SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Cargo trucks are being modified illegally to be driven without urea water solution, a key material used in diesel vehicles to reduce emissions, given the current shortages brought on by a Chinese ban on exports of urea. An online forum of cargo truck drivers is increasingly talking about ‘vasectomies’ [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Expressway Corp., which manages South Korea’s highways across the nation, said Wednesday that it had expanded the application of the ‘rest-mileage’ system introduced to encourage truck drivers to observe rest hours. The system was introduced as a way to prevent drowsy driving among truck drivers by providing [...]
BUSAN, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Shipping companies using the Busan Port are handing over containers in poor condition to truck drivers for cleaning or repair without proper payment, incurring losses of billions of won each year. Last November, the Busan Port Authority conducted examinations of 9,278 empty containers withdrawn from three terminals at Busan [...]
PYEONGTAEK, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Nonghyup Logistics Service Inc.’s decision to fire groups of truck drivers and labor union members sparked a protest that is turning into a major dispute between the two parties. Last month, Nonghyup Logistics terminated contracts with truck drivers at the Anseong Logistics Center in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province after they [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A new investigation has confirmed that there is a serious problem with empty shipping containers arriving at the Port of Busan, which are often found to be in poor condition, doubling the workload for truck drivers, who are responsible for transporting them but also cleaning or repairing them. The [...]