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Is your cargo on track? |
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GE helping Hurricane Katrina relief efforts |
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News: Share the Road Rig goes to Katrina Disaster Area |
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Last Month's Poll Results
What do you think is the biggest issue impacting the trucking industry today? driver retention 19% fuel prices 71% cargo security 5% equipment obsolescence 5% |
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 Is your cargo on track?
When your customer’s cargo is at a standstill so is your business - that’s why it’s essential to track your trailers’ whereabouts. With GE’s VeriWiseTM Asset Intelligence you can monitor, manage and optimize your trailer fleet - whether you rent, lease or own your trailers. Want to learn more? View this short video about how VeriWiseTM Asset Intelligence can drive more revenue to your bottom line. click here to view the video |
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| Ask an Expert question: How is Trailer Fleet Services handling the impact of Katrina in the Gulf area? |
 Andrew Liebert, Trailer Fleet Services Division VP, answers:Our business has initiated multiple efforts over the past weeks to respond to the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina. This included creating a central support center to coordinate relief related trailer needs, as well as respond to the needs of the many employees we have in the region. Thankfully, all of our employees have survived the disaster, and we are supporting them in any way we can during the long period of recovery ahead. Our Trailer Fleet Services branches in Jackson, MS, Tupelo, MS, and Memphis, TN all sustained some damage and power loss but we were able to reopen them last week. The branch site in New Orleans, meanwhile, remains closed until further notice. Incoming calls are being re-routed to the Field Service Center in Wayne, Pa., and trailers are being deployed from other Trailer Fleet Services branches throughout the region. Trailer Fleet Services has established a temporary branch 90 miles northwest of New Orleans in Baton Rouge. Trailer Fleet Services branches in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio have been designated as "staging areas" to funnel wider-world logistical support into the Gulf Coast region... click here to read more (including more about GE’s relief efforts currently underway) |
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 NEWS: First Stop for Share the Road Rig: Katrina Disaster Area
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Mack Trucks Inc. have unveiled a new custom-designed truck and trailer that will tour the country as part of the ATA’s “Share the Road” highway safety program. After a safety demonstration to instruct local drivers on sharing the road with commercial vehicles, the custom truck and trailer’s first stop was the Hurricane Katrina disaster area with critically needed relief supplies from Wal-Mart. |
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here to read more GE & Share the Road: GE’s Trailer Fleet Services is a proud supporter of the Share the Road program and has donated the 53’ trailer used for this program. For more information on the Share the Road program visit: www.atastr.org |
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 September To-Do List Here are some things that you may want to focus on for the month of September: That time of the year Remember to schedule your annual federal inspections. GE’s Maintenance Management program can help you keep your fleet in compliance so you can stay on the road. Is your line ready? Adjust your trailer fleet inventory with additional rentals for the upcoming holiday season. |