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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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A great alternative to consider when trying to reduce overall transportation costs is rail. A rail provider can come to your facility and pick up your load just
like a truckload carrier. The difference is for the line haul portion of trip, your shipment is moving via rail road.
The down side of using rail is that [...]
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HAVING AN EQUALIZED “FREE FREIGHT” PROGRAM KILLS PROFITS, SO CHANGE IT
It’s common for shippers to have an equalized free freight program. What I mean by equalized freight program I am talking about offering “free freight” to customers who purchase a certain amount of volume of goods, regardless of their geographical location. The problem is transportation [...]
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This post is going to be short, sweet and to the point. I love what a good freight audit company can do for a shipper! These firms usually can process invoices way more effectively than a shipper can on their own. In addition, some of these firms can output metrics and business intelligence that can [...]
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One question I get a lot is about the time frame in which a carrier has to invoice a shipper. Shippers get surprised when a freight invoice pops up twelve months after a shipment was executed and they feel there might be some clause that gets them off the hook. Well, I’m here to burst [...]
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