Category: Owner Operator
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Transportation is the process of moving people, freight, and raw materials from one location to another, and it quietly shapes almost every purchase, harvest, and delivery in the modern economy. Whether it happens by rail, truck, ship, or air, transportation determines how quickly goods reach shelves and how much that convenience costs. In particular, the…
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued a final rule that will eliminate Cargo Insurance requirements for freight forwarders and most motor carriers. Only household goods carriers will be required by law to maintain Cargo Insurance. All other motor carriers and freight forwarders will no longer be required to maintain Cargo Insurance as…
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The National Association of Small Trucking Companies (NASTC) – http://www.nastc.com – recently named Freight Tec in their “Best Broker Directory” for 2010-2011. NASTC screens every one of these brokers by carrier payment policy, history, and recommendations they receive from other NASTC members. “We feel this group of brokers represents the top of the brokerage community…
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Excellent article we wanted to share from Truck’n HotNews, by Utah Trucking Association, June 21 – June 27, 2010 LAWS TO PROTECT CARRIERS FROM BAD BROKERS Senators Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) have introduced the “Motor Carrier Protection Act of 2010” (S 3483), in response to concerns about unscrupulous brokering practices that continually…
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In January of this year, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed a new rule that would set limits on who can trade futures in the oil market. The CFTC has rightly determined that the sudden increase of oil contract futures in Mid-2008 was caused by speculators who did not have a “legitimate commercial interest” in…
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Each of us are reminded daily that Customers Talk. If you do a great job, or a poor job, your customers will tell you – but probably won’t tell you to your face. They’ll tell you, by telling others. Here is an excellent quote from Jeffrey Gitomer: Customers talk…to their associates, friends, and neighbors. Here…
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The federal texting ban for commercial truck and bus drivers remains one of the strictest safety rules the Department of Transportation (DOT) has ever placed on the trucking industry. Since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) enacted this rule, texting behind the wheel of a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) has carried penalties as severe…
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Excellent article taken from Transport Topics, Aug. 11, 2009. Opinion: The Customer Service, Dispatch Dilemma – By Greg Shelton, Dispatch Consultant As the recession deepens, there is growing awareness in the transportation industry of the role dispatchers play in keeping third-party logistics firms and freight brokerages competitive, particularly in the areas where dispatch and customer…