared to death of that,” Baxter said. “I can’t operate a pocket calculator.” Meanwhile, the introduction of automated Every week, a major tech company seems to announce some new development in automated trucking. steering promises to take driver-assist technologies Tesla founder Elon Musk recently unveiled an electric-powered semi that is likely to be semi-autonomous. to the next level. At the North American “I don’t think a robot could do my job,” said Ray Rodriguez, 38, who transports cars across the county. Commercial Vehicle Show, Wabco previewed its “Twenty years from now, maybe.” OnLane Assist product, a lane-keeping assist Finn Murphy, author of The Long Haul, the story of his life as a long-distance truck driver, said the days feature that will use automatic steering correction of the truck driver as we know him are coming to an end. Trucking is a $700 billon industry, in which a third to nudge the truck back in its lane. of costs go to compensating drivers, and, he said, if the tech firms can grab a slice of that, they will. “The only human beings left in the modern supply chain are truck drivers. If you go to a modern “We think that’s the very logical and very warehouse now, say Amazon or Walmart, the trucks are unloaded by machines, the trucks are loaded effective next step,” said Jon Morrison, president of by machines, they are put into the warehouse by machines. Then there is a guy, probably making $10 an Wabco’s Americas business unit. hour, with a load of screens watching these machines. Then what you have is a truckers’ lounge with 20 or 30 guys standing around getting paid. And that drives the supply chain people nuts,” he said. When the manufacturer introduced its The goal, he believes, is to get rid of the drivers and “have ultimate efficiency.’’ all-electric Tesla Semi in November, co-founder “I think this is imminent. Five years or so. This is a space race -- the race to get the first and chief executive Elon Musk announced the driver-less vehicle that is viable,” Murphy said. “My fellow drivers don’t appear to be particularly truck would come standard with “Enhanced concerned about this. They think it’s way off into the future. All the people I have talked to on this Autopilot,” which will include automatic emergency book tour, nobody thinks this is imminent except for me. Me and Elon Musk, I guess.” braking, automatic lane keeping and lane- The future is coming. Arguably it is already here. Several states have already laid the departure warnings. groundwork for a future with fewer truckers. California, Florida, Michigan and Utah have passed laws allowing trucks to drive autonomously in “platoons,” where two or more big rigs drive together Musk said Tesla intends to begin production of and synchronize their movements. the truck in 2019. (Driver-less trucks continued on page 21) (Labor, silicon valley continued on page 17) www.TankTransport.com JANUARY 2019 I TANK TRANSPORT TRADER 15

Volvo introducing all-electric trucks “The LIGHTS project is a truly unique opportunity to showcase a holistic approach to electrification of the freight transport industry as we handle Volvo Trucks is hoping to electrify California. ongoing challenges including electricity generation and battery optimization,” The company plans to introduce all-electric Volvo regional-haul Voorhoeve said. “We appreciate that the California Air Reseources Board demonstrators next year in the Golden State, operating in distribution, (CARB) and the SCAQMD have recognized our leadership and trusted us to regional-haul and drayage operations. oversee this project that will ultimately result in the commercialization of fully Volvo said sales of the VNR Electric will begin in North America in 2020. electric heavy-duty trucks. “We are proud to announce the Volvo VNR Electric, designed to support cities focused on sustainable urban development and fleets operating in a range of “In addition to introducing the VNR Electric, through LIGHTS we will regional-haul and distribution operations,” said Peter Voorhoeve, president of bring a complete sustainable freight solution with end-to-end electrification Volvo Trucks North America. “The Volvo VNR Electric leverages the versatility of coordination with our many partners.” the new Volvo VNR series with a proven fully electric power-train, and represents a strategic stride toward a comprehensive electrified transport ecosystem. “THE LIGHTS PROJECT IS A TRULY UNIQUE “Cities prioritizing sustainable urban development can leverage electrified OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO transport solutions to help improve air quality and reduce traffic noise. Cleaner, ELECTRIFICATION OF THE FREIGHT TRANSPORT INDUSTRY quieter, fully electric commercial transport also creates opportunities for expanded AS WE HANDLE ONGOING CHALLENGES INCLUDING morning and late-night operations, helping cut traffic congestion during peak hours.” ELECTRICITY GENERATION AND BATTERY OPTIMIZATION.” The Volvo VNR Electric demonstration units will be based on the propulsion and energy storage technology currently being used in the Volvo – PETER VOORHOEVE, PRESIDENT OF VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA FE Electric, and builds on the Volvo Group’s accumulated expertise