Trucking Term of the Day...LTL

LTL (Less then Truckload): A quantity of freight less than the full trailer load.  Historically this defines shipments between 100 and 10,000 pounds, although by today's standards, anything less than 30,000 pounds can be classified as LTL.

Cal Ocean Trucking will ship your next LTL load for a reasonable cost.  Recurring or one time only shipments are OK.  Contact dispatch@calocean.com for more information!

LET US CARRY YOUR FREIGHT TO LAS VEGAS OR PHOENIX

Cal Ocean Trucking can carry your freight between Los Angeles and Las Vegas or Phoenix.  Although we specialize in refrigerated loads, dry loads are also available.  Let us move your freight safely and on time. Satisfaction is guaranteed.

Contact Cal Ocean Trucking at dispatch@calocean.com or call us: 310-678-8067 today for more information and a quote!

American Association of Port Authorities wants congress to approve new WRDA bill

According to the Journal of Commerce, The AAPA wants a WDRA (Water Resources Development Act) bill that would require all harbor maintenance tax revenue to be spent on dredging, that would streamline the permitting process, and that would create a way to identify and advance needed projects in the absence of congressional rearmarks (the last WRDA that passed was in 2007). The Port Authority has spent close to $2.3 billion on their infrastructure since 2001.

 Read the whole story at joc.com

Truck Rollover crashes: How & why?

How do large semi-trucks lose control and how can these accidents be prevented? According to the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, "When a truck travels along a curved path, centrifugal force causes it to lean away from the direction of the curve. The result can be a “rollover” in which the truck overturns. Tractor-trailers are particularly vulnerable because of the trailer’s high center of gravity and frequently unstable loads."

Some more factors that could possibly contribute to these rollover accidents are, the driver's lack of staying awake, paying attention, steering, and distraction. Rollovers are the "deadliest crashes, occurring with particular frequency on freeway ramps and inclines and suggested the use of sensor activated warning signs that detect unsafe approaches."

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T. Boone Pickens and the need for energy independence

On Wednesday, at a Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference in Dallas, T. Boone Pickens voiced his support for the need for being energy independent. Pickens addressed the concerns for natural gas and the costs that could be high, but well worth it in the long run. Pickens went on to say,"We import millions of barrels of oil a day from OPEC and some of the money we spend on that oil eventually gets to terrorist organizations." 

"While Pickens said he strongly supports a national energy policy or even a North American Oil and Gas Alliance with Canada and Mexico, he spoke out against involving the government in actually building the country’s natural gas fueling infrastructure."

Read the entire story at Fleetowner.com