Jul 12, 2022 | Container Drayage, Drayage, Economy, freight supply chain management, Government Actions, Logistics, logistics trucking services, Ports, Shipping, supply chain service company, supply chain services, Supply-Chain, Trucking, trucking company services
By Paul Benfer- I believe the potential for confusion is great once California moves forward with implementation. Due to the sheer number of owner-operators in California (70,000+) it’s just not plausible to believe it will not be a bumpy ride for at least some time....
Nov 1, 2021 | Container Drayage, Drayage, Economy, freight supply chain management, Government Actions, Logistics, logistics trucking services, Ports, service trucking company, Shipping, supply chain service company, supply chain services, Supply-Chain, Trucking, trucking company services, trucking services for hire
By Paul Benfer, Kinetic Supply-Chain Services – The announcement of a $100 daily fine at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will do nothing to aid the situation on the ground. And it’s not exclusively an issue in Southern California. Just about all of the...
Mar 8, 2021 | Economy, freight supply chain management, Government Actions, Logistics, logistics trucking services, Ports, Shipping, Trucking, trucking company services, trucking services for hire, Uncategorized
By Paul Benfer – The Protect the Right to Organize Act seeks to take California’s AB5 bill and make it a federal law by amending the National Labor Relations Act of 1947. What the sponsors are really seeking to do is continue their assault on small...
Sep 29, 2020 | Economy, freight supply chain management, Government Actions, Logistics, logistics trucking services, Trucking, trucking company services, trucking services for hire
By Paul Benfer – Perhaps I missed something, but when did a regulation demanding that owner-operators accept whatever rate a broker offered become law? When discussing 371.3 it is important to remember it was written in 1980 at the birth of trucking deregulation...
May 27, 2020 | Economy, freight supply chain management, Government Actions, service trucking company, trucking company services
Owner-operators seek DOT enforcement of broker regulations In difficult times throughout history, people and groups have singled out segments of society to affix blame for their tribulations. Right now, a small minority of owner-operators are singling out freight...
May 8, 2020 | Drayage, Logistics, LTL Transportation Services, service trucking company, trucking company services
Paul, I have to say – if the carriers accepted this they must have felt it would really never be applied. Honestly, either I don’t understand what the plan is, or I think the carriers just simply ignored the wording as something that would not change the...
