In August 2014, a law firm in Oklahoma began a class-action lawsuit for military service members who had lost their vehicles after attempting to transport them to or from overseas posts. Complaints were piling up about the shipper that was contracted by the Defense Department to perform this service. The attorneys projected that damages suffered…
In a 2016 announcement, “Consumer Advisory About Automobile Transporters,” the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) alerted the public that there had been a "dramatic increase" in reported issues with vehicle transporters and vehicle transport brokers. The FMCSA noted that the best defense to avoid fraud and other problems with transport is to gather as…
A 2016 announcement from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) warned the public that there had been a significant rise in complaints about car transporters and car transport brokers. The FMCSA alert noted that deceptive business practices and online fraud were rampant in the industry. This issue remains critical today, particularly with international car…
CFR Classic, the world's leading forwarder for moving cars in containers, has established a team focused on the development of the China and Greater Asia markets and opened an office in Chongqing, China, in March. Dana K. S. Lee, a 22-year veteran in the container and related solutions industry has been appointed as new Vice…
CFR Classic is proud to announce the opening of a second Los Angeles location as of February 1st, 2018. This footprint expansion was necessary to manage the rapid growth CFR is experiencing. The office and warehouse address of the new location is: 6400 Regio Avenue, Buena Park, CA 90620 Get Directions Please continue to deliver…
Global freight forwarder CFR Classic LLC recently moved further toward an environmentally friendly car shipping fleet by reserving five new Tesla Motors Semi trucks.
The Port of Los Angeles handled 826,640 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in January 2017, an increase of 17.4 percent compared to January 2016. It was the busiest January in the port’s 110-year history, outpacing last January, which was the previous record for the first month of the year. It was also the second-best month overall…