This book is aimed at transportation dispatcher working with road transport in the United States or a person who is interested to start working as a dispatcher. It provides useful concise information and clear explanation of how to start a trucking dispatcher’s career in US trucking industry. The book also presents information on the peculiarities of US geography relevant to road transportation, describes the vehicles used for the transport loads, and presents info on the applicable dimensions and weight limits. The authors analyze the requirements for the loads and the documentation of their transportation, explore the peculiarities of a dispatcher’s work and cooperation with other participants in the road transportation, and provide information about the accounting of the drivers’ working hours and pay. The readers will also become acquainted with the terms as well as with the psychological aspects, encountered in the work of the dispatcher. This book provides fundamental knowledge about the geography, infrastructure and the vehicles used for the read transportation in the United States. Having acquired this information, the reader will develop competencies about the work of drivers and the functions performed by dispatchers, as well as about the operational responsibilities in the freight/load transportation processes. The book is a methodological tool to properly prepare for a dispatcher’s work in the US market, as well as a support material for resolving the issues that can arise when working independently.
Number of pages: 127
CONTENTS:
- USA – states, time zones, roads, speed limits, road taxes
- Terms – set up package, documents, detentions and layovers, insurance.
- Load delivering process
- Vehicle parameters.
- Driver types
- Driver working hours
- Loads – incoterms, load types.
- Working processes – load searches, price negotiation, dispatching of the driver,tracking
- Psychology
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