Nasstrac Raps LTL Rate Hikes

September 21, 1999 9:12 AM, EDT

Rate increases posted by less-than-truckload carriers in recent weeks are drawing flak from an organization representing LTL and package shippers.

“We are concerned over the timing and severity of some of the increases,” said Stu Slifkin, director of transportation for Tiffany & Co. in Parsippany, N.J., and chairman of the National Small Shipments Traffic Conference.

In an interview during Nasstrac’s fall membership meeting Sept. 13 and 14 in Washington, D.C., Slifkin said the organization is considering filing a protest with the Surface Transportation Board, although no decision has been made.

“We are looking at that very carefully,” he said.

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