Jalon King's review of Allen Lund Company
When a refrigerated shipment got stuck at the Port of Los Angeles last month because a bill of lading discrepancy flagged customs, Allen Lund's ALC Ocean Services stepped in to clear it and rerouted the load to our terminal. Midway I note our operation runs 15 trucks in the Southeast and I've dealt with brokers for five years, and compared to the local broker we used before they were clearly better at the international paperwork and getting space on tight sailings, but their day-to-day brokerage responsiveness was often slower and their rates sometimes higher which cost us deadhead miles and annoyed drivers. Torn - they fixed the big problem but it didnt always feel worth the extra cost; will use them for ocean work, maybe not for routine truckload.
