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What CSA 2010 & The Managing of Risk Will Mean to Your Company

Posted Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 by Gary
Filed under: Access America Transport, Compliance Safety Accountability, FMCSA

Shipping your goods over the nation’s highways just got a whole lot more complicated. Why?

Compliance Safety Accountability 2010 (CSA 2010), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), together with state partners and industry will work to further reduce commercial vehicle …

Gary

Green Transportation Enhances Profitability

Posted Friday, December 11th, 2009 by Gary
Filed under: Access America Transport, Green Trucking

Just because a company utilizes green initiatives doesn’t only mean that it cares about the planet, it now effects the bottom line. Today more and more industries are thinking green because waste costs money and efficiency produces more profitability.

Let’s talk …

Gary

Shipping Bulk Commodities by Rail

Posted Thursday, December 10th, 2009 by Gary
Filed under: Rail Services

One of the United States top export commodity is Bulk agricultural products. Sales for the U.S. in 2008 were estimated at $73 billion and corn and wheat would be on the top side of this figure. Another top bulk export …

Gary

Access America Transport and Disaster Preparedness

Posted Thursday, May 28th, 2009 by Gary
Filed under: Access America Transport

Access America Transport develops a war room mentality and segregates the disaster operations center apart from our daily operations.We develop contingency plans specific to the customers we service. These plans allow us to coordinate response efforts needed for FEMA, State/Federal …

Gary

Addressing the Issue of Carrier Compliance

Posted Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 by Gary
Filed under: Access America Transport, FMCSA

While our competitors may create risks by the carriers they use to load a shipper’s cargo on, we manage the risk before the load even happens.

By addressing the issue of carrier compliance you are mitigating against the risk of prosecution, …

Gary

Access America Transport and ISO 9001:2000

Posted Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 by Gary
Filed under: 3PL, Access America Transport

As our company continues to grow Access America Transport realized that its growth would be best managed through quality.

Access America Transport began a pursuit of a better way to measure; Our impact in the industry, Our level of customer service …

Gary

Shipping Heavy Equipment by Rail

Posted Thursday, July 31st, 2008 by Gary
Filed under: Heavy Haul Specialized, Rail Services, Shipping Logistics

Shipping heavy equipment by rail was once thought as too many moving parts to make it a viable solution. The alternative was shipping their freight using “hard to get” and always expensive over the road specialized equipment.

Times have changed …

Gary

Working with Rail Roads and a Rail Management Company

Posted Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 by Gary
Filed under: Rail Services

You cannot have an extensive history in transportation without saying you’ve worked with the railroads.

They are the last great alternative to moving bulk commodities like coal and agri-products as well as over dimensional freight. They are also a great alternative …