in electrified transport solutions. CARB preliminarily awarded $44.8 million to SCAQMD for the Volvo LIGHTS Sister company Volvo Buses has sold more than 4,000 electrified buses since 2010. project, which will involve 16 partners and transform freight operations at the “The Volvo VNR is ideal for applications like heavy urban distribution, drayage facilities of two of the United States’ top trucking fleets. Volvo LIGHTS is part of and other regional applications where electric trucks will first have the greatest California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap- impact,” said Johan Agebrand, Volvo Trucks North America director of product and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening marketing. “The VNR series has received tremendous industry acceptance since the economy and improving public health and the environment. its April 2017 introduction and the addition of an all-electric power-train provides even greater opportunities to expand its footprint in the regional-haul market.” “Electric trucks bring many unknowns, and our holistic focus through the Introduction of the Volvo VNR Electric models are part of a LIGHTS project will help our fleet partners transition securely and smoothly partnership, known as LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport based on their individual needs regarding driving cycles, load capacity, Solutions) between the Volvo Group, California’s South Coast Air Quallity uptime, range and other parameters,” Agebrand said. 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(Labor, silicon valley continued from page 15) Yet computers don’t get tired, don’t drink or take drugs, and don’t get distracted or get road rage. Murphy, the author, said the argument that people The stage has been set for a battle between the forces of labor and the are better than machines will not hold for long, especially as more and more tech titans. The powerful Teamsters union recently pushed Congress to slow people get used to autonomous cars. legislation for states looking to broaden the use of autonomous vehicles. After arm-twisting by the union, the U.S. House of Representatives energy “The assumption is that we are living in some kind of driver utopia now and and commerce committee exempted vehicles over 10,000 pounds from new machines are going to destroy that,” he said. “The fact is that we have 41,000 rules meant to speed the development of autonomous cars. highway deaths in America every year. If we piled those bodies up, that would be a public health crisis. But we are so used to the 41,000 deaths that we don’t Many truckers came into the industry after being displaced by automation even think about it. Thirty years from now my grandchildren are going to say in other industries, and the transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, has said she to me: ‘You people had pedals on machines that you slowed down and sped up is “very concerned” about the impact of self-driving cars on U.S. jobs. with? You had a wheel to turn it? And everybody had their own? And you were killing 41,000 people a year? You people were savages.’ But Ryan Petersen sees the Teamsters’ move as a speed bump at best. Petersen, the founder of Flexport, a tech-savvy freight logistics company, said “They are going to look at driver-operated vehicles the way people now fully operational self-driving trucks will start replacing jobs within the next year, look at a pregnant woman smoking,” he said. “It’ll be the absolute epitome and will probably become commonplace within 10. of barbarism.” “Labor accounts for 75 percent of the cost of transporting shipments by truck, (from The Guardian) so adopters can begin to realize those savings,’’ Petersen said. “Beyond that, while truckers are prohibited from driving more than 11 hours per day without Self-driving fleets gain traction taking an eight-hour break, a driver-less truck can drive for the entire day.’’ Technology has been the cause of many changes within a number industries, Larger trucks making highway trips, like those occupying the 900-truck ranging from self-driving cars, online payments and autonomous workers at parking spots at Iowa 90, are the lowest-hanging fruit and will be automated factories and fast food restaurants. first, Petersen said. While there has been a lot of research on how this can affect various Last year, Otto, a self-driving truck company owned by Uber, successfully companies and the lives of people, one industry that has been looked over is one delivered 45,000 cans of Budweiser in a truck that drove the 130-odd miles from of the most valuable and essential to American lives – the trucking industry. Fort Collins, Colo., to Colorado Springs. A semi-automated platoon of trucks crossed Europe last year in an experiment coordinated by DAF, Daimler, Iveco, Many of America’s goods are shipped and transported by a fleet of freight MAN, Scania and Volvo. trucks delivering our fruits, vegetables, furniture, computers, and much more. It also employs nearly 800,000 American drivers, making it a considerable industry. Douglas Barry has been driving trucks since 1990. A wiry firecracker of a However, as technology advances and the idea of self-driving fleets gains traction, man, Barry said