Puerto Rico Driving...?

Teddy i got good news for you hopefully you have hazmat and tankers endorsements because yes Iknow a company right now that ready to send 10 more drivers over will give you more details when i get on I am from PR lived in the states now for 30 years guess being biligual is helping out the money is super excellent will keep you up to date when i get in Where do you live?

 

I just ran across this article.

Fake news: Puerto Rico's truckers aren't refusing to drive

Lack of drivers? That story is a lie. Lack of infrastructure (heavily damaged roads), lack of fuel, and lack of communication (damaged cell towers and little electricity) are the reasons for freight not getting trucked.

 

On that little bitty bit of a lsland? That's not going to happen. You aint going to be doing 3000 miles a week in a place smaller than Rhode Island.

What I saw instead was rows and stacks of cold storage reefer containers draining precious fuel dry just after Maria has cleared out. Nothing was moving on those docks and I gave those containers maybe two weeks if they were equipped with transocean fuel tanks.... max before running dry and thawing the food inside to waste in the hot sun.

It's been a long time since I hauled containers. I think today's ships supply the electric power direct to the reefer box from the nearby treeframe after it is secured into it's place by the crane. Since there is no electrical grid left in the island to speak of there is no point in thinking the docks will have power to keep them going.

One of the reasons I love these United States is the space. You can roam for a week and not hit water. I would be really bad off on a tiny island. I have been to Bermuda where we did a stop over long ago from the UK to Maryland for a short time. I knew then and there I am not a island person.