Fall 2014 Q3


Table of Contents FEATURES


5 Trucking Moves America —


8 Bond, Broker Bond Food haulers, intermodal face brunt


of increased bond challenges BY STEVE BRAWNER AND LOUIS CAMPION


12 COVER: Ready to Listen and to Lead Howard Levine, Ramar Moving Systems


and MMTA Chairman BY STEVE BRAWNER


and its Own Image — Forward BY JENNIFER BARNETT REED


19 MARYLAND ON THE MOVE Showcasing the skills of the heart of the trucking industry


BY SELENA GRIFFIN


26 Show & Tell When business needed a jolt, Picorp Inc. Baltimore


hitched its wagon to trailer repair BY TODD TRAUB AND ARMAND PATELLA


4 Chairman’s Message: by Howard Levine 16 DAtes to Know


21 Advertiser Resource Index DEPARTMENTS


Images of Howard Levine on cover and this page by David Sinclair. www.mmtanet.com BEHIND THE WHEEL ~ Q3 Fall 2014 3


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