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Mattel presented YRC Glen Moore, a division of Yellow trucking,  with its 2010 Truckload Carrier of the Year award, ranking it highest among all Mattel providers.

Mattel also recognized them with 2 “Mattel Team 100″ service awards. Team 100 awards honor on-time delivery excellence and were given for exemplary performance in transporting Mattel products to two leading nationwide retailers.

In a separate presentation, Mattel extended YRC Glen Moore Customer Service Representative Michelle Kistler with a Certificate of Excellence award, as part of its carrier performance recognition program. In presenting the award, Mattel noted that Kistler’s performance represented Mattel values, “Play with Passion” and “Play Together.”

R+L Carriers provides expedited service to Anchorage, Alaska and surrounding areas.  Their expedited service is second to none. You can ship your LTL and truckload freight to Alaska with the confidence and peace of mind that only a transportation company known for reliability and exception-free delivery can provide.

Freight transportation provider Estes Express has launched three-day service to Toronto, Canada, from eight terminals in Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas.

The ability to offer three-day service is a direct result of an initiative to increase network efficiency. Estes accelerated processing time, reduced freight handling and utilized direct lanes to create the three-day service from terminals in Memphis, TN; Alexandria and Hammond, LA; Jackson, MS; Fort Smith, Texarkana and Little Rock, AR; and Houston, TX.

The company recently reduced delivery times to Vancouver from the Pacific Northwest from two days to one and initiated a three-day service to Calgary and Edmonton, Canada, from six terminals in Texas and Oklahoma.

One of the ways the company has achieved higher efficiency to Canada is by consolidating freight at inland regional gateways. This avoids congested border terminals and initiates document processing before a customer’s shipment arrives at the U.S.-Canada border. Estes also provides access to experienced, bilingual PARS and PAPS specialists to help prevent needless delays at the border.

Richmond, VA-based Estes Express is a full service freight transportation provider offering a full range of shipping solutions including LTL, Time Critical, Volume & Truckload, Global and Custom Solutions. Founded in 1931 by W.W. Estes and still owned by the Estes family, the company has grown from a small, local carrier into one of the most respected total-solutions providers in the industry.

RICHMOND, Va. —Estes Forwarding Worldwide has named Scott Fisher as president and CEO.

Fisher, along with Estes Express Lines, founded Estes Air Transportation Services, now known as Estes Forwarding Worldwide, in 2003. He previously held the positions of executive VP and COO. In his new role, Fisher is responsible for the day-to-day management of the company and serves on the board of directors.

Prior to founding Estes Forwarding Worldwide, Fisher served as vice president of sales and marketing with Lakeville Motor Express. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.

“Scott helped guide Estes Forwarding Worldwide from a fledgling start-up to the well-respected freight forwarding company it is today,” said Rob Estes, president and CEO of Estes Express Lines. “Under his leadership as president and CEO of Estes Forwarding Worldwide, we look forward to the opportunity of serving more customers and destinations as the company continues to grow.”

Needing to get your freight to your customer second day air.  There are many carriers and brokers that can do it for you. Cost are all over the place so do some research as it can save you hundreds of dollars. Air services range from next day air to 2nd day air to 3rd day air to deferred air which is the cheapest. Remember air freight is dimensional so rates are no only computed by weight but also by size.

Morgan Stanley’s revised its estimates on Echo Global Logistics, Inc 11% below consensus for 2010 and 21% for 2011, the company reports this morning.

“Consensus expects a rapid acceleration in ‘core’ op margins – a scenario more like our bull case – despite a number of near-term headwinds,” Morgan Stanley writes. “If the story will take longer to play out, the stock does not warrant a best-in-breed CHRW-like multiple, in our view.”

Echo Global Logistics closed Friday at $11.90.

Echo Global Logistics, Inc., (Echo) is a provider of technology enabled transportation and supply chain management services. Its Web-based technology platform compiles and analyzes data from its network of over 20,000 transportation providers to serve its clients’ shipping and freight management needs. Its technology platform, composed of Web-based software applications and a database, enables it to identify excess transportation capacity, obtain rates and executes shipments while providing services. Echo focuses on arranging transportation across the modes, including truckload (TL), less than truck load ( LTL ) and small parcel, and it also offers inter-modal domestic air, expedited and international transportation services. Its logistics services include rate negotiation, shipment execution and tracking, carrier management, routing compliance, freight bill audit and payment and performance management and reporting, including executive dashboard tools.

In 1934, Lex and B.D. Benton pooled their savings together to open a filling station off of Highway 78 in Atlanta, GA. The two brothers would sleep above the shop at night while pumping gas and serving barbecue during the day. Over the next few months they learned about the movie film distribution through an acquaintance that stopped at the station weekly. With a desire to make a better living, they investigated the idea further. The Benton boys then decided to buy a used Ford Panel Truck and started to sell the idea of delivering movie film reels from Atlanta to South Georgia by truck.

In those days, no film was transported by truck, only by rail. The theatre managers had to go to the rail depot to pick up their new film and return their old film. Benton’s service was new -”give us a key to your theatre and when you come to work tomorrow, your new film will be there and the old film returned.” Because of the new convenience created by Benton, the service quickly grew. But the Benton Brother’s real success came in 1948 when the union struck against the rail. Because of the strike, the theaters not using Benton by this point could not get their new movies.

Upon temporary request to the Interstate Commerce Commission, the film companies asked for Benton to begin covering the entire state of Florida and Georgia during the strike. After the strike was over, the film customers did not want to lose the new increased service levels gained by using Benton, so they convinced the government to grant the Benton Brothers permanent authority to transport film throughout both Georgia and Florida. This type of service and freight kept Benton Brothers Film Express going strong down the same road until 1980.
The Motor Carriers Act of 1980 essentially deregulated interstate freight making it easier for trucking companies. This ruling placed Benton Express in an excellent position to take advantage and move into the general commodities business. The leaders of Benton at this time said that if they could deliver film and newsprint in an expedited manner on time, then the service levels should be no different for general commodities.

Saia was pleased to announce that it was honored with two awards for its exemplary 2009 safety record at the American Trucking Association (ATA) Safety Management Council’s recent Safety and Human Resources National Conference and Exhibition held in Rogers, Ark.

Saia took first place honors in the “General Commodities LTL/Local” category for companies driving 50 to 100 million miles. In addition to this award, the company placed third in the “General Commodities LTL/Linehaul” category for companies driving over 70 million miles.

Among other initiatives, Saia’s commitment to safety includes intensive, ongoing employee training, use of the Iteris Lane Departure Warning System and Eaton’s VORAD Collision Warning System, and participation in the ATA’s Safety Council.

The ATA is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. The ATA’s National Truck and Industrial Safety Contests are the only two national safety programs that recognize the extraordinary safety accomplishments of motor carriers across the United States by operation type and size. The ATA, through a federation of other trucking companies, industry-related conferences, and its 50 affiliated state trucking associations, represents more than 37,000 members covering every type of motor carrier in the United States.