Translog articles from March 2001

Translog archives from March 2001

Toward greater effectiveness: an interview with MTMC's Commanding General.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)(Interview)
March 1, 2001... Q. More MTMC streamlining is required for the future. What are the strategic goals we seek? A. MTMC exists to provide support to military operations worldwide, wherever and whenever required. We must be ready. We have taken steps to enable...

MTMC changes aimed at more efficient operations. (Streamlininq initiative).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... To improve its operational efficiencies, the Military Traffic Management Command recently proposed a fundamental change in structure, staffing and operation by creating a single worldwide headquarters in CONUS at two locations. The...

MTMC adopts automatic fuel surcharge policy. (Military motor carriers).(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Motor carriers doing business with the Military Traffic Management Command will be eligible for automatic fuel surcharges, effective April 1. MTMC agreed Jan. 22 to an automatic fuel surcharge that will boost motor carrier revenue in times...

MTMC initiates big cut in cargo handling rates. (Second time in two years).(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... An increase in the operational efficiency of the Military Traffic Management Command is leading to reductions in cargo handling rates. Beginning Oct. 1, MTMC's many customers will see their freight rates drop. Cuts are taking place in...

Container freight stations phasing out. (Second time in two years).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... In a move to emphasize core mission responsibilities, the Military Traffic Management Command is phasing out its container freight stations. The facilities, located on both the East and West Coasts, are no longer a core part of the...

MTMC seeks carrier help to speed overseas shipments.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... American shipping executives have reacted positively to an initiative to speed the overseas movement of Department of Defense freight. The Military Traffic Management Command wants to trim overseas freight shipping times by synchronizing...

MTMC encourages truckers to make faster transshipments. (Speeding the freight).(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The last time it was the Military Traffic Management Command's ocean shippers who heard the message. This time, it was the truckers. Veteran transporter Frank Galluzzo was on the road again. The message from the Director,...

MTMC top performers show zeal for job.(Military Traffic Command Management honors personnel)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Four days after Capt. Samuel Miller reported for duty with the Military Traffic Management Command, he was on the road. In the year or so since then, Miller, the Operations Officer of the 839th Transportation Battalion, Livorno, Italy, has...

MTMC supports Marine Corps exercise on the Adriatic coast.(Military Traffic Management Command facilitates beach landing in Croatia)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The residents of Rijeka, Croatia, have seen numerous peacekeeping missions come and go through their port in the past three years. However, a joint Military Traffic Management Command and U.S. Marine Corps operation brought residents out...

MTMC moves prepositioned unit in Southwest Asia. (Threat Condition: Delta).(Military Traffic Management Command oversees Qatar-Kuwait operation)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... There are numerous challenges to moving a military unit in Southwest Asia. It is even more difficult when both the loading and discharge ports are under the most severe security restriction: Threat Condition Delta. But that was the...

Army veteran finds big change since last tour. (POV shipping).(shipping of privately-owned vehicles)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Things have changed a lot since Staff Sgt. Kevin Cook last shipped his privately owned vehicle overseas for duty in Germany. When he shipped over in 1996, the Military Traffic Management Command's Global Privately Owned Vehicle Contract was...

Container stuffing unit speeds POV shipments. (POV shipping).(shipping of privately-owned vehicles)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Vehicles are moving faster than ever through the Military Traffic Management Command's vehicle processing center in Baltimore. The cause for the cuts in vehicle shipping time is the center's new container "stuffing" unit. Now, center...

Commercial software may replace some MTMC systems.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The face of automation in the Military Traffic Management Command may undergo a dramatic change in the near future. MTMC automation transportation systems will be reviewed to determine if they can be replaced with existing commercial...

Concord sunset.(installation of new container cranes at 834th Transportation Battalion)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The setting sun backlights one of Concord's two new container cranes. The $15 million cranes have been installed at the 834th Transportation Battalion to assist surge containerized ammunition shipments. MTMC Began operational control at Concord...

MTMC speeds personal property functions.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Military Traffic Management Command is moving ahead to centralize its personal property operations. Personal property offices in Stuttgart, Germany, and Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, will now report directly to MTMC's headquarters. ...

Getting the word out on improvements to moves.(publicizing of improvements to personal property transportation programme)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... MTMC's efforts to improve the existing personal property program have been broadcast on news reports of the Armed Forces Radio & TV Service. Dinah Locklear, Coordinator of Task Force Fix, was interviewed Jan. 26 by Journalist 1st Class Quinn...

MTMC 2001 symposium puts global focus on transportation.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Facing future challenges in the Department of Defense transportation arena will be the focus of the -Military Traffic Management Command's annual training symposium. The theme of this year's conference is "2001: A Global Focus for the...

Settlements proceed for maritime damages.(American Auto Logistics Inc. settles claims for damage to automobiles)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Settlements have been completed with a majority of service members who had vehicles damaged on the Faust. American Auto Logistics, Inc., has settled claims with 161 of 165 owners. The vehicles were damaged Nov. 5 aboard the MV Faust when it...

MTMC Commander reports to the CINC. (Industry partnership).(Major General Kenneth L. Privatsky's comments on settlement of claims against American Auto Logistics Inc. for damage to vehicles)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... American Auto Logistics, Inc., is exceeding contractual obligations in working with MTMC customers on a major maritime damage incident. Some 165 service members had their vehicles totaled as a result of storm damage Nov. 5 on the American...

DoD Web site touts MTMC personal property moves.(Department of Defense's online information on Military Traffic Management Command's personal property transportation services)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Thanks to a veteran military reporter, information on personal property moves managed by the Military Traffic Management Command are showcased on the Web. More than 20 stories--mostly about MTMC--are located on the principal Web site of...

Evaluation begins on household goods pilot program.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Department of Defense has begun the evaluation of MTMC's pilot program to reengineer the movement of personal property. A review of MTMC's pilot program, which operates in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida, by the U.S....

MTMC conducts historic Black Sea move. (Cover Story).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Military Traffic Management command has conducted the biggest equipment movement in its history on the Black Sea. The 598th Transportation Group directed the movement of a task force of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Feb. 23...

Industry partner accomplishes high-profile MTMC mission. (USS Cole).(Military Transport Management Command)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... When Tom Boyle talks, it is assertive and right to the point. Boyle, the President of Boyle Transportation, Billerica, Mass., is well known in the trucking industry. Indeed, he serves as the Chairman of the American Trucking Association's...

MTMC program office expands mission, changes name.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
March 1, 2001... A Military Traffic Management Command program is broadening its mission--and changing its name as well. Continental United States Freight Management is now called Global Freight Management. In recent years, the program's mission has...

26 months = 20,000 vehicles.(Hawaiian Vehicle Processing Center)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Hawaiian Vehicle Processing Center has reached a milestone in processing privately owned vehicles. Center staff members at the Oahu site received their 20,000th originating vehicle Jan. 19, said Manager Arthur Smith. The 1998 Chevrolet...

DSC sergeants take part in Presidential history.(Deployment Support Command and Inauguration ceremony)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Even without the radio, cell phone, and hand signal, I knew it was time for the 21-gun salute by the roar of the crowd." That is how Sgt. 1st Class Ralph Anderson knew the new President had just been sworn in. The Deployment Support...

DSC moves Clinton Presidential papers. (Transition).(Deployment Support Command)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... As President Bill Clinton transitioned to private citizen, the Deployment Support Command played a big role. The Deployment Support Command helped move the former President's official papers to the new Clinton Presidential Library in...

Seattle freight forwarders pay $2 million penalty.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... A group of Seattle-area freight forwarders have agreed to pay $2 million in penalties to the U.S. Government as the result of a "whistleblower" complaint. The firms agreed to pay the penalty to settle allegations that they falsely...

