 Speaker Wade Randolph had a little fun giving everyone a stretch and a shoulder rub; it was a great way to wake up the crowd!


 This is not a stick-up, but why are their hands in the air?


 Jack Saum (right) of Beltway International shown with Philip Rulli, a business associate from Navistar.


HEY, ARE YOU LOOKIN’ AT ME?


Yeah, I thought so. Tat means you’re one of more than 8,000 Maryland trucking executives doing the same thing.


Contact us today to get more eyes on your company:


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Table of Contents FEATURES


and its Own Image — Forward BY JENNIFER BARNETT REED


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


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


BY SELENA GRIFFIN


22 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


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21 Advertiser Resource Index DEPARTMENTS


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