MTMC EXPANDS PAYMENT SYSTEM, REDEFINES “CAPACITY LOAD” SHIPMENTS

MTMC EXPANDS PAYMENT SYSTEM, REDEFINES “CAPACITY LOAD” SHIPMENTS

MTMC EXPANDS PAYMENT SYSTEM, REDEFINES “CAPACITY LOAD” SHIPMENTS

   The U.S. Military Traffic Management Command, the overland and ocean transport logistics unit of the armed forces, has expanded its automated freight payment system to its installations and transport providers in Alaska.
   The system, PowerTrack, was developed by US Bank and has become the method for all freight payments to MTMC’s transport providers. Carrier freight bills are paid in an average of three days.
   PowerTrack has been fully implemented by MTMC’s carriers in the continental United States. After Alaska, the agency will focus on PowerTrack’s implementation in Hawaii, said Tom Hick, project director of MTMC.
   MTMC said it also plans to redefine its “capacity load” determinations for truckers doing business with Defense Department shippers.
   The change will modify the way the agency’s Global Freight Management System (GFM) calculates line-haul changes for capacity load shipments.
   “The intent of this proposed change is to simplify and clarify the existing item in order to facilitate accurate upfront costing by GFM system and to reduce the potential for post-shipment cost disputes between shippers and carriers,” MTMC said.
   For a complete overview of the new text for capacity load, access the Federal Register at https://frwebgate4.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=0850227909+137+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve.