Customers Shipping to and from Hawaii Provide G.I. Trucking Company with Dramatic Increases in Shipments and Revenue; Company Offers More Frequent and Dependable Service to and from Hawaii.BREA, Calif. -- Customers shipping to and from Hawaii have provided G.I. Trucking Company with significant increases in the number of shipments and revenue during 2003 and 2004. In 2003, the company experienced a 40 percent increase in the number of shipments and a 60 percent increase in revenue over 2002. In the first quarter of 2004, G.I. Trucking gained a 33 percent increase in the number of shipments and a 70 percent increase in revenue over the same period of 2003. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. G.I. Trucking, the gains have come from more frequent and dependable shipping services to and from Hawaii by the California-based trucking firm and its Aloha State partners. For over 27 years, G.I. Trucking has been handling shipments to and from the state and its multiple island destinations. The company offers regular Wednesday and Saturday sailings with a top ocean carrier, Matson Navigation. No ocean carrier or trucking company offers more frequent sailings. Most competitors offer only one per week. "Shippers benefit from this kind of scheduled offerings. If they miss a shipment, they don't have to wait several days for a scheduled sailing," noted Fran Glidewell, Vice President, Sales and Marketing for G.I. Trucking "No other carrier offers twice weekly sailing from any port outside of California." Working with Matson Navigation, G.I. Trucking Company can move shipments twice a week from the Port of Long Beach to Hawaii. Containers with freight depart Wednesdays and Saturdays to arrive in Honolulu on Sunday and Wednesday of the following week. In Honolulu, the company unloads the containers for distribution to Oahu. Delivery to other island destinations may take one to two days. Island Movers, an island-experienced local service agent, handles deliveries of G.I. Trucking shipments to Oahu or Maui where most of the freight is destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. . "Island Movers, one of the largest carriers in the islands, provides a full range of transportation services like warehousing, specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. home delivery of appliances, furniture and home building products, convention and trade show support, hotel installations, and statewide courier A monospaced typeface originating from the typewriter that is commonly used for letters. It is still considered by many to be the "appropriate" typeface for business correspondence. services," said Lance S. Terayama, President and C00. "We have over forty plus years of experience serving the Hawaiian marketplace with unique delivery challenges such as irregular hours, narrow streets, and dock less destinations. This serves us well in meeting the timely and reliable shipping needs of G.I. Trucking customers." According to Glidewell, G.I. Trucking offers competitive rates with a single invoice An itemized statement or written account of goods sent to a purchaser or consignee by a vendor that indicates the quantity and price of each piece of merchandise shipped. A consular invoice is one used in foreign trade. of itemized charges; shipping on a G.I. preassigned tracking number (PRO Number) from start to finish; and dependable container-loading that meets the unique requirements of a 3,000 mile ocean voyage VOYAGE, marine law. The passage of a ship upon the seas, from one port to another, or to several ports. 2. Every voyage must have a terminus a quo and a terminus ad quem. . G.I. Trucking Company provides direct less-than-truckload (LTL LTL - Linear Temporal Logic ) service to 13 Western states from 62 terminals. It also offers transportation services to every U.S. state A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and and all of Canada through its ExpressLINK North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. service network. |
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