Dry Bulk Carrier Tunes into Video and Data Capture System
To improve safety performance and fuel economy, North America’s largest dry bulk carrier, Bulkmatic Transport, is outfitting its entire fleet of more than 500 vehicles with a SmartDrive video- and data-capture system.
“The SmartDrive video and data capture system enhances the information we have to successfully coach drivers and improve fleet safety,” said Terry McAdams, VP of Safety at Bulkmatic.
“What used to take months to discover, our regional safety managers can now learn in a day and bring that information to drivers when it can have the greatest impact,” he added. “In our first 60 days, we saw real results and significant improvement, including improved fuel savings and dramatically lower occurrences of risky driving behaviors.”
Bulkmatic’s evaluation of the SmartDrive system began at its Decatur, Alabama facility last year and results included up to an 87% improvement in driving skills and sustained fuel savings of three percent.
“Professional athletes use video to improve, why not professional truck drivers?” McAdams said. “SmartDrive is an eye opening and very powerful tool that was easy for our managers to quickly adopt. It allows us to make significant progress by simply showing our drivers areas for improvement, and it helps discover risky driving skills before they cause an incident.”
Category: Fleet Diagnostics & Software, General Update
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