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Mission Statement
The North Carolina League of Transportation and Logistics is an effective vehicle
to organize shippers and receivers of freight in order to: network, take common
action, stimulate public interest and promote the wellbeing of the
transportation infrastructure. The League promotes close relationships with
providers of transportation services, cooperates with government entities on
matters of mutual interest, lobbies its positions when appropriate and promotes
transportation education.
Organization
A Chairman and a sixteen-member Board of Governors, along with its
President and Vice President, govern the League. Board members are elected to
three-year terms. Officers serve one-year terms. Changes to the by-laws and
constitution must be approved by a majority vote of members.
Meetings
The League holds an Annual Conference in June. For the past sixteen years,
it has been held at the Sea Trail Resort, Sunset Beach, North Carolina.
We also have regional
meetings and seminars that address key transportation issues as needed. Anyone
may attend general meetings and seminars.
Origin of the League
In the 1920’s, there was a very pronounced instability in rates and in
transportation services in the United States. It was most notable in the
southern states.
A group of businessmen and
other concerned individuals met in early 1929 and decided to organize the North
Carolina Traffic League. The League was funded as a non-profit organization
with $500 from Mr. Julius Cone of Cone Mills, Greensboro, N.C.
The League was chartered during the term of North Carolina Governor O. Max
Gardner
in August 1929. It was chartered as a shipper-only organization and included
ports and trade organizations.
Accomplishments
In its earlier years, League officers would attend rate hearings in
Raleigh. Sometimes they would protest what the League felt to be unfair rate
increase proposals before the North Carolina Public Utilities Commission. Many
proposed rate increases were amended or denied by the Commission resulting in
millions of dollars in savings to the North Carolina shipping public. The
League has also lobbied for better roads, highways and ports and was very
instrumental in bringing fifty-three-foot trailers to North Carolina highways
in 1989.
In recent years, the League
strongly and successfully lobbied against the tolling of existing North
Carolina roads and bridges.
In the late 1980’s, the
League began to work more closely with carriers about proposed new routes and
rate increases. This began a very successful and cordial relationship with
carriers that culminated in a vote of the membership in 1990 that allowed
carriers to become “supporting” members. Carriers now have representation
in the League with a Carrier Advisory Committee. The Committee holds a seat on
the Board of Governors.
In 1994, the League and
major carriers of North Carolina participated in a joint filing to comply with
the federal mandate that eventually deregulated most intrastate rates and
routes.
Additionally, the League
awards transportation scholarships to deserving college students.
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