Pacer Stacktrain Announces Promotion of Peter Mettra; New Focus for Adriene Bailey.CONCORD, Calif. -- Pacer Stacktrain Pacer Stacktrain is a provider of wholesale intermodal transportation services in North America. In 1984, under its former operator APL (American President Lines), the company changed the way containerized freight is distributed with the introduction of "double-stack" rail , part of Pacer International Pacer International NASDAQ: PACR is a U.S. based holding company with operations in non-asset based third-party logistics and intermodal freight transportation services. The company's subsidiary Pacer Stacktrain pioneered the use of "double-stack" rail services. (Nasdaq:PACR PACR Pacer International Inc. (stock symbol) PACR Proposed Acceptability for Continuing Registration PACR Professional Accreditation of Conservator-Restorers PACR Piano d'Azione sul Capitale di Rischio ), announced the promotion of Peter Mettra to executive vice president for Transportation Purchasing and Marketing, and the reassignment of Adriene Bailey, also an executive vice president, to lead the development of new, wholesale intermodal (truck and rail) products and services. "The market is changing, and we are building and aligning our organization to ensure that Pacer continues to be a market leader in the business of moving truckload freight -- in any mode," said Tom Shurstad, president of Pacer Stacktrain. "We are firmly committed to our wholesale channel partners, and we are investing in strengthening our executive team and organization. Our intent is to build new products and services that will provide the intermodal marketing company (IMC (Internet Mail Consortium, Santa Cruz, CA, www.imc.org) An industry trade association founded in 1996 by Paul Hoffman and Dave Crocker that promotes Internet e-mail standards and features. ) community with seamless, high quality, door-to-door intermodal services to offer to their customers," he said. Mettra was formerly vice president for Domestic Sales; and Bailey was formerly executive vice president for Business Development and Transportation Purchasing. Both Mettra and Bailey will continue to report to Tom Shurstad, who serves as head of Pacer International's wholesale segment, as well as Pacer Stacktrain president. Pacer Stacktrain's new products will be designed to improve operating efficiencies and eliminate hand-offs, to increase service quality, and to lower the total cost of delivering the transportation service to the end customers, said Bailey. "Our customers are participating with us in the design of these products, and their input and continued collaboration will be instrumental in the success of our initiative," she added. In an earlier, related press release, the company announced that intermodal industry veteran Dan Beers has joined the company as executive vice president for Sales, and will be responsible for the Domestic, Automotive, Ocean Carrier, and Mexico lines of business. About Pacer Stacktrain -- