Kinetic Supply-Chain Services

06/19/2019

https://kineticsupplychain.com/nmfc-commodity-classification-standards-board-eliminates-item-171-the-bump-rule/

By Paul Benfer, Kinetic Supply-Chain Services, LLC At their meeting on June 11th, the CCSB elected to eliminate Item 171. Known as the bump or class bumping rule, Item 171 allowed a shipper to artificially increase the density of a shipment to lower the class. The net result of the elimination of th...

02/27/2019

By Paul Benfer – Managing Partner, Kinetic Supply-Chain Services In the past year I reviewed thirteen hundred and seventy-six (1,376) carrier adjusted invoices for one client. Close to thirty (30) percent of those adjustments were rescinded or reduced by the LTL carriers. How did I get the LTL car...

10/03/2018

https://kineticsupplychain.com/defend-yourself-against-improper-ltl-carrier-freight-charge-adjustments/

By Paul Benfer, Kinetic Supply-Chain Services, LLC – In my role as a third-party logistics provider I administer customer LTL programs in the United States and Canada. My company is also an agent for one of the larger web-based LTL transportation management system (TMS) providers. LTL freight is t...

06/15/2018

http://kineticsupplychain.com/ups-reserves-125-tesla-semis-the-biggest-order-of-the-new-electric-trucks-to-date/

By Lauren Thomas – CNBC – United Parcel Service just became Tesla’s biggest Semi-truck customer to date. The delivery service and logistics provider announced Tuesday morning its …

06/14/2018

http://kineticsupplychain.com/if-you-manufacture-chemicals-outside-the-u-s-outsourcing-container-drayage-might-be-right-for-you/

By Paul Benfer – Kinetic Supply-Chain Services – As a chemical manufacturer that imports containers, you are always running to meet client delivery requirements. You take measures to r…

06/12/2018

http://kineticsupplychain.com/nj-legislators-to-vote-on-waterfront-commission-exit/

BY Mark Edward Nero – American Shipper – A years-long drive by New Jersey lawmakers to pull the state out of a six-decade-old agency that fights organized crime and racketeering on t…

06/11/2018

BY MARK EDWARD NERO-Amercian Shipper Managing members of the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), a marine cargo operating partnership of the ports of Tacoma and Seattle, voted Tuesday to update t…

05/14/2018

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02/09/2018

NWSA Approves Clean Truck Program Despite Trucker Opposition
by Paul Benfer

Managing members of the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), a marine cargo operating partnership of the ports of Tacoma and Seattle, voted Tuesday to update the Clean Truck Program, requiring trucks, as of April 1, to either have a 2007 or newer engine or equivalent retrofit, or receive a pass that allows access to the international container terminals until owners receive compliant trucks - no later than Dec. 31, 2018, the NWSA said.
In addition, the plan states that the 2007 engine model standard is to remain in place until at least 2025, meaning that truckers will have at least seven years before they’ll be required to upgrade their rigs again.

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BY MARK EDWARD NERO-Amercian Shipper Managing members of the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), a marine cargo operating partnership of the ports of Tacoma and Seattle, voted Tuesday to update the...