New unit commanders at MTMC receive orientation. (Water ports).(Maj. Michael Cashner)(Military Transportation Management Command)
March 1, 2001... A new commander and a new unit flag will arrive the same day at MTMC's 842nd Transportation Battalion, Fort Monmouth, N.J. Maj. Michael Cashner will assume command Aug. 17. The standard he accepts will be a new one for the unit: The flag of...

MTMC says farewell to most senior transporter.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Maxine Bonniwell)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... At long last, it was Maxine Bonniwell's turn to receive a MTMC plaque. The process had come full circle Feb. 1. Bonniwell helped design that very plaque, with its large green MTMC seal on white marble. It was one of many, many projects...

MTMC creates commandwide Legislative Liaison function.(Legislative Liaison Leesha Galery)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... After 10 years in the Military Traffic Management Command, Leesha Galery thought she had heard and seen it all. After all, she had served eight years in passenger transportation--the last seven working with the U.S. Government Rental Car...

MTMC works with Transcom on 2001 Congressionals.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Leesha Galery had only been on the job a few weeks when she faced one of her first challenges as the Military Traffic Management Command's new legislative liaison. The U.S. Transportation Command legislative liaisons called with a...

MTMC's small business chief talks to industry.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Pamela Monroe has moved her job out of the office and onto the road lately. Monroe, Associate Director for MTMC's Small Business Division, has been taking her work right into the customer's office. "My job is to advise small businesses...

Partnership with port training facility in Korea announced. (First time for a foreign agency).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Military Traffic Management Command has formalized and expanded its unique training with industry program with the Korean Port Training Institute, or KPTI. The training program, originally developed to provide gantry crane training for...

Web will ease deployment of warfighters. (TEA initiative).(Military Traffic Management Command's Transportation Engineering Agency)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... As a result of a new Web site, it will be easier for warfighters to deploy. MTMC's Transportation Engineering Agency has completed the first phase of its new Intelligent Road/Rail Information System. It is available for users with...

More space means more challenges. (Ship loading).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... While some say bigger is better, bigger also means more challenges for transporters who load the Navy's big ships. That was the consensus of participants in the most recent training class on loading the Navy's Large, Medium-Speed, Roll-on/...

Navy aircraft begins New Year by sea.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... When the Maersk Constellation left Yokohama, Japan, on Jan. 27, it carried an unusual piece of MTMC cargo. The vessel carried an E-2C U.S. Navy Hawkeye aircraft from Atsugi Naval Air Facility in Japan. Wrapped in heavy white plastic,...

Intermodal device speed ammunition movement. (Sunny Point, N.C.).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... An intermodal device is speeding the movement of ammunition into containers at the 597th Transportation Group. Sunny Point transporters are taking break-bulk ammunition and quickly reconfiguring it for loading on 40-foot shipping...

Professor brings academic perspective, experience to MTMC.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... As the crow flies, it is a long way from Fort Lee, Va., to the Military Traffic Management Command Headquarters. At the Defense Acquisition University, Al Wilder is a professor in contact management. It is a job he has held for the...

DSC customers find faster processing times.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The time required for the Military Traffic Management Command to process export requests has been cut dramatically. Process enhancements to the Integrated Booking System have greatly reduced the time to make automated offers for surface...

MTMC gives permanent site to U.S. Coast Guard. (New York Harbor).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The U.S. Coast Guard will have a permanent presence in New York Harbor, thanks to the Military Traffic Management Command. On behalf of the Army, MTMC has arranged the transfer of a 27-acre site to the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard had...

Busy MTMC battalion finds time for training.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... In a busy work schedule, it is sometimes hard to find time for training--but members of the 839th Transportation Battalion have solved that problem. For the third year in a row, members of the unit met at the battalion's Livorno, Italy,...

TRANSLOG stands out. (Letter to the Editor).(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2001... TRANSLOG continues to be truly exceptional in the breadth and quality of its articles. Few other Department of Defense publications offer so many insightful and highly readable articles on how logistics supports current operations. TRANSLOG...