Access America Transport

Access America Transport
Private
Industry Logistics Services
Founded 2002
Headquarters Chattanooga, Tennessee
Number of locations
 9
Key people
 Ted Alling, Co-Founder, CEO
Barry Large, Co-Founder, CFO
Allan Davis, Co-Founder, COO
Chad Eichelberger, President
Ronald Ramsey, Executive Vice President
Revenue $600 million
Website Accessamericatransport.com

Access America Transport is a third-party logistics provider of transportation and logistics services. The company, based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, operates nine offices and services customers throughout North America. Access America's services include: truckload shipping, less than truckload shipping, intermodal, specialized transportation, and supply chain management. Access America Transport is one of the fastest growing transportation and logistics service provider in North America.[1]

History

Access America Transport was founded in 2002 in Chattanooga by Ted Alling and Barry Large as the logistics division of Key-James Brick. The company soon expanded into other commodities and began offering dry van, flatbed, and refrigerated van service.

In 2003, Miller Welborn and Allan Davis joined Access America Transport and the company expanded its services to include transload and warehouse facilities. Access America opened its first such facility in Birmingham, Alabama.

The company opened its second office location in 2005 in Birmingham. The office began working with the Department of Defense and other government entities moving truckload freight within the United States. Following the opening of the Birmingham location, the company began moving freight within Canada and Mexico as well.

In 2006, Access America added locations in Minneapolis and Eufaula, Alabama. In addition, the company began offering less-than-truckload (LTL), heavy haul, and intermodal services to its customers. The expansion into LTL also included technology upgrades which enabled Access America customers to enter shipment information online and compare service options based on pricing, service, and LTL carrier, the interface similar to websites like Travelocity.[2]

In 2007 and 2008, Access America opened three additional locations in Ohio and Tennessee. The company also expanded into supply chain management, reverse logistics, freight consolidation, and refrigerated LTL while further upgrading its transportation management system software.

Access America Transport added its 7th location in Atlanta in June 2011. The company hired its 200th employee in July 2011 and expanded its Chattanooga[3] and Minneapolis[4] facilities. AAT opened two additional offices in 2012. The new offices locations were opened in Denver, Colorado[5] and San Antonio, Texas.[6] The San Antonio office was opened to provide additional focus on produce and refrigerated shipping. In addition, the Birmingham and Columbus, Ohio locations were both relocated to accommodate additional growth. Access America Transport hired its 425th employee in November 2012.

Access America Transport announced the addition of over 950 new jobs in Chattanooga; Knoxville;[7] and Minneapolis[8] in early 2013. These jobs are to be created over the next five years and will be supported by workforce training grants from Tennessee and Minnesota. 2013 also marked the opening on the tenth Access America office in the Gulf Coast region.

Services

Access America Transport works with customers in North America moving their freight via truck and rail. The company, acting as a third-party, negotiates pricing with its customers and negotiates volume pricing from trucking companies and railroads. The company has contracts and relationships with 46,000 truckload providers, 48 less-than-truckload providers, and 12 railroads. The carrier relationships encompass common, contract, and private fleet trucking companies.

The company’s customer base includes the United States Government, government contractors, manufacturers, distributors, and other logistics companies. Industries serviced by the company include: aerospace, automotive, chemical, construction materials, electronics, food and beverage, produce, retail, telecommunications, and textiles. The company is ISO 9001:2008 certified and is a member of the SmartWay Transport Partnership, a collaboration between the freight industry and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Awards and recognition


References

  1. 1 2 "Access America Transport - Chattanooga, TN". Inc.com. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  2. ↑ "LTL Shipping Quotes | Less Than Truckload Trucking Companies". Accessamericatransport.com. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  3. ↑ "Jamestown - Warehouse Row Welcomes Access America Transport to Office Suites". Jamestownproperties.com. 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  4. ↑ "Access America Expands". Access America Transport. 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  5. ↑ "Logistics USA - Access America Expanding to Colorado". Logisticsmediausa.com. 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
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  7. ↑ "Access America Transport to Expand Tennessee Operations | TN.gov Newsroom". News.tn.gov. 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  8. ↑ "Brooklyn Park trucking broker plans to add 500 jobs locally". Star Tribune. 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  9. ↑ "Access America Transport on the Forbes America's Most Promising Companies List". Forbes.com. 2012-12-31. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  10. ↑ "has been awarded certification for the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System Standard". Access America Transport. 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  11. ↑ "2010". Chattanoogachamber.com. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  12. ↑ Goodman, Russell W. (2011-08-02). "100 Great Supply Chain Partners". Supplychainbrain.com. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  13. ↑ "Winner Photos | Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™". Achievers.com. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
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  15. ↑ "EPA Partner List". EPA.gov. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013.
  16. ↑ http://www.ttnews.com/log50/2012/2012Log50.pdf
  17. ↑ "Logistic firm keeps growing". Times Free Press. 2008-12-25. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  18. ↑ "Best Broker Website Links- 800.264.8580". NASTC. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  19. ↑ "e-Customer". Tianet.org. 2005-04-19. Retrieved 2014-03-18.

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