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There has been an increase of complaints recently about bad experiences with transport brokers. Brokers work on commission and so when contacting one to get a bid on shipment, you should understand that they can sometimes add their commission fees on top of the transporter’s quoted price. Not all transport brokers do this and many run good, clean and honest businesses.

Some questions you should consider when dealing with a transport broker include: will the broker hire a “legal vehicle transporter” for you? What happens if your load receives damage? Who is liable? Whose insurance will pay for the damages? You pay the broker for the service and yet the transporter is the one who is actually doing the work. If your load is damaged, you may feel that you have recourse with the transporter.

In a case like this, if you never paid the transporter for the load, you technically paid the broker who paid the transporter. If something goes wrong, like the transporter not delivering in the agreed time frame, the shipment has become damaged in transport or the transporter will not release the vehicle until their share of the payment is due, what can you do? It is important for consumers to research their transporter and/or broker to find not just the “cheapest,” but also the “safest” relocation services to make sure that they do not make a several thousand dollar mistake in the long-run.

George Pearson, General Manager of American Auto Movers has listed several tips that people can use to save money on car shipping and get their car moved safely and at a fair price during these tight economic times. Many people call car haulers, get their rates and then choose the cheapest one with the notion that it is the best deal.

However, most people do not know that this usually ends up being the most expensive company. The cheapest companies typically require a deposit when you schedule your transport. If they fail to get a car carrier to load the vehicle, and the customer wants to cancel, the deposit is kept and charged as a “cancelation fee”. As a result, the customer is left searching for a new auto transport company and has already wasted $150-$200. Pearson said that his company often gets calls from people who went with the cheapest company and have been left waiting for their car to be moved.

People should check out each company they consider on the Better Business Bureau website and find dependable auto shippers. This will ensure that your car transport will go as smoothly as possible. There are other “review” sites that are owned by auto transport companies, but the positive or negative reviews of companies are not verified as either good or bad.

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Anglo Overseas is a collapsed freight forwarder that had a deficiency of almost GBP 30 million when it went into administration (bankruptcy) in January, according to documents filed at Companies House. Vantis Business Recovery Services’ report reveals that trade creditors, for the most part haulage subcontractors, are owed GBP 9.3 million with the company’s pension fund GBP 11.5 million in the red; non-preferential creditors total GBP 30.7 million and the total deficiency was GBP 27.1 million.

Some creditors are reporting higher sums than those stated and there are concerns that this figure may rise. One creditor is Southampton car haulers Boyes Conning and they said that there was no warning that this would happen. Scottish firm Burns Express is also out of pocket. They are strong enough to survive but it has put a few smaller firms out of business. Dornack International is one company to have its debt repaid almost in full.

The report reveals that Dornack reduced lender GE’s exposure to Anglo by repaying the outstanding loan of GBP 1.7 million in exchange for a mortgage debenture, incorporating fixed and floating charges over Anglo’s assets. Parent company Ziegler UK has taken over the running of six former Anglo depots, although it is still in talks with Vantis to formalize the sale and the figure involved.

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