Prime Logistics Newsletter | Q1 2025

Read this article for a recap of everything that happened between January and March in Prime!

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Meet the Team - Examination Team

We’re back with another edition of Meet the Team! In this section, we’ll dive into another 1 of our teams in the VTC, providing further insights into our operations and the various members of our Staff Team!

This quarter, we’re diving into the Examination Team! We asked Terry, known as Player_63, about his role in the team. You can find his responses below.

To start, could you introduce yourself?

My name is Player_63, or Terry, and I’m from England. I joined Prime Logistics in September 2023, and a year later, I became part of the Examination Team. My first experiences with online gaming and its community go way back to when I started playing Unreal Tournament and joined the UTAssault League. That’s where I met my wife—who, as she often reminds me, was better than me at the game, having shot me in the back countless times!

Since discovering ETS2, TMP, and then Prime, I feel like I’ve rekindled the spark I had all those years ago, and I’m loving every minute of it.

Could you give an overview of your responsibilities in the Examination Team?

Each day, I check the list of requested exams and accept those I am able to conduct. I then create a private 1-on-1 channel with the driver to confirm all details are correct before the scheduled exam.

On the exam day, I ensure that the correct trailer and cargo have been selected before following the driver along the designated route. Throughout the assessment, I evaluate key aspects such as control, speed awareness, sign awareness, and overall driving standards.

What’s the workload like? How many examinations do you take on average per week?

The workload is moderate at this time of year. Due to work commitments, I typically conduct between one and three examinations per week.

What’s 1 key area drivers usually score points in during an examination, and how can they make sure they don’t make the same mistake?

Speeding is the most common area where drivers pick up points during an examination. My best advice is to do a test run of your chosen route beforehand, identifying areas where the speed limit drops. Many of the points I issue for speeding occur when a driver books a heavy cargo exam but fails to account for the additional weight of the trailer.

What’s your favourite part of your role?

Helping new drivers with their first exam is my favorite part of the role. It can be a nerve-wracking experience, especially when they’re unsure of what to expect, so I do my best to guide them through the process and put them at ease.

In your opinion, what’s the hardest route for drivers to take and why?

Route #4: Pitești, RO to Iași, RO is a particularly challenging route due to its sharp bends and frequent speed changes, which require precise control and awareness from drivers.

We hope you enjoyed reading these insights into the operations of the Examination Team!

Staff Of The Month

Below can be found those who were awarded Staff of The Month in January, February and March!

January - Ben

Ben joined us back in November 2023, becoming a member of the Convoy Control Team and attending almost EVERY convoy! In October 2024, they joined the Event Team, and have been a huge help with invitations, alongside their assigned tasks. Congratulations!

February - Hirurex

Hirurex joined the Human Resources Team in July 2024, working tirelessly dealing with all sorts of driver-related issues, requests, questions and concerns! They are the main point of contact for our drivers by keeping their activity up in our public guild, alongside ensuring they are always completing the workload they have been assigned. Thank you and congratulations!

March - Colin

Colin joined the VTC all the way back in April 2020, over 5 years ago at the time of publishing! They joined our Development Team briefly, before moving on to the Convoy Control Team in July 2022. A year on, they transitioned to our Event Team for around a year and a half! While in the Event Team, they handled invitations, saves, supervised our convoys, and planned our convoys! In October 2024, Colin moved back to the Convoy Control Team where they have remained since. Colin has been an amazing asset to our team and we appreciate their long term dedication. Congratulations!

Picture of the Month

January

January’s competition was themed around Valentine’s, and Akira won with this photo of a pink truck covered in flowers!

February

February’s competition did not have a theme, and Mevlüt won with this photo of a Prime truck in a mountainous region!

March

March’s competition was themed around Easter, and DJ Yustin won with this photo of a Prime truck in a mountainous region! Congratulations!

Department Updates

With an extensive staff team, Prime’s operations run smoothly. We’ll give you further updates from some of our departments below!

Management

The first quarter of the year has been fast and busy, busier than the holidays! Getting a jump on our daily operations, we also had a management meeting to discuss issues within the Management team that we all had to overcome. We also went through our suggestions, which took us a while as we haven’t had a meeting in quite some time. Moving on, in our Staff Team, we had to deal with conflicts, which is usual; however, more than we wanted to deal with at the beginning of the year. Moving forward, we dealt with a high volume of tickets after the holidays and over the recent months in the quarter. We’ve ended up clearing a good chunk of tickets as best as we could.

TruckersMP released a feature that we had to deal with. It was unfortunate that it broke and removed half of our drivers, but it was shortly fixed by re-adding everyone to their VTCS. This also allowed us to deal with permissions that we had given to other roles, so that the user who was in multiple roles could have the necessary permissions they needed. We made good use of the feature and now everyone in our Staff Team that are in multiple roles have everything they need to get by on our TruckersMP VTC page. While we are on the topic of roles, we added a new Retired Staff Member role to honour our staff members who are still a driver for us. We appreciate them and without their contributions in the past, we wouldn’t be where we are today.

Last but not least, on April 1st, we introduced a $PRIME coin for our drivers! However, we were saddened to disband Prime Coin and listen to our staff members with their demands on April 2nd… It was something we wished we could have stopped, however, there was too much backlash from our team and drivers about the unfairness we were giving our team by not giving them the Prime coin when they deserved it and other issues.

It was a fun quarter, and we can’t wait for Q2!

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