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The Standard Carrier Alpha Code ( SCAC) is a privately controlled US code used to identify vessel operating common carriers (VOCC). It is typically two to four letters long. The National Motor Freight Traffic Association developed the SCAC code in the 1960s to help road transport companies computerize data and records. [1]
Arkansas-Best changed its name to ABF Freight System Inc. in 1980 [7] and, by 1981, was the eighth largest trucking company in the US operating 106 terminals. [6] It acquired East Texas Motor Freight Lines, a subsidiary of Bright Industries Inc., in 1982, a move which added 44 new terminal cities increasing ABF's reach to a total of 158, [9 ...
The National Motor Freight Classification ( NMFC) is a North American voluntary standard that provides a comparison of commodities moving in interstate, intrastate and international commerce via freight shipment. The standard is developed and maintained by the Freight Classification Development Council (FCDC) and published by the National Motor ...
Top 25 water ports by tonnage. This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. Ports in the United States handle a wide variety of goods that are critical to the global economy, including petroleum, grain, steel, automobiles, and containerized goods.
Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Website. www .nmfta .org. The National Motor Freight Traffic Association ( NMFTA) is an American nonprofit membership organization headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. Its members are interstate, intrastate and international less-than-truckload (LTL) motor carriers. The association was established in 1956.
The California excise tax on gasoline as of mid-2011 is 35.7 cents per gallon for motor fuel plus a 2.25% sales and use tax, 13 cents per gallon for diesel plus a 9.12% sales and use tax. The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration provides an online list of sales taxes in the local communities of the state.
The Standard Point Location Code® (SPLC™) is a 9 digit geographic code used by North American transportation industries, especially rail. SPLC is owned and maintained by the National Motor Freight Traffic Association. [1] SPLC exist for terminals within the United States, Canada, and Mexico. For the US and Canada, the first two digits refer ...
This information would be used to set freight shipping rates. Motor Carrier Act of 1935. In 1935, Congress passed the Motor Carrier Act, which amended the Interstate Commerce Act to regulate bus lines and trucking as common carriers. Later amendments. Congress enacted simplifying and reorganizing amendments in 1978, 1983 and 1994.