Richard joined Central Freight Lines July 7, 1971 on Beaumont’s inbound dock while training for his CDL and the opportunity to drive for Central. In 1972 he became a P&D driver and served Central customers throughout the Beaumont coverage area. Richards’s career continued in 1992 when he became the Inbound Dock Foreman. In 1995 Richard moved to P&D Dispatch and was promoted three years later to handling […]
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Monthly Archives: August 2012
AIT Worldwide Logistics obtains agreement for government shipping around the world
Global transportation and logistics provider AIT Worldwide Logistics has entered into a three-year Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) partnership enhancing its capabilities to transport government commodities internationally. The strategic alliance, which begins today and extends through May 31, 2015, designates AIT as a CRAF sponsored forwarder and broadens the vertical market growth of the organization’s […]
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ABF Announces Second Quarter 2012 Results
(Fort Smith, Arkansas, July 31, 2012) – Arkansas Best Corporation (Nasdaq: ABFS) today announced second quarter 2012 net income of $11.8 million, or $0.44 per share, on revenue of $511 million, compared with net income of $5.3 million, or $0.20 per share, and revenue of $499 million in the second quarter of 2011. The second […]
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CaroTrans Adds Direct Seattle to Japan LCL Export Service to Extensive Global Service Network
Clark, New Jersey, July 24, 2012 – CaroTrans, a leading global NVOCC (non vessel operating common carrier) and ocean freight consolidator, today announced a new, direct LCL export service from Seattle to Tokyo which broadens their already sizable U.S. – Japan import and export LCL and FCL service portfolio. This direct service offers an industry best overall 13 […]
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Zero carbon parcel shipping from DPD goes live
From now on all parcels sent via DPD UK will be shipped carbon neutral – at no extra charge to the customer. Total Zero, DPD’s new carbon neutrality commitment, applies to all domestic and international shipments from six major markets in Europe. Total Zero will be available to all customers in France, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, […]
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TTS, LLC Awards AAA Cooper 2011 LTL Carrier of the Year Award
TTS, LLC, a leading agent-based supply chain and logistics company headquartered in Frisco, Texas, honored AAA Cooper Transportation with the 2011 LTL Carrier of the Year Award at a celebration dinner on July, 19, 2012. AAA Cooper Transportation was selected based on four criteria: creative solutions to the TTS customer base, on-time delivery, technology capabilities and overall customer […]
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Reddaway Professional Drivers Win Truck Driving Competitions in Utah and Nevada
CLACKAMAS, Ore., Aug. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — (NASDAQ: YRCW) — Two Reddaway professional drivers have won top honors for safe-driving skills in the states of Utah and Nevada. Joe Kwiatkowski placed first in the flatbed class at the Utah Truck Driving Championship. Scott Rideout placed first in the twin trailers class at the Nevada State […]
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New report underlines Daily Maersk reliability
A new research report confirms the Asia-Europe product ‘Daily Maersk’ is a powerful differentiator for Maersk Line as it continues to lead global container shipping lines in reliability. The report, a joint effort between ecommerce network provider INTTRA and container shipping analyst SeaIntel, examined the performance of the top 20 container lines in schedule reliability. […]
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Orient Overseas (International) Ltd Announces 2012 Interim Results
Group Turnover increased by 7% to US$3,122 million • Profit Attributable to Equity Holders of US$117 million • Earnings per share of US18.6 cents • Interim Ordinary Dividend of US4.66 cents (HK36.3 cents) per share Financial And Operational Highlights • Operating profit decreased by 26% to US$140 million • OOCL liftings increased 6.1% to 2.6 million TEUs • OOCL Freight Revenue […]
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Notice of Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF) for Europe & Mediterranean Trade
COSCO Container Lines would like to announce Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF) for both East and West Bound shipments in Far East (includes Japan) & Indian sub-continent to Europe & Mediterranean trade and effective from September 1, 2012. The Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF) is as follows: Shipments between Far East and North West Europe Per 20′ CTR […]
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