by astoundz | Apr 22, 2023 | drayage, houston, intermodal
Excargo celebrates Earth Day 2023 Excargo celebrates Earth Day 2023 While Excargo has consistently given back to the Houston community for decades, Excargo Cares was an initiative created in 2021 to officially state a mission and program for our team to give back...
by astoundz | Apr 17, 2023 | drayage, houston, intermodal
Excargo WINS First and Second in Safety at ATA SSHR Conference! Excargo WINS First and Second in Safety at ATA SSHR Conference! Breaking News!! Excargo wins 2 awards for our Safety program at the ATA 2023 Safety, Security & Human Resources National Conference...
by astoundz | Feb 28, 2023 | drayage, houston, intermodal
Women’s History Month Reflection 2023 Women’s History Month Reflection 2023 While we tend to still think trucking is a male dominated industry, I am proud of what I have seen in my 40+ year career. I admit I hid my gender at first and signed my initials...
by astoundz | Jun 3, 2019 | drayage, houston, intermodal
How Customers Can Stop the Threat to Container Efficiency 2019 is off to a worrisome start for the dray community. But it’s not the usual suspects. No, it’s not the driver shortage fomented by inflated pay from the oil fields, horrendous congestion, and increasing...
by astoundz | May 31, 2019 | houston, intermodal
Where Are All the Trucks? In May, I was invited to speak at the Houston chapter of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) on my favorite subject, the shortage of dray trucks. Inefficiencies I smugly declared, “There is no shortage of dray trucks,...
by astoundz | May 31, 2019 | intermodal, shipping
When Bigger Isn’t Always Better With the advent of the mega ships such as Panamax and the Ultra Large Container Vessels (ULCV), shippers and logistics experts were all so excited. The thought of one ship holding 10,000 TEUs, 14,500 TEUs or even more promised...
