"Syfan Says" Winter 2018

SYFAN SPONSORS WEBINARS ON NEW ELD REGULATIONS SYFAN TRANSPORT ADDS 12 NEW REFRIGERATED TRAILERS New trailers feature cold-chain monitoring system. Syfan Logistics sponsored a series of national webinars in September and October 2017 to educate its customers and carrier partners about the new mandates on Electronic Logging Devices, or ELDs. “We have put a big priority all year in preparing our own company for the new rules on ELDs as well as for the pending food-safety FSMA regulations,” said Greg Syfan, president of Syfan Logistics and Syfan Transport. “In fact, we even made it the focus of our 2017 advertising campaign with our ‘Ready, Willing and Able’ theme.” Syfan hired John Seidl, an ELD expert and a former official with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), to conduct the webinars. “I heard John speak at a national transportation meeting and knew right away that we needed to partner together to share his knowledge with our own company, customers and partners,” Syfan said. Seidl has over two decades of experience with ELDs and in conducting safety seminars and mock compliance reviews for motor carriers across the United States. He worked with FMCSA for eight years and is a former member of the FMCSA ELD implementation team that led compliance forward on the national level. His Syfan-sponsored webinars provided information on the following ELD topics: • What Shippers and Receivers Need to Know; • What Carriers Need to Know; • Selecting the Correct ELD; • Proper Implementation Before and After the Mandate. If you missed the webinars, there’s still time to tune in through our website before the April 2018 deadline. Go to the news section of the Syfan Logistics website at www. syfanlogistics.com/news. Or feel free to contact Greg Syfan toll-free at 855-287-8485 with any questions about how your company can be “Ready, Willing and Able” to meet the new federal requirements. John Seidl, ELD Expert Syfan Transport recently boosted its carrier fleet with 12 new refrigerated trailers (reefers) that include solar panels for longer battery life and a highly advanced remote monitoring system for perishable cargo. The cold-chain monitoring system from ORBCOMM meets new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements for greater food security and safety. It employs two-way wireless tracking and monitoring of reefers and containers to automate compliance with FSMA rules and guarantee proper delivery of cooled foods. Syfan has interfaced the monitoring system with its McLeod communications software for a centralized view of each load’s location, temperature/sensor readings and any alarm events such as low fuel or an unplanned shutdown of the unit. Our dispatch team can quickly alert a driver to turn the reefer unit on or off, change temperature set points or check to make sure the trailer door is secure. continued on page 4 ADVANCED MONITORING SYSTEMS MEET FSMA REQUIREMENTS 3