Higher standards will boost moving safety.An initiative by the Military Traffic Management Command A major command of the US Army, and the US Transportation Command's component command responsible for designated continental United States land transportation as well as common-user water terminal and traffic management service to deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy US forces on a to increase operating and financial standards for movers will have a positive impact on safety. That is the view of Charles Horan, Director of Enforcement & Compliance, of the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration. "We want to level the field for the companies that do the right thing," said Horan, who served 25 years in the U.S. Air Force, including a tour at U.S. Transportation Command. "Getting the bottom feeders bottom feeder - slopsucker off the road means scrupulous scru·pu·lous adj. 1. Conscientious and exact; painstaking. See Synonyms at meticulous. 2. Having scruples; principled. carriers get a larger share of the business." Horan spoke Nov. 27 at a committee meeting of the American Moving & Storage Association in Baltimore. By coincidence, MTMC's move to strengthen personal property moves comes at a time when Horan's organization is aiming for better enforcement of safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. . MTMC's plans to speed international personal property moves is supported by Kathy Grigsby, of Covan World-Wide Moving Inc., of Midland City Midland City can refer to two places in the United States:
"Since it's 70 percent of our business, we always try to get along with them," said Grigsby. "Let's see Let's See was a Canadian television series broadcast on CBC Television between September 6, 1952 to July 4, 1953. The segment, which had a running time of 15 minutes, was a puppet show with a character named Uncle Chichimus (voice of John Conway), which presented each how it works." Grigsby and her co-workers at Covan liked the recently concluded Full Service Moving Project. "It was very profitable for us, a very good program." said Grigsby, who knows both sides of military household goods shipments. As a former soldier, and wife of an Army helicopter pilot, Grigsby made six moves in 12 years of service. Her experience as a customer makes her a more conscientious provider, she said. "I've seen how important it is for the military to get its shipments in good shape," said Grigsby. She has a suggestion for "MTMCers" on the latest proposals. "It seems as though they're constantly putting together new programs. They need to give this one some time." |
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