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January 12, 2014
Auto Shipping Glossary: Licensed
When a company is licensed it means that they are federally certified to do the job that they advertise. If a company that makes boats wants to sell boats, they have to have a license. Anyone that owns or runs a business needs a license or a permit or whatever it may be. The reason why is so that th...
January 8, 2014
Auto Transport Tips: What to do When Brokers Don't Stop Calling
Before we get into the subject of today's post, we need to add a little caveat to it. We talk a lot about auto transport quote providers in this post, and while the information contained here is still very much accurate, it's safe to say that quote providers are slowly fading away. Years ago, auto t...
January 7, 2014
Across the Map: Michigan Vehicle Shipping Services
The state of Michigan is located in the Great Lakes region of the U.S., ranking 11th in total area and 9th in total population among the 50 states. Michigan is the only state comprised of two peninsulas and because of this the state of Michigan features the longest freshwater coastline of any politi...
January 5, 2014
Auto Shipping to Lakeland, Florida
Lakeland is a city located in south-central Florida, along Interstate 4 between Tampa and Orlando. Home to over 94,000 residents it is far from the largest city in the state, but it is a principal city of the Lakeland-Winter Haven metropolitan area, home to over 584,000 people. Founded in the 1870's...
January 4, 2014
Introducing the Auto Transport Tip of the Day
If you're new to American Auto Shipping you may not know it, but we spend a lot of time making sure that our customers (that's you) have access to helpful information regarding the car shipping industry and what to expect when it comes to transporting a vehicle. The more you know about car transport...
January 3, 2014
The Auto Transport Broker Horror Story
Everyone has a horror story about auto transport, or knows someone who had a bad experience - it's the way it goes when you move around the higher social circles. With thousands of transportation brokers and thousands of carriers working to get cars moved all across the country, it's not surprising ...
January 2, 2014
Auto Transport Tips: Why Specific Addresses Aren't as Important as You Think
To say that having the exact addresses of where you are shipping a vehicle from and to are not important is, of course, ludicrous - it's important that your auto transporters - both the brokers and the carriers - understand where your vehicle is coming from and going to, particularly the carriers as...
December 31, 2013
Auto Shipping Glossary: Auto Transport Insurance
Damage to vehicles that are being transported by an auto transport company are rare - in fact, less than 5% of all vehicles transported are damaged in some way, and with hundreds of thousands of cars going across the country it's a pretty small number all things considered. But insurance is an impor...
December 30, 2013
Auto Transport Tips to Portland
The city of Portland is the largest in the state of Oregon and the largest between Seattle, Washington and San Francisco, California. It has a total population of over 582,000 residents, making it the 28th largest city in the U.S.; it also has a metropolitan population of over 2.9 million residents,...
December 28, 2013
Auto Transport Routes: Seattle to Anchorage
Believe it or not, Seattle to Anchorage auto transport is pretty popular. However, shipping a vehicle to Anchorage can be quite an undertaking, both for you and your shipping company. The reason why is simple: shipping a vehicle to Alaska requires shipping it overseas as opposed to overland. The onl...
December 26, 2013
Across the Map: Maryland Car Transport Services
The state of Maryland is the ninth-smallest state in the Union in terms of total area, though with a population of over 5.8 million residents it ranks 19th in total population and 5th in population density. Much of Maryland's population lives in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas,...
December 25, 2013
Auto Shipping Glossary: Pre-Paid Orders
In the world of auto transportation there are a lot of different words that you may not necessarily know how they fit into the puzzle. Words like "pre-paid," for example, or "insurance," or "auto transporter." These are words that can have different meanings depending on who you're talking to, which...