Archive for the ‘Compliance’ Category
Maximizing Driver Hours: Individualized Sleep Planning and Appointments
Posted on April 13th, 2018Now that drivers are on their Electronic Logging Devices and no longer have the flexibility that paper logs once gave, drivers are realizing how strict the Hours-of-Service rules are now that violations pop up instantaneously when they happen. We’re talking about going into violation right down to the second one occurs! What this […]
ELD Mandate in Full Swing on April 1st – Get Ready!
Posted on March 30th, 2018Wait for it… ELD Mandate in full swing starting on Sunday, April 1st, 2018! Let’s hope this is just a cruel April Fool’s Day joke played on us by our government. If it isn’t… What’s going to happen? Fleets that run without ELDs installed and put into use will be issued […]
Due Diligence for 3PLs in Choosing a Qualified Carrier
Posted on March 16th, 2018Looking back to a Blog post we shared back in 2012, we have an update on how choosing an unqualified carrier could leave a 3rd Party Logistics (3PL) company responsible for carrier actions. That case had to do with double brokering, but this case had to do directly with the 3PL that […]
Temperature Controlled Freight – Reefer Settings
Posted on February 23rd, 2018How complicated can a temperature controlled reefer be? Isn’t it just a trailer that runs like a refrigerator? Image: Utility 3000R with Thermo King S-600 Reefer Unit True, to a certain degree. There are a lot of variables when it comes to a refrigerator that moves through different weather, varying temperatures […]
How the ELD Mandate Affects Your Driver
Posted on January 12th, 2018Most of us working in an industry where physical products and materials are moved know that the Electronic Log Device Mandate is affecting fleets across the nation in some way, but aren’t quite sure exactly how. The general feeling is that drivers should not drive past their limits, and we are […]
Four Responsibilities of a Good Freight Broker
Posted on February 15th, 2012There are a staggering amount of Third Party Logistics and freight brokers in the domestic United States. Last we checked there were over 16,000 freight brokers in the continental U.S. They range from a wide variety of people, from stay-at-home parents working part time, the small broker or brokerage house who […]