The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has ratified a new five-year labor contract with YRCW carriers including Yellow Transportation, Roadway and Reimer Express.

“The contract gives us the tools to serve our customers in what is an increasingly dynamic industry environment. The contract includes flexibilities that will allow the company to provide enhanced customer services,” stated YRC North American Transportation President Mike Smid.

“Most important,” Smid added, “the ratified contract was a win-win for the company and employees. Our drivers, dockworkers and other union members are the best in the freight shipping business.

“This contract is our blueprint for superior customer service and company performance over the next five years.”

Ron VanBibber, a freight shipping account specialist from the Roadway service center in Salt Lake City, UT, has some safety tips to share for winter driving.

The March safe winter driving tip–Use extra caution when approaching bridges.

“Elevated structures like bridges and highway overpasses usually freeze first and many are not treated with ice/snow melt materials (salt, sand) like the rest of the road. I’ve seen many vehicles traveling fine on the highway, but as soon as they get on a bridge they spin out of control. Black ice is also often found on bridges.”

The ability to build and maintain a global supply chain just got easier.

Now you can simply call the Roadway Shipping International Hotline at 1-800-INTLREX (468-5739), press option #4 for a Global Service quote and receive it either the same or next day.

Customers requesting quotes will receive port-to-port and port-to-U.S. door information on the same day. Next day quotes can include door-to-door, unusual ports, special equipment and multiple lane information. Standard rate quotes can include air/ocean forwarding, inland transportation, cargo insurance and customs brokerage.

Hours of operation are daily between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Central Time.

“Roadway, Your Way” is more than a tagline. Our Custom Solutions team is a dedicated group of individuals who takes your greatest logistical challenges, and turns them into solutions for success.

Product rollouts, new store openings and resets, specialized pickup and delivery needs, and reverse logistics require concrete design, detailed planning, and flawless execution.

Over the past year, Roadway has delivered success for a multitude of logistics projects, including:
–Coordinated, time-specific product launches to thousands of store sites across the continent –Complete management of a 400-site, new store opening program, including both construction and opening-day inventory –Customized home and business delivery of B2C merchandise (including packaging, labeling, assembly, and debris removal) –Integrated reverse logistics and disposal of tens of thousands of recalled products

We can combine our Custom Solutions approach with our time-based services to deliver unparalleled success for your business.

Does this sound like something you’ve experienced? Sales: “We just secured this hot order. It has to be there on Monday!” Production: “Our line is a bit behind. It may be ready by Thursday, but most likely it will be ready Friday.” Finance: “We need to do a better job of managing costs. We can’t always send these rush orders by air!”

When you are faced with a freight shipping challenge like this, let Roadway be your understanding partner.

Roadway Time Critical Service has some distinct advantages that make this sort of painful scenario turn into your chance to be a hero.

Roadway has tens of thousands of Time-Critical Friday-to-Monday lanes (http://www.roadway.com/services/timecritical.html) to help you avoid the prohibitive cost of overnight airfreight charges over the weekend.

The end result? Your sales grows through increased satisfaction. Profits grow through effectively managed expediting–and it’s all thanks to you–the hero!

Then our online First-Time Shipper section is for you.

Curious how shipments move through our system? Take a virtual tour:
Not sure what transportation services Roadway offers?

Roadway offer a broad range of shipping services for virtually any transportation situation such as:

–Seamless North American transportation

–Reliable, fast cross-border Canada, Mexico service

–Expedited, guaranteed, and window deliveries with Roadway Time-Critical Serviceand Roadway Time-Advantage Service

–Guaranteed standard ground service by noon with Roadway Guaranteed A.M.  Service OR by 5 p.m.
–Roadway Guaranteed Day  Service –Patented Sealed Divider  Service –Roadway Custom Solutions  for special project and logistics management

The #1 reason for denial of freight damage claims is IMPROPER PACKAGING.

At a minimum your item should be secured to a wooden pallet. The pallet should be a minimum of 4” larger than the item secured to it on all sides. Yellow Freight loads and unloads their trailers with forklifts and pallet jacks. Sometimes a dock worker will try to slide the lift truck forks under and item not mounted on a pallet which causes damage in most cases. Should this cause damage, the carrier will yell “improper packaging” and accept no responsibility for the damage. When freight is loaded into a truck it will shift and move around slightly while going down the road. By using a pallet should your item shift the pallet will in most cases prevent or reduce damage.

Roadway Sealed Divider Service was developed to address specific customer needs, such as safe transport of fragile products and verifiable security to meet new, stricter government regulations. We are proud to be the only provider to offer a patented solution for shipping freight.