those pushing for automation are failing to see the bigger experts wonder how long it will take before drivers are rendered superfluous. picture. The general public is just not ready to see 80,000-pound, 18-wheelers flying down the highway with no one at the wheel. “A long-haul driver without much experience has years ahead of him without much control over his schedule. He might be on the road for days or weeks at “That big old rig could blow sky-high, slam into a school. It needs a human a time, with designated places he’s allowed to refuel and restrictions on the being. There isn’t a machine that can equal a human being,” he said. routes he can take,” according to transportation writer Shane Faro. Driving a freight truck can be a taxing job with very little benefit. If drivers are lucky, they can make up to $40,000 starting out, but it can take nearly a decade for any advancement whatsoever. This is part of what has caused a decline in the amount of people applying for new trucking jobs, as well as a law that does not allow those under 21 to drive a commercial vehicle over state lines. With so many deterrents causing young people to look elsewhere for jobs in an industry that used to cater to men in their twenties, companies are now turning to technology in order to get the job done and the goods delivered. New trucks with self-driving capabilities are already being tested on the road in Canada. “Interest in the sector picked up in the closing months of 2017 after Tesla Inc. showcased a fully electric semi-trailer truck equipped with semi-autonomous technology, including enhanced autopilot, automated braking and lane departure warnings,” Faro said. In fact, 2017 was a year of advanced improvement for commercial vehicles as several companies – such as Google, General Motors and Uber – looked to run their new trucks up north. With this in mind, it is possible that we could start to see a massive change within the industry over the course of a few years, experts say. A trucking firm in Toronto, Canada, Fortigo Freight, and Walmart have already ordered the new Tesla semis. However, many experts doubt that the trucking industry will change that rapidly and that there are a number of tests that still need to be run before drivers are rendered jobless. Despite the fact that not everyone is on board with this new change to the industry, driver-less trucks seem to impossible to ignore. “There’s certainly reason for the 8.7 million people employed within the U.S. trucking industry to be concerned about how self-driving trucks will impact their livelihood. Daimler Trucks just launched an 18-wheel fully autonomous truck to drive on American roadways,” said Forbes writer Bernard Marr. While these innovations might not totally get rid of drivers completely, it is a start in the direction of automation. (Self-driving fleets continued on page 18) www.TankTransport.com JANUARY 2019 I TANK TRANSPORT TRADER 17

(Self-driving fleets continued from page 17) (EnTrans Intl., LLC continued from page 1) This not only affects drivers, but also EnTrans employs an innovative safety program called Safety Matters that incorporates gamification to engage the millions of workers who calculate employees with a system of risks and rewards, blended learning to address different learning styles and preferences, an routes, take charge of inventory, and ergonomics program that provides hazard assessments, as well as many other safety initiatives. work with companies in order to make sure goods are delivered. Self-driving “Our EHS team, plant management teams, supervisors and leadership have worked closely together to elevate trucks might seem far away, but the the level of safety at all EnTrans facilities,” said Karen Czor, Corporate Director of Risk Management for EnTrans technology used to log inventory and International. “We have seen employee engagement with safety rise significantly over the years, which is exactly what is the hours driven by employees are needed to drive a culture of safety throughout our company.” already being widely used. Doug Chapple, CEO of EnTrans International, LLC, stated, “Being The ELD mandate essentially recognized as one of America’s Safest Companies acknowledges the requires all motor carriers to install progress we’ve made on our journey to zero preventable injuries. It will electronic devices in their trucks inspire us to continue the Safety Matters program to assure our employees that will automatically track drivers’ go home safely every day.” hours of service. By law, drivers are only allowed to drive for 11 hours with About EnTrans International, LLC a mandatory, continuous rest period Comprised of Heil Trailer International, Polar Service Centers, Polar of 10 hours, daily. Some companies Tank Trailer, Jarco, SERVA and Kalyn Siebert, EnTrans International, are having an easy time adjusting to LLC, is a leading manufacturer of tank trailers, oilfield capital equipment these new mandates, but others find and related components used in the oil & gas industry. EnTrans themselves restricted by the new laws. International, LLC, is owned by American Industrial Partners, an operationally oriented middle-market private equity firm that makes The autonomous logging of control investments in North