Logistics Efficiency Act Survey: Average Truck Duty Time

The Logistics Efficiency Act states that, when deemed necessary for improving the efficiency of transportation, loading, and related operations by truck drivers, surveys and disclosures are to be conducted regarding criteria indicating examples of initiatives related to the efforts required of shippers and logistics operators. This disclosure, based on that provision, organizes the status of efforts by shippers and logistics operators to improve loading efficiency, shorten waiting, loading, and related time, and ensure the effectiveness of initiatives.

The survey results show a difference in implementation status between initiatives that operators can carry out independently and those requiring coordination with stakeholders or capital investment. The survey also captured the actual operating conditions of truck drivers, including time spent driving, waiting for loads, loading, ancillary work, inspections and roll calls, and breaks.

The disclosure of the survey results is intended to encourage initiatives by shippers and logistics operators and to serve as a reference for future guidance and advice.

The fiscal 2025 survey period ran from November 25, 2025, to December 24, 2025, for truck operators, and from December 22, 2025, to January 31, 2026, for other parties. The survey covered shippers, chain business operators, truck operators, and warehouse operators. Cooperation was requested through mailed postcards and notifications from relevant industry associations, and responses were collected and tabulated through a web questionnaire.

Among shippers, chain business operators, and warehouse operators, most operators implemented more than half of the initiatives. Among shippers, securing time to arrange consolidated shipments and return loads was 85%, and coordination among related departments was 83%, indicating progress in initiatives to improve loading efficiency and related areas.

Among logistics operators, truck operators and warehouse operators tended to have high implementation rates for items they could address independently, while initiatives requiring coordination with stakeholders or involving capital investment remained at low implementation levels. Respondents reported that introducing reservation systems, sharing loading times, and preparing delivery slips in advance helped eliminate waiting time and improve drivers’ use of their time. On the other hand, improvements by shippers had not progressed with respect to issues such as manual loading and unloading and insufficient pallet protection, and some sites were reported to experience waiting times of more than 5 hours.

The survey of truck drivers’ average total duty time per trip was conducted from November 25 to December 24, 2025, targeting operators engaged in actual transportation among general freight motor vehicle transport businesses. For a representative daily trip during the normal period from April through August 2025, the survey examined driving time, waiting time, loading time, ancillary work time, inspection and roll-call time, and break time. Compared with fiscal 2024, driving time in fiscal 2025 remained flat, while average total duty time decreased by 1 hour 33 minutes and waiting, loading, and related time decreased by 1 hour 16 minutes.