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Cutting Motor Carrier Costs, One Line Item at a Time

DAT Solutions

For example, insurance on my truck and trailer, plus $100,000 in cargo insurance, came to $6,209 together in 2017. Chad Boblett is the owner and driver of Boblett Brothers Trucking of Lexington, KY. One of easiest ways to cut cost is to look at each line item of expense and start writing down all the ways you could lower it.

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My Worst Load Ever: Hauling Oregon Potato Chips to Texas

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The cargo was bagged potato chips. Chad Boblett is the owner and driver of Boblett Brothers Trucking of Lexington, KY. Chad also founded the Rate Per Mile Masters group on Facebook, a communications hub for more than 13,000 members, including owner-operators, truck drivers, and other transportation and logistics pros.

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Rules and Regulations for Cargo Moving

American Global Logistics

SUBSTITUTED SERVICE (ALTERNATE PORT SERVICE) This provision shall govern the transfer of cargo by trucking or other means of transportation at the expense of the Carrier. Rates that are ramp or CY at origin apply from the inland rail carriers ramp at the place of receipt of the cargo by Carrier. Dangerous/Hazardous Cargo, N.O.S.,

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