American-based industrial businesses goods saves time and is much more serving domestic and global markets. EnTrans International, LLC, is efficient than human labor, but it is headquartered in Athens, TN. For more information about EnTrans also likely to change the workforce as International, LLC, visit entransinternational.com. it is known. Without these jobs, there is a potential for an entire industry Media Contact: Tamzen Meyer / (260) 497-0113 / [email protected] to collapse, offering fewer jobs to For more information about EnTrans International, LLC, and its brands, those who are not college-educated. visit entransinternational.com. Already, fewer young people are turning toward the transportation Morgan opens truck-body plant industry for jobs. Morgan Truck Body, a manufacturer of light and medium-duty truck bodies, recently marked a milestone in its growth The work is difficult – it involves strategy, celebrating the grand opening of a 175,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Plainfield, Conn. working long hours, driving long distances, being away from family The Nov. 14 opening followed the acquisition of Multivans in Bolton, Ontario, Canada. for long periods of time and less- The new Connecticut facility is capable of supporting production of more than 3,000 dry freight and refrigerated than-ideal pay. With technology and (reefer) truck bodies annually, and is expected to employ about 140 team members, the company said. older drivers discouraging younger “Morgan continues to set revenue records, so the need to increase capacity, as well as locate production closer to our workers from applying, it will be customers, is an important part of improving customer service,” said Norb Markert, president and chief operating officer of interesting to see how the industry Morgan Truck Body. “We’re excited about the opportunity and the value this plant will offer our New England-area customers.” alters within the next few years, The facility is Morgan’s 13th in the US and Canada, and there are plans to add a 14th in the Midwest in the near industry experts say. future, Morgan said. The grand opening and ribbon-cutting was attended by John Poindexter, chairman of the board and chief executiveof The transportation industry JB Poindexter and Co. Also attending were Morgan management personnel, including Markert, who led the ribbon- includes other forms of freight, as cutting ceremony, and state and local officials. well, including air. Many wonder Proclamations issued for the opening included a certificate of accomplishment from the office of Sen. Christopher S. how this sector will also fare Murphy and an official statement by Connecticut Gov. Daniel P. Malloy. Also issued were an official proclamation from once pilots are also replaced with Board of Selectman members Cathy Tendrich and Virginia Sampietro, and an official citation by the Connecticut General autonomous aircraft. Assembly in recognition of the grand opening. “Amazon is changing delivery (Legal obstacles continued from page 15) service by piloting Prime Air, using unmanned aerial vehicles to get And lawmakers haven’t tried to make the law inclusive of autonomous technology companies. A bill currently pending customers their products in 30 in Congress, called the AV Start Act, would not allow people who are badly injured while riding a self-driving car to sue minutes or less,” Marr said. With the maker of the technology or take part in a class action lawsuit. drone-operated vehicles, the need for high-powered jets to deliver products Disputes would have to be settled in private arbitration instead, which tends to favor the company over consumers, will probably be phased out. according to a CNN report. Regardless, change is arriving, “The nightmare scenario is that someone is hurt because of a defect and it’s dealt with through a confidential and knowing how these industries arbitration proceeding that nobody knows about, and then more people are hurt because no one found out about it,’’ can be altered in order to benefit said Ed Walters, who teaches robotics law at Georgetown Law and Cornell Tech. “Congress could stick up for the right employees and companies might take to sue by prohibiting these kind of clauses, but so far it hasn’t.’’ some consideration, analysts say. The trucking industry does not necessarily As for the trucking industry, there’s no law that allows manufacturers to be held responsible for failures in self-driving have to fade out, but it will need to be technology. That could put everyone who drives big trucks in danger, should self-driving freight become the norm. restructured in order to accommodate new technology. “Everyone is saying it’s cool technology, without considering the legal component,’’ Broughton emphasized. (from the Yale Tribune) 18 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER I JANUARY 2019 www.TankTransport.com

