FMCSA chief Sandberg gets education in shipper logistics
As the administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Annette Sandberg’s job is to regulate truckers. But early this month she visited the Toledo, Ohio-headquarters of Owens Corning to learn how a major shipper that heavily relies on truck transportation deals with moving its building material products to market on a daily basis.
Sandberg, accompanied by members of her staff, sat in on the company’s weekly transportation meeting after speaking to a women’s group about career paths. During the meeting Owens Corning officials gave standard reports on issues such as fuel prices and intermodal service, and discussed how to get better transportation rates or make sure they had enough guaranteed truck capacity, Sandberg and Owens Corning officials said.
“We ought to visit more shipper sites and hear the challenges they face and how the regulations we write impact all of you,” Sandberg told the audience at the National Industrial Transportation League’s Spring Policy Forum in Arlington, Va., earlier this week.