As October 1 approaches, most supply chain eyes will be turned toward Washington to see what Congress does about the transportation spending bill scheduled to expire on that date. By now, most of us are aware of our deteriorating infrastructure and the billions of dollars it will take to bring highways and bridges up to […]

The June issue of Maxim magazine ran an ad placed by a San Antonio law firm which had a picture of the front of an over the road tractor with the tagline, “Serial Killer”. Below the photo the ad stated “3561 people died on America’s highways last year. Another 2.36 million were injured. You need […]

  For several decades the rates for less than truckload shipments have been based on “classes” published in the National Motor Freight Classification. There are 18 of these classes, ranging from Class 50, the lowest rates to Class 500 which are the highest. In 1983, the Interstate Commerce Commission mandated that these classes should be […]