{"id":1880,"date":"2021-08-19T17:36:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T17:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2021-12-31T18:38:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T18:38:09","slug":"the-boc-blast-427-dot-brake-safety-week-new-covid-procedures-at-shanghai-pvg-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/the-boc-blast-427-dot-brake-safety-week-new-covid-procedures-at-shanghai-pvg-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"The BOC Blast 427 – DOT Brake Safety Week – New COVID Procedures at Shanghai (PVG) Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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DOT Brake Safety Week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expect fewer trucks on the road, more delays and increased costs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brake Safety Week Set for Aug. 22-28<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s Brake Safety Week is scheduled for Aug. 22-28. During Brake Safety Week, commercial motor vehicle inspectors emphasize the importance of brake systems by conducting inspections and removing commercial motor vehicles found to have brake-related out-of-service violations from our roadways. At the same time, many motor carriers work to educate their drivers and maintenance service providers on the importance of brake system safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the week, inspectors will conduct North American Standard Inspections of commercial motor vehicles, focusing on the vehicle\u2019s brake systems and components. In addition, inspectors will compile data on brake hoses\/tubing, the focus area for this year\u2019s Brake Safety Week, to submit to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). CVSA will report its findings later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jurisdictions devote a week to conducting commercial motor vehicle inspections, identifying brake violations and removing vehicles with out-of-service brake violations because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brake system and brake adjustment violations accounted for more vehicle violations than any other vehicle violation category, accounting for 38.6% of all vehicle out-of-service conditions, during last year\u2019s three-day International Roadcheck inspection and enforcement initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBrake system\u201d was the third most cited vehicle-related factor in fatal commercial motor vehicle and passenger vehicle crashes, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration\u2019s (FMCSA) latest \u201cLarge Truck and Bus Crash Facts\u201d report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brake-related violations accounted for eight out of the top 20 vehicle violations in 2020, according to FMCSA\u2019s Motor Carrier Management Information System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During last year\u2019s Brake Safety Week, 12% of the 43,565 commercial motor vehicles inspected were placed out of service for brake-related violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dates for Brake Safety Week are shared in advance to remind motor carriers, drivers and commercial motor vehicle mechanics\/technicians to proactively check and service their vehicles to ensure every commercial motor vehicle traveling on our roadways is safe, mechanically fit and compliant. Recent research has shown that announcing enforcement campaigns ahead of time improves overall compliance better than surprise enforcement campaigns and for longer periods after the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August, the month of CVSA\u2019s Brake Safety Week, is also Brake Safety Awareness Month. Law enforcement agencies will work to educate commercial motor vehicle drivers, motor carriers, mechanics, owner-operators and others on the importance of proper brake maintenance, operation and performance through outreach, education and awareness campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source cvsa.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New COVID Procedures at Shanghai (PVG) Airport<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please be advised that Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) has implemented new COVID-19 measures, as below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the new 7+7+7 or 14+7+7 measures, terminal workers at PVG are required to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • work 7 or 14 days in the terminal<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    • complete a 7-day quarantine in a hotel<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      • complete another 7-day quarantine at home<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        This arrangement is expected to cause a shortage in manpower that may result in the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        • Frequent short- or off-loading<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          • Shortage of staffing<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
            • Longer terminal handling time<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
              • More flight cancellations and shortage of import and export capacity<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                • Increase in airfreight rates<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                  • Some suspension of trucking, causing major backlogs<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                    • Embargoes for seafood and perishable items<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                      • Screening and disinfecting of some freight<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                        BOC will continue to monitor and advise, as these requirements and restrictions change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                        DOT Brake Safety Week Expect fewer trucks on the road, more delays and increased costs Brake Safety Week Set for Aug. 22-28 This year\u2019s Brake Safety Week is scheduled for Aug. 22-28. During Brake Safety Week, commercial motor vehicle inspectors emphasize the importance of brake systems by conducting inspections and removing commercial motor vehicles found<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[507],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-boc-blast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2174,"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880\/revisions\/2174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}