Durham Fleet Management Department captures a plethora of data on its equipment and vendors to ensure it remains one of the leading fleets in the country.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
The city of Durham Fleet Management Department is uniquely positioned in that it oversees only the city’s equipment and vehicles, ensuring each department receives equal treatment and service. “We manage the city’s fleet from cradle to grave,” Fleet Management Director Joe Clark says. “When fleet management falls under another department, it might be an afterthought. We are proud to play a supporting role to the city’s departments.”
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Tiger Cool Express focuses on building brand awareness to become the largest refrigerated intermodal carrier in the United States.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers
Tiger Cool Express shipped its first temperature-controlled refrigerated intermodal container in 2014. In just four years, the company has grown quickly into one of the country’s leading cold chain carriers. “I believe one thing that would surprise people is that we are already a top 25 refrigerated transportation company by revenue,” CEO Steve Van Kirk says. “Because we’re a young company, a lot of people wouldn’t realize that.”
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DuPont Pioneer strives for efficiency and safety within its fleet.
By Alan Dorich
DuPont Pioneer puts the customer first in everything it does, Fleet Manager Bob Eggerss says. “That’s what we hang our hat on,” he states. “We make sure the products and services we provide help growers be more productive and profitable.”
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Port of Green Bay completes major improvement projects with major environmental benefits while it looks to continue expansion.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers
Shipping as a means of transportation has been an integral part of Green Bay, Wis., since the early 1800s. Today, the Port of Green Bay specializes in connecting the Midwest to the rest of the world. “People are looking at the Great Lakes as a mode of transportation,” Executive Director Dean Haen says. “Wisconsin does a lot of manufacturing so we have to figure out how to do more exporting and use the water.”
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The City of Columbus’ award-winning division of fleet consistently delivers top-notch fleet management services thanks to its focus on teamwork, innovation and technology.
By Bianca Herron
As fleet administrator for the City of Columbus, Ohio, Kelly Reagan oversees a fleet of more than 6,000 units with a budget of $40 million. The City of Columbus Division of Fleet Management’s overall aim is to provide support services to city agencies to ensure safe, reliable, efficient and green vehicle operations and maintenance.
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AIM provides clients with benefits beyond movement with its chassis.
By Alan Dorich, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
American Intermodal Management (AIM) offers more than just the movement of containers with its fleet of state-of-the-art chassis. Instead, each features GPS, allowing customers look and see “where their containers are on which chassis at any given time,” President and CEO Nathaniel Seeds says.
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WFA enables utilities to keep providing power with its coal services.
By Alan Dorich
When electrical utilities in the Great Plains, Rocky Mountain and Southwest regions need top-notch coal and transportation services, they know they can rely on Western Fuels Association (WFA). “We provide a good value to our members,” Manager-Fuel, Transportation and Technical Services Kenn Gray declares.
“We are experts in coal transportation and procurement,” he continues. “That allows our members to use our capabilities instead of having their own people on staff that may not have as much background in transportation and fuel procurement as we do.”
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Angelica Garcia-Dunn didn’t have much experience in the logistics industry in 2003, when she was a branch manager for a well-known bank in Houston. It wasn’t until she became a financial service advisor that she was introduced to a small woman-owned logistics company that specialized in ocean-to-air cargo from Venezuela.
Garcia-Dunn was offered a sales position with that company, and within a few years she had amassed a strong base of knowledge about freight forwarding that got her another job with a large flatbed carrier and allowed her to open an office for it in Houston. With that experience under her belt, Garcia-Dunn was inspired to go into business for herself, founding AIM Global Logistics in 2009. By 2012, AIM was named the Emerging Business of the Year by the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
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