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Like what? I have been following this story closely, including talking to the reporter in El Paso who broke the story there. What "FAR more to this story" is there or might there be? Links to everything I have found on this story are here on my daily blog.

The news buzz on the Jabin Bogan story has gone quiet. He has been charged and continues to sit in a Mexico prison awaiting trial. The man has a six year old son. The boy's grandmother (Bogan's mother) and mother (Bogan's girlfriend) did not tell the boy for the first few days why dad had not...

Legislation is moving forward in two states (OH & PA) that makes it illegal to have hidden compartments in trucks, either in all circumstances or some circumstances depending on the language of the bill. The intent is to help make the world safer by denying hidden compartments to people who use...

Thank you for your kind words, peralpro. Our truck spec info and discussion is online here. They are not the specs to use on a KW but it will help you think your truck through bumper to bumper.

Of course you want to do everything possible to get it right the first time, call, Qualcomm, documentation and anything else. But even with your best efforts and those of the carrier things still go bad sometimes because the shipper messes up. We were once dispatched on a load of four skids...

Yep! Document, document, document. Make sure the piece count on the BOL matches the freight and the shipper signs. Then if a shortage or overage later devlops, it's not on you. We were once at a shipper where I loaded the freight with a pallet jack from a warehouse dock. The shipper said take...

True, but of these high-value loads, are not many of them of such high value that the carrier assumes only a limited risk and leaves the major part with the shipper? Or, is not insuarance purchased to transfer the financial risk to the insurance company? Also, with pharma loads, the high value...

I also have a one-truck expedite business. Diane and I were under load and busy with freight at the time. What does Continental Freight Brokers have to do with XPO?

Moot's mention of LTL reminds me that LTL can be used to return the container from the consignee. I see these things working best when the shipper of high value, temperature controlled freight is the owner or lessee of of the containers and has them stored on site or nearby. When one is...

Express-1 was purchased by Bradly Jacobs in September, 2011. The company today consists of the same three divisions it did before the buyout, though they are now organized under the XPO Logistics name. The subsidiary companies are: Express-1, Inc. (expedited surface transportation), Concert...

I'm not sure I get your point, Moose. As they do every quarter, XPO announced the revenue of its three divisions and other company information. Two of the three divisions showed an increase. As stated in the press release, the brokerage revenue increase was due to increased volume in one office...

Moose makes a very important point; one that all expediters should think deeply about.

I'm not comparing a repeat car thief to a CSA truck driver. I used the car thief example to illustrate that our justice system assigns lighter penalties to first time offenders and heavier penalties to repeat offenders. I then went on to contrast two truck drivers, one that starts with...

It seems to me that the three year multiplier has it exactly backwards. It works this way. Say you are cited for a violation worth five CSA points. The multiplier tripples that number on your record in the first year to make it 15. One year later, the multiplier is double for 10 points. The...

Traffic stops by unmarked police cars have been suspended according to this news piece. It is unclear from the article if the stops have been suspended in Tennessee only or in Mississippi also. Regardless, the killer remains at large and police continue to maintain the theory that the killer is...

Sylectus is not a load board. It is software that carriers use to share freight and trucks. Most of these carriers are carriers in their own right. They have their own customers. Sylectus comes into play when they have a truck but no freight, or freight but no truck. This article is about...

Expedite NOW article now online: The Effervescent Joy of Expedite CEO's

Notice that while I talked some about geopolitical developments, I brought the post back around to the individual expediter and what the developments may mean for his or her business. Posts that are pure politics without business applications to expediting belong in the soapbox forum.

I don't see owner-operators owning these units. When not in use they take up space in the truck that can be used for dry freight. A reefer truck would be a better option. It seems that shippers are the best ones to own the units and take repsonsibility for them. Set them up, seal them, and put...

ABC News: Mississippi Cops Warn Drivers About Stopping for Homicidal Fake Cop "Mississippi authorities are urging drivers to be wary when being pulled over by a police officer after two people were shot and killed by someone police think could be posing as a cop to get motorists to stop."...