The Many Freight Classes of Machinery

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Machinery: Machinery can be classified as a single unit or the parts of a machine collectively. Machinery is used to make anything from boxes to bottles or they can be used on a farm to harvest and pick the food that we find at our local supermarket. Machinery can be used to assemble finished goods […]

The importance of a professional 3PL-Part 1

Freight Shipping Throughout Florida

When growing your small business there will be many aspects that will require your attention. You will soon find that shipping, receiving and all around logistics will be an integral part of your day to day operations. You will have many interactions with LTL and truckload service providers making it cumbersome and time consuming for […]

What Is Intermodal And Who Uses It

What Is Intermodal? By definition intermodal is the combination of more than one mode of cargo freight handling. The full spectrum of intermodal includes shipping by ship, railroad and over the road truck. Today we will focus on the rail to over the road transport. When shipping a full truckload via the rail the journey […]

Rail vs Trucking 2013

The use of intermodal rail in the United States and Canada has been on a steady increase as shippers and manufacturers are finding that competing full load trucking rates are not going to be coming down anytime soon if at all. It seems like the term cheap freight is a thing of the past says […]

Canada and US Trade Increase

Trucking data seems to indicate that US exports to Canada via the use of over the road trucks (OTR) for full truckload shipments to Canada has increased by almost 2% between July of 2012 and July of 2013. At the same time the use of intermodal rail for full truckloads shipments between the US and […]

The importance of knowing the freight class for your shipment

Most new businesses will inevitably need to ship their product sooner or later. If they have never shipped by motor freight cargo truck they will soon find that there are important variables that they must know before shipping their product that can drastically affect their pricing. There are of course obvious things such as the […]

Rail as an alternative to over the road shipping

Shipping via rail is a great alternative when truck capacity is tight such as is the case in Florida, Texas and California every year when produce season rolls around. Another fact that may not be known to shippers who are new to shipping via rail is that intermodal shipping is very efficient considering that the […]

Will modest economic growth be thwarted with the new HOS rules?

Is a major economic slowdown coming this summer? Even though the economy and freight markets reflect modest growth. Transportation cost are rising and the new regulations going into effect later this year will cause a major shortage in the trucking industry. The FTR is expecting the Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) reading to drop another five […]

LTL freight quotes and your liability coverage

There are many sites online that offer freight quotes for LTL or less than truckload shipping. Sometimes there are big differences in the shipping quotes that you may receive. LTL freight quotes will vary depending on a few factors including the freight class and or if any additional services are required such as lift gates […]

Truck deficits expected in Florida this produce season.

Last week Florida’s agricultural industry avoided catastrophic freezing temperatures.  Regardless of the near miss there will be less truck loads available this year. Even though last weekend Florida had low temperature the citrus crops were not damaged. Florida is the leading supplier of oranges to the world. The forecast for this produce season will see […]