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Internet Truckstop’s 15th anniversary

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Owner operator trucking professionals that have been using the freight matching services of Internet Truckstop in the first 15 years the firms has been servicing the freight shipping industry of the United States of America will likely be celebrating the company’s 15th anniversary this month. Internet Truckstop is planning on celebrating this historic moment in the company’s history by moving into a new 65,000 square foot office building located in downtown New Plymouth, Idaho in July. They plan on holding an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony on July 24 for interested Americans and trucking company professionals and we can expect a freight forwarder or two that’s use to providing customers with a great freight quote rather than taking part in a party to be on hand. Interested Americans will certainly be welcome to drop by and talk to friendly folks dedicated to the transport trucking industry. Stop by and say hello and check out Internet Truckstop’s new facility and take a look at what the company is planning for the future.

Sources around the roro and ltl freight shipping industry report that Internet Truckstop currently serves about 140,000 customers across the continent, markets about 16 products with which it serves the needs of the long haul industry of the United States of America. That since its beginning in 1995 Internet Truckstop has spun-off six additional business and is currently actively involved in the local community of New Plymouth, Idaho through its association with various government and community entities, and is the biggest Internet based freight matching service in the freight shipping industry of America. Not to bad for a humble company that was founded on family values, honorable ethics and teamwork.

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Heavy Haul Loads Over 120,000 Pounds Prohibited

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Heavy haul professionals pulling loads over 120,000 pounds, such as military or farm machinery, are prohibited at present from traveling across the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge, which takes long haul loads over the Little Miami River, along Interstate 71 near Lebanon in Southwest Ohio, at present. The Jeremiah Morrow Bridge is still the tallest bridge in Ohio, but according to sources around the freight trucking industry is starting to show the deterioration of years and years of use, and is unsafe enough that there might be some freight shipping professionals that drive across the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge thinking that they need to replace this bridge. In fact, many professionals in the business of transporting roro and ltl freight have pointed out that the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge is similar in age and construction design to the Interstate 35W bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis, killing 13 Americans and injuring 145 others. In addition, to the fact that the idea to replace the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge seemed to arrive at about the time of the Interstate 35W bridge, which has made a few think a bit.

The good news for any trucking company that needs to use the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge is that they expect to start construction Monday on a $88 million project to replace the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge. The replacement of the bridge is apparently on the fast-track to construction, now that the structure has reached the end of its projected 50-year life span, according to sources at the Ohio Department of Transport. This is great news for the freight forwarder providing the customer with a great freight quote working for any trucking company that needs to use the planned replacement bridge to conduct freight shipping activities in the days ahead and welcome news for the freight trucking industry of Ohio and the United States of America.

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Eliminate Piracy on the High Seas?, Ocean freight

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Transporting ocean freight is going to become a much more dangerous business in the years ahead. If you look at the increasing number of attacks by pirates upon vessels on an increasing number of bodies of water in the past few years, the trend can be seen in the numbers.

Ships are expensive pieces of equipment that are usually insured to the hilt. Even a smaller vessel represents a significant investment of resources. For thieves interested in making the greatest profit for the least effort, the opportunity to take over a ship and its cargo and ransoming them or selling them to the highest bidder, is a tempting and often convenient sin.

Just a few years ago attacks by pirates were mainly on the South China Sea and along the coastlines of Indonesia. In the past few years pirates have heard the call of ‘go west young pirate, go west’, as pirates have started to carry out their business in more westerly locations.

Removing the threat of piracy is going to be a difficult task because of the economic situation in the areas of the world in which piracy exists. The reason these individuals are relying on piracy in the first place is because it’s often one of the few jobs that has a high return for little effort that’s available in the geographical regions in which the individuals live. Until we address the economic situation of the regions in which piracy exists, we’re unlikely to have much of an affect on the levels of piracy in these regions.

The growth of pirate regions like Somalia is going to increase in certain regions of the world in the years ahead, unless we can address the economic situation of the regions and provide other opportunities that are less dangerous than piracy for those who probably feel they have no choice.

We could go the military route, but this would at best be a short-lived solution, as new pirate groups would surely emerge to take the place of those eliminated. There’s a new generation of pirates being born in these regions every week. The only real solution would be to enhance the economic opportunities for individuals in the regions of the world where piracy exists.

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