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Managing Extreme Exposures on America's Highways

Quality Distributions Mike McDonald steers his company past a truckload of risk management challenges.

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Quality Distribution truckPotentially explosive cargo, stressful week-long drives and unpredictable weather conditions are just a few of the many risks trucking company Quality Distribution Inc. (QD) has to overcome in transporting bulk items for clients such as DuPont, Bayer, Sunoco, ExxonMobil, Procter & Gamble and Unilever.

Since many of the goods carried by QD’s trucks—among them plastics, dry and liquid food-grade items, and oil—will eventually be processed into other items, the contents of its trucks are typically in highly concentrated forms that can be poisonous or flammable if spilled.

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