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Understanding the World of Freight Transportation: Seven Industry Terms You Need to Know
The world of freight transportation and oversized trucking can be a complicated one. Between protocols, shipping laws and industry jargon, maneuvering through the world of transportation logistics can seem overwhelming. That’s why our knowledgeable team at Osage Specialized Transport strives to do everything we can to make the process less complicated for our clients. We…
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Four Questions to Ask Your Freight Management Company
Unless you are in the business of planning and providing transportation for heavy equipment and machinery or goods, you may not be all too familiar with the term “freight management.” A company that provides freight management to its customers may take the lead on cargo logistics. It involves everything from controlling cost and inventory storage…
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‘Game-set-match’ for ELD mandate, time for truckers to consider compliance options
The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a death blow to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s legal challenge to the U.S. DOT’s electronic logging device mandate. With the high court’s rejection, the lawsuit will go no further. Though there are efforts underway to engage Congress on the issue, spearheaded in part by OOIDA, the issue is…
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The Secrets to Heavy Equipment Moving
Shipping oversized or heavy equipment can be intimidating if you don’t have the knowledge or ability to handle it on your own. Maybe it’s the tractor that needs to be hauled to an out-of-the-area facility for repair, or crane that cannot travel at freeway speeds on its own without becoming a road hazard. A skilled…
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10 Interesting Facts About Logistics That You Never Knew
The transportation and warehousing industry of the twentieth century has become the supply chain and logistics sector of the 2020s. Advances in active tracking, RFID inventory monitoring, and artificial intelligence have transformed the ways manufacturing sources parts and supplies, and who handles the logistics of making sure everything arrives where it is needed on time.…
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Bill to delay ELD mandate two years filed in House
A bill has been filed in the U.S. House to delay the compliance date of the federal government’s electronic logging device two years, to December 2019. The change, if enacted, would give owner-operators two additional years to switch from paper logs to an electronic logging device. The legislation was introduced Tuesday and referred to the…
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Top Four Qualities of a Heavy Haul Contractor
Heavy hauling is not for the faint of heart. When you’re transporting thousands of pounds of equipment, it’s essential that you use a skilled, experienced and reliable service. For heavy hauling services in Aurora, CO, the company you’ll want to work with is Osage Specialized Transport. We have over 40 years of experience in the…
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The Impacts of Transportation Management Technology
Computerization, interconnectivity and other technological advances have altered nearly every aspect of the global economy and our daily lives over the past two decades. Now, they are disrupting the way that the hauling transport service industry operates as well. Transportation management systems (TMS) allow logistics coordinators and business owners to ensure the timely, safe and…
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Solar Eclipse Restriction
Colorado Department of Transportation sent this bulletin at 08/15/2017 03:02 PM MDT Due to the increased mobility and safety concerns brought about by the upcoming Solar Eclipse, The Colorado Department of Transportation has decided to restrict all over size/ over weight travel North of Highway 50 from Kansas to Utah commencing from sundown Thursday August…
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The Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles on Logistics
Many experts are saying that we could be sharing the road with autonomous vehicles sooner than was previously anticipated. These driverless automobiles will revolutionize the personal transportation industry, and they will also drastically reshape the shipping world. Logistics companies with advanced freight management systems are already beginning to experiment with autonomous vehicle technology, and are…
