Contractors’ deal averts new breakdown in POV shipments

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http://www.stripes.com/news/contractors-deal-averts-new-breakdown-in-pov-shipments-1.309801

Contractors’ deal averts new breakdown in POV shipments
By Travis J. Tritten
Stars and Stripes
Published: October 23, 2014

Despite promises to improve, the contractor hired to ship military members' cars overseas continues its "terrible performance" - losing and damaging vehicles and providing flawed customs paperwork, according to Sen. Mark Warner.

WASHINGTON — The military’s troubled system for shipping privately owned vehicles appears to have dodged a major breakdown Wednesday after a dispute was settled by the main contractor and a subcontractor responsible for overseas transport.

International Auto Logistics, which took over POV shipping earlier this year, reached an agreement in Georgia court with Liberty Global Logistics after the subcontractor threatened to walk away last week over not being paid millions of dollars, according to a document obtained by Stars and Stripes.

The disagreement had threatened to shut down all shipment of private vehicles to military stations in Europe and was the latest bump in a contract that has angered thousands of servicemembers and drew fire from Congress due to long delays, vehicle tracking problems and customs paperwork snafus.
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As the subcontractor crisis receded, questions over the IAL contract remained.
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