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What is Expediting?
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Just What is Expediting Anyway?
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What's the Difference Between Trucking and Expediting?
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What is the Expediter's Employment Status?
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Does this Require a Commercial Driver's License?
1. Just What is Expediting Anyway?
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Expediting usually refers to the transportation of time-sensitive critical freight, which is often delivered on a just-in-time basis. Examples of expedited freight would include shipments to automotive plants which have eliminated the need to inventory many production parts, delivery of medical equipment on an emergency basis, in short, any freight that has to be picked up now and delivered non-stop ASAP. - Updated:
October 28, 2005
2. What's the Difference Between Trucking and Expediting?
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Conventional trucking usually involves trailer load shipments delivered regionally or nationally, often with multiple delivery stops. The freight is not normally time-critical.
Expediting is extremely time-sensitive in nature, ranging in size from an envelope to a full trailer load of automotive parts. The load can travel from one end of town to the other or across the country, usually on a non-stop basis - Updated:
January 31, 2004
3. What is the Expediter's Employment Status?
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The Owner/Operators and Drivers in expediting are considered by the IRS and expediting companies to be independent contractors operating their own privately-owned businesses and who lease their equipment to the expediting company. A driver working for the O/O is considered to be a sub-contractor.
The exceptions would include the few expediting companies utilizing company drivers who are employees of that company. - Updated:
October 28, 2005
4. Does this Require a Commercial Driver's License?
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In most cases, yes. A C, B or A class CDL is required by law and the majority of carriers(expediting companies)depending upon the size of truck. Many of the companies also require a Hazardous Material Endorsement as well.
A CDL holder may also be subject to random drug/alcohol testing. - Updated:
October 28, 2005
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