I have recently written here about some of the perils associated with NMFTA’s “New” Uniform Standard Bill of Lading (“USBOL”) [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/just-say-nmftas-new-uniform-straight-bill-lading-paul-stewart…AND…www.linkedin.com/pulse/shippers-3pls-brokers-lets-face-some-ugly-facts-nmftas-paul-stewart?trk=hp-feed-article-title]. Among many new provisions of the USBOL, major concerns include changes in well established statutory and case law with regard to the motor carrier’s duty of
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Read more →As I stated in a prior article (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/just-say-nmftas-new-uniform-straight-bill-lading-paul-stewart), NMFTA’s New Uniform Straight Bill of Lading (“USBOL”) is now allowed by the Surface Transportation Board (STB), and inevitably thousands of loads are moving under its terms and conditions. Many of those terms and conditions include changes in well
Read more →The current version of the Uniform Straight Bill of Lading (for purpose of distinction to be referred to herein as the “Old” USBOL), and all its terms and conditions, have not been changed in approximately 20 years. However, recently the Surface Transportation Board (STB) ruled to allow
Read more →In a previous post of March 23, 2016, I suggested that many rail and motor carriers are perhaps improperly avoiding full liability for cargo claims by referring to “filed tariffs” and published “rules”, known only to them. I refer you to that post for a more thorough
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Read more →Efforts at collaborative logistics partnerships are said, generally, to be successful in only 2 out of 10 serious efforts. Very few business ventures have had more analysis as to why such a concept based squarely on win-win business philosophy so often fails. A plethora of studies and
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