Europe, too, facing driver shortage FOOD GRADE CLASSIFIED MARKETPLACE American trucking companies are not alone when they say they cannot find Call 1-800-537-1320 / [email protected] all the truck drivers they need and will need in the future. Snapshot Ads: Picture with 36 words $130.00 (includes one month website adv.) / Classifieds: $1.50 per word (paper only) / Bold Type: $5 line / Logo insertion: $30 A new report says European trucking companies are facing similar problems. Do you have excess equipment , parts or services you wish to sell? Advertise it here! All snapshot and classified ads run for one month. Transport Intelligence recently released a study titled Europaen Road Freight Transport 2018 , which shows trucking companies are facing a shortage Advertise unlimited listings on www.TankTransport.com along with (2) two snapshot ads per month in the classified marketplace for only $320.00 per month. of some 150,000 drivers. The countries and their driver shortages include: • United Kingdom, 52,000 MILK & LIQUID FOOD • Germany, 45,000 • France, 20,000 LIQUID & DRY BULK • Sweden, 5,000 • Norway, 3,000 New Walker 6500 Gallon • Denmark, 2,500 Transport. Air Ride. The Loadstar, a British supply chain publication, added: “This, of course, Aluminum Wheels. leaves out more than 20 countries in Europe where numbers have not been 1-800-826-5377. collected – although it is safe to assume that similar trends are likely across [email protected]. western countries, where driver numbers have been on the decline for the Superior Tank. past two decades.’’ Bryon Kovalaske. And, like in the U.S., part of the reason for the shortage is that many drivers are retiring. 1999 Tremcar 6700 Gallon. Not surprisingly, some European drivers, like their counterparts in the U.S. Foodgrade. Airride. Cab. have their own ideas about why companies are having a hard time putting seats Setup for Pump. (4) Avail. in the seats. Comments in The Loadstar make familiar points and include: Randy Cissell. Mark: “There is no driver shortage in the UK, there is a problem with Semo Tank/Baker Equipment driver retention because the wages have not moved with inflation since Co. 800-264-8348. 1999, I earn £50 (about $63) per week more than in 1999, which with inflation [email protected]. probably equates to around half what I earn’t back then. Drivers are constantly moving to try and find better rates and better working conditions (6) NEW 2020 HEIL 1614 Cube because we are still treated like scum everywhere we go. Drivers are sick of “FOOD GRADE” Dry Bulk it, surprise, surprise.” Tanks. Aeration. Top Air. Alum Goosh: “Couldn’t agree more. We’re treated like scum of the earth and paid Tees. Hose Tube. Air Ride. appallingly, yet expected to give so much of our lives to this career. It’s never 11R22.5 Tires and Aluminum taken into account how much of your personal life and family time is lost to this Wheels. (Arriving in Mar ’19). job. For what? $25,000 to $30,000 a year? A forklift driver can get that now and Phil Klein. still get back to see his family in the evening.” Stuart Tank Sales Corp. George: “Well, if they increase the wage and better working conditions, then Cell: (815) 751-6431. it would be more attractive.” www.stuarttank.com John H: “There is no appetite amongst the young to work 14 to 15 hours a day to earn a decent living. I am a driver who has worked in the industry (3) 2000 Walker direct ship for 20 years and there is no way I would encourage my sons to take up milk trailers 6500 Gallons. a career in an industry that is so behind the times. Also, somebody of a (2) Tremcar 6200 Gallons. young age to enter into haulage have an uncertain future with driver-less Asking $33,000, vehicles on the horizon.’’ (1) 2001 Brenner 6500 Gallons $35,000. All Air Ride. EnTrans International announces new appointments Aluminum Wheels Good at its North American tank trailer division Tires and Brakes. Excellent condition. Current EnTrans International has announced two new appointments at its North DOT inspection. American Tank Trailer Division. [email protected] or 608-938-4411. Jeff Hiatt has been named Senior Vice President Operations. He brings JANUARY 2019 I TANK TRANSPORT TRADER 19 many years of experience in lean manufacturing, purchasing, facilities management and operations. Jeff was most recently Vice President of Operations at REV Group, a sister AIP-owned company. He has also previously held positions at Club Car and Ingersoll Rand. With a BA in Business Administration from Augusta University and an MBA from Indiana University, Jeff is also a Certified Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt. Vanessa Lucas has been promoted to the role of Director, Operations and Materials Planning. She joined EnTrans in September of 2016 as the Director of Logistics and has worked in various positions focused on ERP Implementation, Data System Integrity and Process Mapping. Prior to joining EnTrans, Vanessa worked for Walker Group for 14 years in supply chain and materials management roles. “We are excited to welcome Jeff and Vanessa in their new roles at our North American Tank Trailer Division,” said Doug Chapple, CEO of EnTrans International, LLC. “They will both bring valuable insights and experience to their positions and help further our brand and products.” www.TankTransport.com

