Field notes
How the clocks work, and where the money goes when nobody is watching a particular box.
Drayage
Demurrage and per diem are two different charges, from two different clocks, assessed by parties with different tariffs. Most brokerages absorb both without ever seeing them on a load.
6 min read
Compliance
Authority, insurance, W9, and a human who signs their name to it. What each check actually proves, why double brokering is a total-cargo-loss risk, and why the paperwork goes to the FMCSA-registered address or nowhere.
7 min read
Finance
Chassis, storage, detention, per diem, dunnage, top chain, transloading, warehouse and the rest — what triggers each charge, where the number comes from, and why bill-to belongs on the charge rather than on the invoice.
7 min read
Drayage
Vessel, voyage, shipping line, place of delivery, container list, consignee and notify party — what each field on an arrival notice is for, which of them you should never trust, and how to split a notice covering several parties.
7 min read
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