Articles and Books by David Dwinell

The following posts contain articles and books written by David Dwinell:

An opinion regarding Senate Bill S 3483; requiring all motor carriers who want to hire another carrier to become a trained License Property Broker with a $100,000 Surety Bond.

Owner/Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) and the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) have joined forces to create legislation to require motor carriers to obtain a Broker’s License in [...]

In reference to the article headlined “TIA Says Customs to Expedite Request for Logistics Firms to Join C-TPAT”, I believe the Transportation Intermediaries Association should solve the problem of “double-brokering” before trying to convince regulators to allow third-party logistics providers to join Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism.

There have been calls for re-regulating transportation by testing applicants for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration operating authorities and broker licenses. Doing that would accomplish nothing. Such authorities and broker licenses are issued on a “fitness only” basis and bar only felons. About 90% of all brokers and their agents are motor carriers with operating authorities.

With the implementation of CSA 2010 — the Comprehensive Safety Analysis program created by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to replace the old SafeStat system — the government seeks to provide performance criteria that favor the biggest carriers and discriminate against the smallest.

I have been a contributor to the transportation industry since 1959 and am still amazed by the level of dis and mis information circulating about America’s trucking industry. In the 60’s, when a need for transportation innovation and solutions, transportation leadership stepped to the implementation plate, whereas today, we have outside organizations who don’t understand [...]

Shippers and Receivers of goods in Interstate Commerce are required by Public Law 104-88 Statute 14103 “SHIPPERS RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSISTING” to assist drivers in loading and unloading and pay for it. Coercion of a Driver in loading and unloading is UNLAWFUL and subject to the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Act of 1932.

I read the article “TIA, NITL Agree on Shipper-Broker Intermodal Model Contract” (11-27, p. 11) and was particularly concerned about the positive positions taken by the American Trucking Associations and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association on increasing broker bonds.

Why is legislation needed for brokers to divulge their commission? (“Brokers Brace to Fight Potential Legislation Requiring Them to Post Load-by-Load Profits,” 11-24, p. 2.)