ACT News & Announcements

Jack Curry - Receives NATMI Certification Updated:   Friday, 04 Apr 2008 ACT is pleased to announce that Jack Curry, ACT Safety Director, just received the North American Transportation Managment Institute (NATMI) certification. This means that Jack has fulfilled all of the educational requirements, acquired professional experience, exhibited thorough knowledge of the field and attained the level of expertise and professionalism in motor fleet supervision. In addition, this required hours of research and is truly an example of raising the bar. This is a major accomplishment for Jack as well as for American Central Transport.   Congratulations Jack on a job well done!   The ACT Senior Officer Team Sr. Vice President Appointments Updated:   Thursday, 06 Mar 2008 We are pleased to announce that Wayne Anderson and Phil Wilt have been promoted to Senior Vice Presidents at American Central Transport. Wayne oversees all functions within the Operations Department; which includes Driver Dispatch, Load Planning and Customer Service. Phil oversees all functions within Human Resources, Driver Recruiting, and Safety.   Please join ACT in congratulating them on their accomplishment! ~ Tom Jr. ACT Receives the PetSmart 2007 Linehaul Carrier of the Year Award! Updated:   Thursday, 06 Mar 2008 ACT receives PetSmart’s 2007 Linehaul Carrier of the Year Award for Outstanding Service. During Friday, February 29th’s award presentation Chris McCurdy, PetSmart VP of Transportation, stated, “This is a new award for PetSmart and ACT is its first and only recipient to date.” PetSmart generously hosted a continental breakfast for office associates and a luncheon for drivers and mechanics recognizing the team effort involved. Thank you to everyone for a job well done.   Pictured left: Tom B. Kretsinger, Sr. - ACT Co-Chairman/C.E.O.; Lisa Shirley, ACT Customer Service Rep.; Matthew Cooper, National Account Manager; Chris McCurdy, PetSmart V.P. of Transportation; Chris Walsh, PetSmart Outbound Transportation Mgr.; and William T. Kretsinger, Sr., ACT Sr. Vice President Marketing & Sales. ACT Receives the Goodyear 2006 "Longhaul Truckload Carrier of the Year" ! Updated:   Monday, 11 Jun 2007 For the second year running ACT was recognized by Goodyear/Exel as their Longhaul Truckload Carrier of the Year. ACT improved our on-time performance with a rating of 99.24%, our survey score with a rating of 77.73%, and our overall score with a rating of 95.61%.   ACT receives the Transplace Bronze Seal of Approval! Updated:   Monday, 11 Jun 2007 ACT was awarded the Transplace Bronze Seal of Approval under the 2007 Carrier Merit Program. ACT was recognized for out-standing customer service, consistent on-time pick up and delivery, and an excellent overall business relationship.   ACT receives a certificate of Outstanding On-Time Performance from DHL! Updated:   Monday, 11 Jun 2007 DHL Express Line Haul Carrier Recognition Program recently presented ACT with a Certificate of Outstanding On-Time Performance. ACT achieved 99.51% On-Time Performance for the period of July 1 - November 9, 2006. Goodyear & Exel Recognize ACT as the 2005 "Longhaul Truckload Carrier of the Year"! Updated:   Thursday, 27 Jul 2006    In February of this year Goodyear/Exel notified American Central Transport, Inc. of ACT's selection as the "Longhaul Truckload Carrier of the Year" for 2005. The carrier selection process was designed to rate carriers who provided not only excellent service to the Goodyear/ Exel partnership but also to their customers.    Some of the criteria for the selection included carriers in the top 20 in volume han­dled per mode of transportation and carriers that hauled finished good products from Goodyear/Exel plants and warehouses.      American Central Transport was rated #1 overall and ranked first in the following three Carrier Recognition Program measurements: On time performance - 98.94% % of shipments that successfully met on time delivery requirements Claims Score - 100% % of shipments delivered successfully with no claims Survey Score - 77.19% Best Survey Score from the shipping and receiving locations on ranking carriers service levels    In the notification email ACT received, Patrick Hurley, V.P. Supply Chain, stated "The winner in each category provided not only excellent service to the Goodyear/ Exel partnership but also to our customers. All our carriers' efforts in 2005 helped us to enhance operations within our supply chain and continue efforts to provide world class service to our customers."    This award reinforces our "Best in Class" attitude toward customer service and safety. Way to go ACT!