NASSTRAC Announces 2011 Carrier Of The Year Award Recipients
Contact: Brian Everett
NASSTRAC Executive Director
952-442-8850, ext. 201
MINNEAPOLIS, MN—NASSTRAC announces the recipients of its 2011 Carrier of the Year program, an annual program that recognizes transportation providers on a quantitative scale in five key areas: customer service, operational excellence, pricing, business relationship, leadership and technology.
This year, a record number of NASSTRAC regular members who are qualified buyers of transportation services graded carriers they use on a 4-point scale in the following categories, based upon regional scope and capabilities: National Truckload, Parcel, Expedited, and LTL (in National, Multi-Regional, Regional-Northeast, Regional-Southeast, Regional-Midwest, and Regional-West categories).
“NASSTRAC encourages high performance by carriers through this shipper-based recognition program,” said Joe Estrella, director of transportation and logistics network for CVS/Caremark and NASSTRAC’s current president. “NASSTRAC leverages this annual awards program to continually encourage performance excellence in various market segments of transportation. Carriers and shippers alike perceive this to be a very credible program through which appropriate industry recognition is given.” As NASSTRAC grows its association membership in all modes of transportation, it plans to continue expanding the categories represented in the awards program.
Receiving the prestigious NASSTRAC Carrier of the Year Awards in 2011 are: Werner Enterprises in the National Truckload category; FedEx Services in the Parcel category; and Associated Global Systems in the Expedited category. In LTL, the following are receiving awards: ABF Freight System in the National category; FedEx Freight in the Multi-Regional category; A. Duie Pyle in the Regional-Northeast category; AAA Cooper in the Regional-Southeast category; Dayton Freight Lines in the Regional-Midwest category; and Dependable Highway Express in the Regional-West category. According to Brian Everett, NASSTRAC's executive director, recipients of the award will be recognized at the 2011 NASSTRAC Logistics Conference & Expo taking place April 17-20 in Orlando, Fla.
The NASSTRAC Carrier of the Year program is co-sponsored by Logistics Management, a leading trade magazine for buyers of logistics services. For more information on NASSTRAC’s awards program, annual conference, or membership, visit www.NASSTRAC.org or call 952-442-8850, ext. 208.
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NASSTRAC provides education, advocacy, connections and solutions for professionals involved in all areas of transportation, ranging from full truckload and LTL to containerization and global logistics. For more information, visit www.NASSTRAC.org.