Personal property: MTMC's new Web process speeds carrier qualification.A new Web-based system will soon streamline carrier qualification for personal property carriers for 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 . The new process--set to begin this spring--will cut carrier qualification time from four-to-six weeks to approximately 72 hours. The process will also increase some MTMC-required carrier standards. "This is a dramatic departure and change in MTMC's administration of carrier moves for the Department of Defense," said Sylvia Sylvia may refer to:
"I'm excited." In the past, a personal property carrier seeking MTMC MTMC Military Traffic Management Command (US DoD) MTMC Mount Marty College MTMC Micros-to-Mainframes, Inc. (stock symbol) MTMC Middle Tennessee Medical Center (Murfreesboro, TN) qualification would have to complete a multitude of paper forms. Beginning this spring, carriers will submit their applications on a specific site on the MTMC Web. "The new process will require all currently approved carriers to submit electronic documentation to update MTMC's entire process, said Walker. The new process brought a cautious approval from Terry Head, President, Household Goods Freight Forwarders An individual who, as a regular business, assembles and combines small shipments into one lot and takes the responsibility for the transportation of such property from the place of receipt to the place of destination. of America, Inc. "We support the use of the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the to facilitate the qualification process," said Head. Part of the MTMC-mandated changes will involve increased carrier standards. The standards were developed in close consultation with the moving industry associations, said Walker. "MTMC is seeking higher carrier qualification standards," said Walker. "The revised standards call for carriers to meet higher financial reporting and operating standards. "These increased requirements will also include an increased cargo liability insurance and maintenance of a performance bond for domestic interstate in·ter·state adj. Involving, existing between, or connecting two or more states. n. One of a system of highways extending between the major cities of the 48 contiguous United States. Noun 1. moves." These changes have already been published in the Federal Register for public comment. "Most carriers I have talked to tell me they support the provision requiring increased financial record reporting," said Walker. "The industry wants their partners to be financially strong as well. This is a win-win situation." These enhancements are not directly related to a quartet of moving pilots conducted in recent years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time results of which U.S. Transportation Command is in the process of tabulating. |
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