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January 2014
The Transportation Intermediaries Associa-
tion (TIA) is the premiere organization for
third-party logistics professionals in North
America. TIA provides resources, informa-
tion and connections for their members that
empower them to better establish, maintain
and expand ethical, profitable and growing
businesses.
TIA was initially founded in 1978 as a
way to advocate against stifling regulation in
the U.S. domestic transport industry. While
largely deregulated in early 1980, the asso-
