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MOTOR CARRIER SELECTION AND EFFECTIVE CONTROL
BACKGROUND
It wasn’t all that long ago when there were a limited number of motor carriers to choose from. The industry was highly regulated by both the federal and state governments for finance and safety. There were three (3) types of motor freight carriage recognized in law:
Common Carriers were defined as those who held themselves out to the general public to perform the services and over the specific routes identified in their scope of operating authority.
Contract Carriage was defined as those carriers performing service for those shippers with whom they held a continuing contract as opposed to a single Bill of Lading Contract.
Private Carriage was defined as performing transportation and related services in the furtherance of the primary business.
Between August 9, 1935 and January 1, 1995, a span of sixty (60) very important years, a time when the nation’s industrial base grew and developed significantly, there were only a few thousand certificated motor common carriers. For most of these years, there were far less than 800 Common Carriers to choose from.