Roadway Profile
Company Overview | Capabilities | Industry Leadership
Information Technology | Safety | Community Service
Company Overview
- Founded in 1930.
- Leading transporter of industrial, commercial, and retail goods specializing in solutions for businesses across North America through a full-service network, advanced information technologies, and proactive local customer service.
- Seamless transportation throughout Canada, Mexico, and the U.S., including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
- Global transportation and logistics solutions for import and export shipments.
- ISO 9001:2000 certified carrier.
- Approved for the C-TPAT, FAST and PIP programs for supply chain security.
- Operating subsidiaries: Reimer Express Lines Ltd. (Canada) and Roadway Reverse Logistics, Inc.
- Network in Mexico operated by YRC Transportation S.A. de C.V.
- Employees: 21,124
- Service centers: 332
- Trailers: 30,026/Tractors-8,783
- Average number of in-network shipments delivered per working day: 46,755
- Average length of in-network haul in 2007: 1,253 miles
- Average pounds in-network per shipment 2007: 1,201 pounds
- Tons of freight delivered in-network in 2007: 7,101,651 tons
- Number of miles logged by U.S. linehaul drivers in 2007: 475,396,368 miles
- A subsidiary of YRC Worldwide Inc.
Capabilities
- Seamless transportation throughout Canada, Mexico, and the U.S., including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico
- Reliable two-day, three-day and coast-to-coast service connecting key markets.
- Expedited and guaranteed deliveries via ground or air with Roadway Time-Critical™ Service and Roadway Time-Advantage™ Service.
- Guaranteed delivery windows. Any size window--within a specific hour, on a specific day, or across multiple days--can be accommodated.
- Dedicated protective services for a single shipment or an entire trailer.
- Special project and logistics management with Roadway Custom Solutions.
- Transportation and logistics for import and export shipments with Roadway Global Services.
- Transportation for volume shipments, tradeshow exhibits, cold-sensitive products, and product returns.
Industry Leadership
- Only carrier to guarantee delivery of tradeshow exhibits at no additional charge.
- Only carrier to provide dedicated protection and a guarantee for standard
transit shipments with Sealed Divider Service.
- Only LTL carrier with representatives on site at all major border-crossing points in North America to expedite customs clearance.
- Only carrier with highly trained local Customer Care Teams providing superior service and individualized transportation solutions for customers.
- One of the first transportation providers to be certified for the C-TPAT, PIP and FAST programs for supply chain security.
- First nationwide LTL carrier to receive ISO certification of its entire freight network and management systems for shipping goods from pickup to delivery. Certification in the internationally recognized ISO 9001:2000 standards assures that quality controls for system integrity and security are in place.
Information Technology
- Over 16 terabytes of shipment data stored online.
- Information systems process over 3.6 million transactions each day.
- Internet-based services provide in-transit shipment visibility and supply chain management for customers.
- Secure web-based applications, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and other technologies for customer use in managing freight transportation.
- First carrier to combine cellular and satellite technologies for gathering and sending real-time data along local pickup and delivery routes. This two-way messaging and vehicle-tracking system for pickup and delivery operations improves responsiveness to customer needs for pickup service and shipment information.
Safety
- 8 active drivers have driven over 4 million accident-free miles.
- 73 active drivers have driven over 3 million accident-free miles.
- 273 active drivers have driven over 2 million accident-free miles.
- 1,577 active drivers have driven over 1 million accident-free miles.
- 22 professional Roadway drivers (since 1930) have achieved the exceptional accomplishment of driving 4 million accident-free miles, helping to place Roadway as one of the safest transportation providers in the industry.
- 28 Roadway professional freight handlers from around the country qualified for the company's sixth annual Professional Freight Handlers Competition. This event, held in April 2006, recognizes dock safety performance.
- Linehaul drivers at Memphis, Tenn., hold Roadway's all-time safe-driving record. They drove 25,443,130 miles without a preventable accident between May 20, 2002, and January 22, 2003.
Community Service
Our corporate citizenship program affirms our commitment to the broader needs and concerns of society. Priorities include highway safety, children's health and educational needs, and the United Way. Programs at the corporate level that promote these focus areas include:
- Corporate and district road teams--Roadway professional drivers and freight handlers assist with presentations about the industry and safety issues to national media, customers, legislators, community organizations and schools.
- No-Zone Trailers--Three 48-foot Roadway trailers and four 28-foot pups share the No-Zone safety message about truck blind spots with motorists in a public safety campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
- Christina's Smile Dental Trailers--Free-of-charge linehaul service is provided for a charitable dental clinic that travels in two 48-foot trailers with the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. Since its inception in 1990, the program has provided more than 32,000 children with over $10 million worth of dental care.
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital-Fund-raising activities and payroll deduction by Roadway employees raised over $176,000 for St. Jude in 2005. St. Jude is the Memphis-based center for the research and treatment of catastrophic diseases in children. In just six years, Roadway employees have raised over $2 million for this cause.
- Job Corps--Roadway has partnered with the U.S. Department of Labor's Job Corp program to develop a tractor-trailer driver-training program to prepare disadvantaged youth for jobs within the trucking industry. Roadway is also providing a truck technician program curriculum in conjunction with the United Auto Workers-Labor Employment and Training Corporation.
- "Share the Road Safely" Trailer--A Roadway trailer displays the Ohio State Highway Patrol's "Share the Road Safely" message throughout Ohio. The message is funded by a federal education grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
