All posts
- In-bond freight: IT, T&E and IE, and who carries the liability — What IT, T&E and IE actually mean, the 30-day clock, electronic arrival reporting, and why only a bonded carrier can move the container.
- Crossing into Canada: PARS, PAPS and the one-hour rule — ACE and ACI eManifest, what PARS and PAPS barcodes actually do, the one-hour filing rule, and the paperwork that turns a truck back at Blaine.
- RGN, step deck or flatbed: picking the deck before you measure twice — Deck heights, the height a load can actually be, and how each trailer loads. A practical way to choose between flatbed, step deck and RGN.
- Oversize in Washington: what triggers a permit, and what triggers escorts — The dimensions that require a WSDOT permit, what a legal escort vehicle is, the operator certificate, and the travel hours oversize loads are held to.
- Lithium batteries by truck: UN3480, UN3481 and what ground transport actually requires — The difference between UN3480 and UN3481, why the 30 percent state-of-charge rule is an air rule, and what a Class 9 battery load needs on the road.
- Hazmat placards: Table 1, Table 2 and the 1,001-pound rule — Why some hazmat needs a placard at one pound and some at 1,001, when the DANGEROUS placard is allowed, and what stops a placarded box at the gate.
- Liftgate, residential and limited access: what the delivery site costs you — What triggers a liftgate, residential or limited-access charge, why they stack, and the four things to tell dispatch so the rate holds.
- Reefer loads: pre-cool, continuous run, and the temperature log that settles the claim — Continuous run versus cycle-sentry, why pre-cool is not optional, what FSMA expects on file, and how the temperature record decides a spoilage claim.
- What changes when the carrier owns the chassis — Chassis pools, splits, gate schedules and yard space: the operational differences between a carrier running its own equipment and one that rents it per move.
Why these and not more
Every post here answers a question a customer actually asked dispatch, and every one of them points at a service we run ourselves. There is nothing on this page written to fill a content calendar, and there is nothing here we would not say on the phone.
If a question you have is not answered, call the desk at (425) 800-4609. It usually becomes the next post.
What we do
- Container drayage off the Seattle and Tacoma terminals on our own trucks and chassis.
- Bonded transportation under our own CBP custodial bond, and cross-border moves into Canada.
- Out-of-gauge and project cargo on our own flatbeds, step decks and RGNs.
- Hazmat transportation with endorsed drivers on the port rotation daily.
- Long-haul, reefer and dry van, and box truck final mile.
- Warehousing and transloading in Kent, with a container yard in the Tacoma tideflats.
Owned and operated by Long Road Transportation, serving the Seattle–Tacoma corridor. USDOT 3388302, MC 113242, SCAC LRDP.