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TRUCK MOUNTED (Higher driver pay continued from page 1) 1999 Heil 1040 Cube Pneumatic. Airride. 1993 Freightliner FL-70. 33,000 lbs. assuming that you’re not relieved INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 5”x4” Straight Alum Tee’s, Intraax Airride. 145,000 odom. 6 Spd. 1993 Boston Steel. from duty and you’re not going into Steel Piping. Randy Cissell. 6-compts. 4@500 ea. and 2@350 ea., a hotel or able to leave the truck Allegheny Coupling..........................Page 7 Semo Tank/Baker Equipment Co. single pump and single meter, and the load, that that’s basically 16 BCTE...................................................Page 7 800-264-8348. [email protected]. Hannay reel. $24,000. Jerry. 617-799-1461. hours a day of work per the federal Betts....................................................Page 5 regulations. That would entitle you to Classifieds..................................Page 20, 21 (10) New 2020 HEIL 1040cu “CEMENT” 2012 KW T800, 525 Cummins,.18 Spd. minimum wage for 16 hours a day.’’ Classifieds (food grade)................Page 19 Dry Bulk tanks. 25psi. 3-manholes. 5x4 tees. A/R. w/ 5,400 Gallons 2011 Polar. DAT....................................................Page 17 Aeration, 8” hose tube. RC Axles. Air ride. Jay. 888-393-1211. [email protected]. Although the ruling affects drivers Dixon Bayco.......................................Page 8 11R22.5, Aluminum Wheels. making under minimum wage, E.D. Etnyre........................................Page 8 (Arriving Mar/April 2019). Phil Klein. it might trickle up to higher paid Hale Trailer........................................Page 3 Stuart Tank Sales Corp. drivers, Swidler said. Heil Trailer.........................................Page 2 Cell: (815) 751-6431. www.stuarttank.com. Imperial Industries Inc...................Page 6 “The hope is that, as you raise Kerley & Sears..................................Page 4 2013 KW T800 w/ Oilmans 4,400 Gallons. the bottom, you raise everybody. LBT....................................................Page 11 Dual pumper w/meters. Jay. 888-393-1211. That’s the practical implications Midwest Meter..................................Page 5 [email protected]. of what this could mean,’’ he said. Phoenix Industries.........................Page 10 “It also means that if we can get Post Leasing....................................Page 23 (2) New 2019 HEIL/J&L 1636 cu “VACUUM” VACUUM TRUCK! 2003 Sterling LT9500, Congress to increase minimum R.A. Ross............................................Page 6 Pneumatic Tanks. Air Cooler. 5x4 tees. 260,997 miles. Cat C12, 430 h.p. 8LL. 3,500 wage, then these drivers would get Ridewell Suspensions....................Page 11 8”&10” Hose Tubes. Full Walkway. 5” Load Gallons, (2,000 gal + 1,500 gal), 2 compt. a little bit more, too.’’ RMC Engineeering........................Page 10 Lines. Air Ride. 11R22.5, Aluminum Wheels. Vacuum Tank. Utile Vac Pump w 3” Roper Semo Tank.......................................Page 22 (Arriving April 2019). Phil Klein. Transfer Pump. $55,000.00. Jerry. 617-799-1461. The next proceeding before Southeastern Pneu........................Page 10 Stuart Tank Sales Corp. the court, in this case, is that Stephens Tank Products.................Page 9 Cell: (815) 751-6431. www.stuarttank.com. the defendants have filed a Stuart Tank........................................Page 9 de-certification motion asking the Subscription Form.........................Page 16 MISCELLANEOUS court to tell the 3,000 class action Superior Tank..................................Page 10 drivers that they have to file separate Tremcar U.S.A...................................Page 4 (10) New 2020 POLAR“FERTILIZER” Tank. lawsuits. Swidler disagreed with this Tri Tank.............................................Page 22 30” Drop. SS to the Ground. Pump Platform. claim and said that the drivers are Unibloc................................................Page 3 Air Ride. 11R22.5 Tires and Aluminum Wheels. within their rights to be considered a Werts Welding.......................... Back Cover (Arriving in Mar 2019). Phil Klein. class for purposes of this suit. Youngs Tank....................................Page 13 Stuart Tank Sales Corp. Cell: (815) 751-6431. www.stuarttank.com. (Driver-less trucks continued from page 15) While most of today’s development work is proceeding without the use of V2V, Morrison said connectivity will be important, longer term, for wide-scale deployment of autonomous vehicles. Volvo Trucks said it sees self-driving trucks becoming a reality in North America at some point in the future, probably starting in confined or private areas under controlled conditions. While the move toward fully automated vehicles represents part of the development, Volvo said it is focusing on a “stepwise approach” through implementing advanced driver-assistance technology to support the driver. “Automation is not about eliminating jobs,” said Ann-Sofi Karlsson, Volvo Trucks’ global director of human factors for automation. “Skilled professional drivers will still be in high demand. As trade and the world population continues to grow, so does the transport of goods. Automation is about making it more efficient.” (from Transport Topics) 2019 Timpte Hopper Bottom. Airride. (4) Aluminum Wheels, Ag hoppers. Randy Cissell. Semo Tank/Baker Equipment Co. 800-264-8348. [email protected]. www.TankTransport.com JANUARY 2019 I TANK TRANSPORT TRADER 21

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