Industry Information, Shipping to Canada
How the Canada/US Exchange Rate Effects Cross Border Transportation
Ever Wonder how the Canada/US Exchange Rate Effects Cross Border Transportation? The exchange rate between Canada and the United States has a huge impact on the balance of trade and truck traffic between Canada and the US. This article explains why.
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Why U.S. Freight is so different from Canadian Freight – 10 Part Series – Part 2
How Immigration Laws (Cabotage Rules) Affect Canada/US Transborder Logistics Can Canadian Freight Companies pick up and deliver in the US and then pick up another shipment enroute to Canada and then deliver in Canada? We get this question all the time. From a logistics perspective if the truck is travelling…
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Why U.S. Freight is so different from Canadian Freight – 10 Part Series – Part 1
How Geography affects Transportation Geography and geographic factors significantly affect freight patterns, particularly when you contrast U.S. freight with Canadian and transborder freight. Here are some of the geographic factors that affect transportation: Population Distribution In Canada, 80% of the population lives within an hour’s drive of the U.S. border….
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Best Practices, Freight Costs, Industry Information
Best Strategies for Reducing Freight Costs in Canada
When freight rate bids are yielding diminishing returns on savings, you’ve probably exhausted all the savings you’re going to derive from competition among carriers and transportation companies. At some point the carriers have gone as low as they can with their freight rates. So what now? You have to take cost out…
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Liquid Bulk Trailers: 101
At DSN Chemical Transportation we’ve been transporting chemicals for 25 years. The most often misunderstood and inquired about transportation service that we provide is our Bulk Transportation Service. There are many options available to ship different types of products in different types of equipment. Below, is a brief summary of…
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Announcement
DSN Chemical Transportation, is pleased to announce the addition of Frans des Tombe as Vice President. With over 25 years in the chemical industry, Frans brings extensive professional experience in Responsible Care®, Technical Service, Logistics, Supply Chain, Quality Systems, IT, Business and General Management and more recently Responsible Distribution®. With…
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HAZMAT Trucks Banned in Boston
Starting June 13, 2012 HAZMAT shipments will be banned from Boston during the hours of 6am and 8pm. Click here to read more
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DSN Learning about the Safety Train
DSN was at L.V. Lomas last week to learn about bulk rail transport of chemicals with the aid of the Safety Train hosted at L.V. Lomas’ site. You can learn more about the Safety Train at the CIAC website. Big thanks goes out to LV Lomas and Canadian Association of Chemical Distributors for arranging the tour.
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5 Incredible Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Carrier Fraud
1. It’s easy! A fraudulent carrier just has to show up at your dock and say, “hey, I’m here to pick up that load going to Texas”. If you don’t have controls in place, he gets loaded, drives away and you never see him again. You’re shipment is stolen and…
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How a Little Bit of Diligence in Carrier Selection Can Avoid Some Serious Problems.
In the event of a chemical spill, an accident, a cargo claim, or cargo theft, everyone goes looking for someone to blame. Don’t let that person be you. Make sure you have a tight policy on carrier selection and qualification and make sure you have clearly defined who can approve new transportation providers
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