LTL pricing and costing have always been enigmatic activities. Freight comes in a variety of shapes and sizes. The freight mix is always changing. An 87-year-old system determines rates by assigning a numeric classification–from 50 to 500–to all LTL shipments. There are 18 product categories to sort through. In an...
Common carrier means what for US railroads?
When a freight railroad in the United States contracts with a rail shipper of bulk commodities to transport products, the railroad is bound by federal law. The federal code is known as the common carrier responsibility. According to the definition of common carrier obligation, "a rail carrier providing transportation or...
October data incident may have jeopardized customer information, says C.R. England.
C.R. England, a truckload carrier, alerted clients this week that their personal information may have been stolen in a data breach that happened last October. A C.R. England spokeswoman acknowledged the letter, which stated that the corporation had been the victim of "unauthorized activity" in its systems on October 30,...