DMTB has been awarded the Better Business Bureau’s 2012 Integrity Award. We are very grateful to the BBB for this honor. DMTB was one of four companies to win this award this year based on the size and type of company. DMTB will receive the award at the BBB’s annual luncheon on April 11th and it is open to the public. For more information click on the press release below.
Congratulations to Trent McIntyre as he has successfully completed (and passed!) the Transportation Intermediaries Association’s Certified Transportation Broker program. The CTB course is comprised of three separate tests of 50 questions each and is very challenging. The test generally only has slightly over a 50% pass rate. He joins Jimmy DeMatteis, Ben Batten, Eric Davis and Katy Knight as DMTB staff members who have completed the program.
The Certified Transportation Broker (CTB) Program was developed by the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) to increase the professionalism and integrity of property brokerage, meet the educational needs of brokers, and expand basic knowledge of the brokerage and transportation industry through a rigorous certification program. The CTB Program, designed with home study and exam components, provides brokers with a wealth of information on business operations, transportation regulations, and brokerage practices.
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Mike Heiter of Heiter Truck Line, Inc. out of Spencer, IA is this quarters winner. He correctly answered that DMTB’s new office will be located in Norwalk’s new 40 acre industrial park just off of Highway 28. For his correct answer Mike will receive a $50 gas card. Mike and the rest of his family have been a valued carrier for DMTB for over 20 years!
Be sure to get your answers in when the next DashBoard comes out for your chance to win!
On 3/14/12, the United States Senate passed, S. 1813, the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act” or MAP-21 on a vote of 74-22. The bill will fund our nation’s transportation and infrastructure projects for the next two years at $109 billion. The TIA supported Fighting Fraud in Transportation Act was included in an amendment offered by Senate Majority Leader Reid and was accepted to be included in the text of the legislation. The bill will now be sent over to the United States House of Representatives for consideration.This week’s national average price of diesel fuel increased as did the prices in all but one region as well. The current national average for a gallon of diesel is $4.123, an increase of $0.029 from last week. By comparison, the national average price for a gallon of gasoline, which increased as well, is $3.829, an increase of $0.036.
Bloomberg Energy reports that as of Monday, March 12, the spot price for a barrel of West Texas Intermediate oil is $106.15 which is $1.05 lower than last week’s price.
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