Corporate News

Pacific Logistics Corp is now a proud member of the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN Logistics) as the North American partner and the exclusive representative of the United States of America. Founded in 2000, the WIN Logistics network spans over 80 countries with almost 300 offices worldwide. This consortium works in unison to provide supply chain services within a network of experienced logistics personnel.

Pacific Logistics Corp is proud to announce a move to Pico Rivera, CA. This location will serve as the World Headquarters for domestic and international operations. The facility is 205,000 sq ft in total, with 25,000 sq ft of offices and 36 dock doors. The terminal and warehouse will serve all Southern California customers as well as provide 3PL services for our national and international clients.

CSA re-engineers the former enforcement and compliance process to provide a better view into how well large commercial motor vehicle carriers and drivers are complying with safety rules, and to intervene earlier with those who are not. Rolled out in December 2010, the program establishes a new enforcement and compliance Operational Model that will utilize the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) resources, and those of its State enforcement partners, more efficiently and effectively, making the roads even safer for everyone.
The new CSA Operational Model has three major components:

• Measurement – CSA measures safety performance, using inspection and crash results to identify carriers whose behaviors could reasonably lead to crashes.
• Evaluation – CSA helps FMCSA and its State Partners to correct high-risk behavior by contacting more carriers and drivers–with interventions tailored to their specific safety problem, as well as a new Safety Fitness Determination methodology.
• Intervention – CSA covers the full spectrum of safety issues, from how data is collected, evaluated, and shared to how enforcement officials can intervene most effectively and efficiently to improve safety on our roads.

FMCSA carefully planned and developed CSA over the past few years. The first step involved a thorough review of the agency’s compliance review process, followed by the development of the Safety Measurement System (SMS) that uses all roadside inspection and crash data and the development of a new interventions toolbox to deal efficiently and effectively with safety problems of various natures and different levels (as identified in the SMS). In addition, the CSA model includes a change to the Safety Fitness Determination (SFD), also tied to SMS results.
The expanded suite of intervention tools enable investigators to systematically evaluate why safety problems are occurring in order, to recommend remedies, encourage corrective action(s), and, where corrective action is inadequate, invoke strong penalties. The new SMS and interventions toolbox were tested in Colorado, Georgia, Missouri, and New Jersey starting in February 2008. Testing expanded to add Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota and Montana in 2009.
Feedback from enforcement staff and carriers indicate that the new model is both efficient, reaching more carriers, and effective, with some carriers undertaking proactive efforts to learn more and correct their safety problems.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed a regulation Monday that would require interstate truck and bus companies to install electronic onboard recorders in vehicles to monitor drivers’ hours of service. The rule would apply to all companies that are currently required to use logbooks to record compliance under federal hours-of-service regulations, DOT said in a statement Monday. “This proposal would make our roads safer by ensuring that carriers traveling across state lines are using EOBRs to track the hours their drivers spend behind the wheel,” Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in the statement. Under the proposal, carriers that violate the regulation would be fined up to $11,000 per offense. Violations would also have a negative effect on a carrier’s safety ratings and federal operating authority. FMCSA estimates the mandate will effect 500,000 carriers.

The rule would also relieve carriers of the requirement to retain documentation such as toll receipts to verify HOS compliance. A court had told FMCSA to issue a rule defining the supporting document requirement by Jan. 31, and DOT that the EOBR rule fulfills that order. FMCSA will take public comments on the proposal for 60 days once it publishes the rule in the Federal Register.

As of Monday, it had not yet published the rule.

PLC continued it rapid growth pattern during the calendar and fiscal year ending 2010. Gross Revenues were up 30% for the year and sales are up 214% since 2006! PLC has grown from a pure freight forwarder over the years into a full service, asset based carrier. Airfreight and International services play a large role in our success, but ground freight within our own North American network is truly driving Sales. Our core focus remains geared towards fashion and retail. Yet, success has been found in the abundant electronics and printed matter markets.

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/hos-proposed/hos-proposed.aspx

This link provides a “quick reference” to the major changes being proposed in the December 2010 HOS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Under “HOS Proposed Rule Documents” you will find all of the formal documents related to this proposal as well as FAQs and other useful information. Each may be downloaded or viewed online. This information will be updated as needed. The formal NPRM was published in the Federal Register on December 29. Publication starts the formal 60-day comment period ending on February 28, 2011.

Pacific Logistics Corp is proud to announce the planned opening of new terminal operations in Memphis TN. This facility will be fully operational on January 1, 2011 to serve as a regional hub for PLC’s burgeoning shoe and retail business. This terminal will be home to several PLC employees and clients as well as a regional service center for our PLC Expedited – PLCX – motor carrier division.

Pacific Logistics Corp posted 2Q gains on top of those posted in the 1Q 2010. All sectors of the business are up with tonnage and revenue increases of 25% or more. Fashion is still leading the way as PLC is now the routed carrier for over 90 retailers across the country. Surface consolidations, new store openings and replenishment are the services requested by most customers. In addition, 3PL, International, and LTL traffic are also seeing regular increases that go beyond the usual seasonal traffic. PLC’s heavy weight division is also making strides in the electronics market.

http://www.joc.com/government-regulation/dot-sends-trucker-hours-service-white-house

OMB will review proposal that could re-engineer trucking networks
The first draft of a new rule on the time truckers may spend behind the wheel was sent to the White House July 26 for what’s expected to be a three-month review.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration submitted its proposed truck driver hours of service rule to the Office of Management and Budget.

Details of the proposal, which could profoundly effect trucking operations and shipper supply chains, were not released, but shipper and carriers are concerned it may significantly shorten the number of hours truckers may drive each day.

The trucking industry supports the current 11-hour rule, but consumer advocate Public Citizen is seeking an 8-hour daily driving limit for truckers.

http://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/about/csa_why.aspx

Since the 1970s, Federal and State enforcement agencies in partnership with many other stakeholders have progressively reduced the rate of commercial motor vehicle crashes resulting in injuries or fatalities on our Nation’s highways.

The rate of crash reduction slowed, prompting the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to take a fresh look at how the agency evaluates the safety of motor carriers and drivers and to explore ways to improve its safety monitoring, evaluation, and intervention processes. Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) is the result of this comprehensive examination.