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5 Things to Know About U.S.-Mexico Logistics

Talking Logistics

At a minimum, companies will need to be familiar with these most common documents: Bill of Lading (BOL) – A bill of lading is an essential document for any freight shipment. In Mexico, the basic Mexican import document is the pedimento de importacion. Bills of lading for U.S. Import /export form – In the U.S., Likewise, a U.S.

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Identity Theft, Trucking Style

Talking Logistics

One of the fastest growing forms of cargo theft is deceptive pick-ups (aka fictitious pick-ups). The fraud often includes paperwork such as insurance policies, fake driver’s licenses and other documents. . Significant fictitious pick-up activity has also been reported in Florida, Texas and New Jersey.

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AB5 Protests, US Foods Focuses on Scope 3 Emissions, UPS 2Q Results

Intelligent Audit

Inflated trucking costs have impacted the global supply chain on top of air and ocean cargo. All documents, live stream access, and future audio playback will be available at [link]. Dallas; Austin, Texas; San Jose, Calif.; UPS Healthcare Gets an Upgrade. from Last Year Consolidated Operating Profit of $3.5B, Up 8.5%

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The Legal Implications of Transport Visibility is NOT Good News for Truckers

NC State SCRC

What are the biggest concerns in times of claims, injury, and documentation of claims? To keep yourself in business, there are plaintiffs attorneys that are finding out what transportation is doing, and trying to find the big deep pockets to pay damages like the $281M damage awarded in Texas – because the smaller carrier won’t be able to pay.”

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This Week in Logistics News (June 25 – July 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

The deliveries will take place as part of a pilot that’s being conducted by Waymo and JB Hunt Transport Services to test out self-driving trucks along certain shipping routes in Texas.

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A Review of the Carmack Amendment

Intelligent Audit

According to the National Cargo Security Council, these issues result in an annual $50 billion in cargo losses. 14706 holds shippers, rather than carriers, responsible for cargo loss. . Volatile fuel prices, skyrocketing OS&D costs, and ongoing labor issues force logistics providers to do more with less.

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Heavy Haul, Oversize Freight Transportation – Case Studies

Freightera

Goal : Freightera was tasked to move 8 heavy, oversize refinery units from Houston, Texas to Toledo, Ohio, USA (over 1250 miles) and 10 flat-bed loads. Customer : Large US chemical and refinery services company. Industry : Chemical Processing, Oil & Gas. Each unit required an entire truck. A crane had to hoist the units over the truck.