Tag: military freight

Small Fleet Champ

Young fleet PTS Worldwide clears hurdles for direct military contracting

Owner-operators Rick and Nancy Poulos mastered the art of military freight contracting before growing. What makes PTS a Small Fleet Champ semi-finalist, here.

July 20, 2020

Business

High-security munitions hauling: Bigger investment at startup can mean rich rewards

AA&E freight hauling requires proper permits, credentials, along with a list of other criteria. Learn more about hauling military freight here on Overdrive.

April 30, 2020

Overdrive Radio

90-plus-inch double-bunk sleeper in a cargo van? You bet

Cargo-van owner-operators Darren and Trish Ayres, in this edition of Overdrive Radio, haul in the CDL-required hazmat military-freight niche, and worked with Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Fastlane Products to build a unique sleeper set-up in their Mercedes Sprinter van. Also: More onerous inspection practices that could use discouragement.

March 15, 2019

Business

DOD begins transitioning management of the massive number of annual household goods moves to a single entity

The DOD is actively moving away from its system for doling out household goods loads to truck carriers and will eventually adopt a single-source model.

February 21, 2019

Channel 19

Govt. shutdown ripples out — though not toward military freight

And leased owner-op Jerry Boyd’s somewhat sanguine view on the year just ended, at odds with some independents running spot freight: “Everywhere you went,” Boyd said, “you could get a load of freight [with a good rate] – I’ve never seen it like that, just unload and reload.” …

January 16, 2019

Channel 19

Making more of that Alaska plate with Bennett-leased owner-ops, take two

Turns out the opportunity to make the most of the plate registration fee did arise for owner-operator Jerry Boyd before the registration period runs out this summer. He and fellow Bennett Motor Extpress owner-op Carl Lawrence, as well as another hauler, embarked from Oak Harbor, Wash., bound for Fairbanks on Thursday.

April 21, 2018

Custom Rigs

Active duty: Western Stars hauling 108,000-pound tanks

The Western Star full-axle tractors pictured here hauled three M88 tanks weighing 108,000 pounds each.

March 19, 2014

Business

The tanks have arms

And the frogs and dogs sing — and other strange happenings at the military installation.

March 2, 2014

Business

How to get access to military freight

A primer for owner-operators and small carriers on doing business direct with the military — or the 3PL contractor controlling a substantial portion of general military freight — to haul DOD loads.

February 10, 2014

Business

AA&E: Where the money is, if anywhere, in military freight

FedEx custom-critical expediters Andy and Myrian Johnson are sunny about high-security military freight, where the money is -- if it’s anywhere -- in the defense-department niche.

February 7, 2014

Business

Losing ground: The military hauling niche

Owner-operators continue to fight for access to military freight, though federal cost-cutting initiatives have reduced rates.

February 6, 2014

Voices

POLL: How have rates trended in military freight?

For those hauling military freight, how have rates trended in the sensitive/not-so-sensitive areas of the niche these last five years? Tell us more about what you’re seeing in comments under this poll.

January 6, 2014