Does your business specialize in shipping items domestically or internationally? If so, you should have a cargo insurance policy in place to protect your shipments in the event they are ever damaged or lost. Cargo insurance can give you coverage from everything from minor accidents to natural disasters and even acts of war. There are… Read more »
Does My Business Need Cargo Insurance?
Does a large portion of your business rely on cargo shipping? If so, there’s a pretty good chance you would benefit greatly from investing in cargo insurance. In the event of an accident or a misplaced shipment, you would be covered. Some companies have trouble deciding if they really need cargo insurance, though. Here are… Read more »
Lost Cargo Containers
Cargo insurance folks like me, and those quoting us, cite the number 10,000 containers a year are lost overboard from ocean going container ships. Of course we would. We sell cargo insurance for ocean, ground, and air cargo shipments. It is in our best interests to present the highest number named out there for container losses at sea…. Read more »
The Benefits of Logistics Insurance
If you work in the shipping business, then you understand exactly how stressful it can be to worry about large shipments reaching their final destination unscathed. A company like TJO Cargo Insurance can take this burden off your plate and allow you to breathe easy thanks to the cargo insurance policies we have available. Logistics… Read more »
Truck Brokering by Microsoft, Amazon and Uber?
I love freight brokers. I didn’t fully appreciate the role of good domestic freight brokers until I started working for one in the late 1990’s. It was then I realized shippers and truckers played a continuous game similar to ‘Marco Polo’. If you are not familiar, Marco Polo is a children’s game typically played in a swimming pool… Read more »
The Importance of Cargo Insurance
Many things can go wrong aboard an oceangoing vessel. There could be terrible storms with gigantic waves washing over the ship’s decks, flooding cargo bays. Mechanical failures and fires could occur. And, gasp, even modern day pirates could try and come aboard and steal stuff. It can be dangerous out there on the high seas,… Read more »
ELD Fallout for 2018
The front door of my home has locks on it. The locks are not there to protect me from 95% of the people who would never dream of walking through my front door with ill intentions. The locks are there with the small fraction in mind that would walk through my front door with less than honorable… Read more »