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I wanted to give a word of advice to shippers out there they may be using a freight carrier who is on shaky financial ground. If you are shipping with a freight carrier (I don’t want to say any names) who happens to be having a fire sale of assets, is facing a dilution of [...]
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In an effort to keep our roads safe from sleepy truck drivers the US Government is making changes to the hours of service rules. On December 22, 2011 the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced regulations that mandate a new limit on the hours per week truck drivers can [...]
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I am going to cut to the chase; the secret to combating a capacity trucking market is…(drum roll please)…LEAD TIMES! End of article. Thank you for bringing the potato salad! We’ll see you again at the 4th of July picnic!
Okay, okay, okay! I’ll give you a little more but I am still going to keep [...]
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Fourteen days ago I wrote of a sort warning in an article on my blog that most major less-than-truckload carriers were getting ready to take a general rate increase (GRI). So now, two weeks later, I am announcing the exact dates and percentage increases the big LTL carriers are going to, or already have, enforce [...]
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In a recent letter, YRC braced its customers for a general rate increase of 5.9% that would be issued is late September. This will likely have the domino affect to the rest of the LTL carriers out there. I am not opposed at all to businesses taking increases. A small increase is justified with health [...]
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