greg334
Veteran Expediter
Just a bit of advice;
a lot of times a shipper will not have the proper placard for a hazmat shipment, which means that the company will sometimes ask you to get them and charge back the customer. I had a couple shipments like that the last few weeks and an EO lurker had one that no one else could take because of the placard needed isn't sold at any truck stops.
Now many will say the shipper has to provide it but it is a give and take in this business, like his load last night was coming from Mexico via charter plane (yes they chartered a plane just for four pallets of parts) and going to a manufacturing plant only 15 miles away from the airport, the company didn't have a choice but to offer $30 a mile (yes you read right) for that load because of the problem with the placards ... so far he is on his fourth load for this customer since yesterday and has two more tomorrow, which isn't bad all because he did what I advised him to do - order a five plastic placards for odd loads, like Misc Hazmat and 5.2 and keep them just in case. In his case, and in mine for that matter, the $40 we both invested has paid off a number of times.
Remember it is sometimes the little things that you can prepare for so what you can do for that customer that makes money.
a lot of times a shipper will not have the proper placard for a hazmat shipment, which means that the company will sometimes ask you to get them and charge back the customer. I had a couple shipments like that the last few weeks and an EO lurker had one that no one else could take because of the placard needed isn't sold at any truck stops.
Now many will say the shipper has to provide it but it is a give and take in this business, like his load last night was coming from Mexico via charter plane (yes they chartered a plane just for four pallets of parts) and going to a manufacturing plant only 15 miles away from the airport, the company didn't have a choice but to offer $30 a mile (yes you read right) for that load because of the problem with the placards ... so far he is on his fourth load for this customer since yesterday and has two more tomorrow, which isn't bad all because he did what I advised him to do - order a five plastic placards for odd loads, like Misc Hazmat and 5.2 and keep them just in case. In his case, and in mine for that matter, the $40 we both invested has paid off a number of times.
Remember it is sometimes the little things that you can prepare for so what you can do for that customer that makes money.
