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Howâs a 21-hour wait to unload at 21 below sound?
Think your customer might tell you the delivery location is going to close with the weather? Think again ⌠Also: Port of Baltimore container haulers picket over wait times at Seagirt terminal; âslow rollâ press attention-grabber last weekend drew several dozen haulers and others in Illinois.
January 31, 2019
Business
Spot market update: If youâre following the demand, âGo west, young manâ
âThe whole West Coast is showing good freight and rising rates,â notes DATâs Ken Harper, particularly in van/reefer segments. âL.A.-Long Beach was driven by the Hanjin debacle,â the abrupt bankruptcy of the Hanjin ocean shipping company, but Northern California and the Northwest are showing improvement as well.
September 29, 2016
Business
âHotshot on steroidsâ: Straight Forward Transportation of Ohio
Sue and Kevin Nelsonâs 2012 single-drive-axle Freightliner Columbia is Straight Forward Transportationâs âhotshot on steroids,â says Sue Nelson, acquired to augment a business founded the non-dually drive axle of a Ford F250 pickup, still in operation.
December 4, 2014
Voices
More than an office: Other novel uses for shipping containers
Readers offer different ideas for ways to repurpose intermodal shipping containers in building projects.
December 12, 2012
Voices
Making the most of idle time with uncompensated detention solutions
Readers voices views on the issue of uncompensated detention time at shipper and receiver facilities, an agreed-upon top problem for driver and owner-operators today.
November 7, 2012
Channel 19
Could EOBRs solve the detention dilemma?
EOBRs can give owner-operators a powerful tool when dealing with customers and the shipping/receiving facilities relative to detention time. Given that stopped time and location is easily retrievable with the systems, operators now have ready-made documentation to prove detention time to the shipper, beyond just driversâ word.
May 4, 2012
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