Motor carrier safety is a cause for concern for many shippers and reasonably so. The freight that you are shipping is the heart of your business, and you need to ensure its safe arrival. We understand this fully, and that is why we keep up to date records on all of the carriers that […]
Here are a few important questions to consider pertaining to carrier payments: “What happens if pay my logistics company and they don’t pay the carrier can they come after me?” The short answer to this question is yes. A carrier can go after the shipper/consignee if the logistics company does not pay the carrier. Often […]
A new pilot program has been put in place by the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) that would allow carriers to have non-preventable crashes removed from their record. (So if they are at a light and are hit from behind by someone too distracted with Pokémon Go this will be removed from this crash […]
On July 14, 2016, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) issued Supplement 2 to NMF 100-AP, which became effective August 13,2016. The biggest impact the addition of Supplement 2 are the modifications to the Uniform Bill of Lading (UBOL), specifically the terms and conditions. These changes will greatly impact proof of liability as well […]
OOIDA (Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association) asked on Oct 18th that the House Appropriations committee to remove the specific language for an upcoming bill that would then require a final decision to mandate speed limiters. This all started back in August when the Department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration […]
The NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) and FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) is providing more details on its reasoning for extending the comment period (again) on the proposed speed limiter legislation. The FMCSA reported that the request from OOIDA (Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association), EMA (Engine Manufacturer’s Association) came in ad had requested more […]
As reported in recent PNG Logistics Blog posts, on July 14, 2016, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) issued a supplement to the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) to become effective on August 13, 2016. The supplement was to publish a revised Uniform Straight Bill of Lading. These recent changes, approved by the NMFTA, […]
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) announced in August that it will begin enforcing the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate requirements on December 18, 2017. However, the out-of-service criteria (OOS) associated with the ELD mandate will not go into effect until April 1, 2018. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) congressionally mandated ELD compliance […]
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