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TIA adds VPs to enhance membership and government affairs

DAT Solutions

Before joining TIA, he worked as a staff member for Senator Max Baucus of Montana. Topics include Carrier Selection, Cargo Claims, Combating Fraud, Government Freight, and more. Sehestedt has been with TIA for five years. He, too, serves as staff liaison on several transportation policy committees. Benefits of TIA membership.

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Van and Reefer Operators Give Thanks for Rate Increases

DAT Solutions

Christmas trees are also ready for pickup, but experienced truckers will remind you to clean your trailer thoroughly after hauling trees, especially if you plan to follow with a load of food-grade cargo. Those other dark red areas on the Hot States map, in Montana and South Dakota, signal a shortage of trucks without a lot of available loads.

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‘Red Zone’ Trucking

Tailwind

This means that up to 20% of the capacity – in this case, cargo space – is not being utilized at any given moment. And while the Joe Montanas, Tom Bradys and Peyton Mannings of the world have risen to the occasion, I am not sure that we in the trucking and freight transportation industries have risen to the challenge just yet.

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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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