Daycos News

The Daycos office will be closed on Friday, January 1st, due to the New Years Holiday. Our regular office hours will resume on Monday, January 4th.
We would like to wish everyone a very Safe & Happy 2010!

This week SDDC posted the 400NG baseline rates that are effective January 1st, 2010. Previously, these rates have been provided by AMSA, which previously owned the 400NG tariff. However, in light of the decision last year by the Surface Transportation Board to remove antitrust immunity, AMSA is no longer claiming ownership of the tariff. This cleared the way for SDDC to take ownership of the tariff, and this publication is the first step in that process.
Our understanding is that…

Each year, a small, plastic palm tree with Christmas lights is placed in the front area of the Daycos offices, across the lobby from our big, beautiful, real Christmas tree. While it doesn’t do much for the aesthetics of the office, it is placed there as an important reminder.

The Daycos December Monthly Newsletter has been sent out, and can be viewed here. A few of the topics in this month’s newsletter include:
DP3 Challenges Discussed with Navy
Sue’s First Official Year as Mayor
Alaska, Alaska, Alaska
If you did not receive an email with this month’s newsletter, but would like to receive it directly each month, please feel free to subscribe here: Daycos Newsletter….

Last week was certainly an interesting one here in Norfolk. It started with our first major snowstorm of the year, which dumped over 8 inches of snow in the area, combined with 40 mph winds to create very dangerous conditions. Despite the difficult weather, we were able to limit our office closure to a two-hour late start on Wednesday morning, and were able to successfully process all billings we received on-time
Just as Norfolk was digging out of that storm…

Due to a mandatory evacuation by the Norfolk Police Department, the Daycos office will be closed on Thursday, December 10th, until we are allowed back into the office.
There is a large fire about 6 blocks down the street from our office. A propane tank, holding 30,000 gallons of propane started on fire earlier this morning. All businesses and homes within just over a mile of the fire have been forced to evacuate, due to the contents and fumes that…

The price of fuel was $2.77 per gallon as reported on Monday, December 7, 2009 making the upcoming FSC rates for the period 12/15/09 through 1/14/10 as follows:

GBL Domestic HHG / International HHG & UB – 3%
GSA Domestic HHG – $0.27
GSA International HHG and BAG – $0.27…

Wintertime has definitely arrived in Nebraska! Due to inclement weather conditions, the Daycos office will be opening at 10:00am CST on Wednesday, December 9th.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but we appreciate your understanding to allow our employees to make it into the office safely.…

This morning, SDDC notified TSPs and PPSOs that effective today, shipments to and from Alaska can now be booked in DPS. No Alaska shipments had been allowed previously due to problems with the DPS rating engine incorrectly rating the LHS portion of any Alaska shipment.
We did submit a test Alaska invoice to the DPS test system on November 17th, and the invoice was rated correctly by the DPS rating engine. While we would have liked the ability to test…

Our billing form and AccuBill have recently been updated to include the following HTOS and GSA-01 tariff updates that were effective 11-01-09 for Department of State invoicing. The changes that were provided to the Industry and updated in our systems are as follows:

HTOS and GSA-01 had no rate changes or increases for this tariff cycle.
A: Changes made to the billing form for billable weight changes when a shipment is reweighed include:
1. All shipments, DOM, INT, BAG with …