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Article: New trucking regulations prompt companies to impose charges.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
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- January 20, 2004
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Byline: Rick Romell
MILWAUKEE _ Driven by new government regulations on drivers' hours of work, trucking companies are pressing to levy special charges on customers for such things as delays in loading or unloading trailers.
The so-called accessorial charges, which often were not assessed before, are one way carriers are seeking to make up for lost driver productivity as the new work rules take effect.
Schneider National Inc., the Green Bay-based firm that is among the country's largest trucking companies, is imposing the charges. So is Roehl Transport Inc., a 1,550-driver carrier based in Marshfield, Wis.
Schneider, for example, ...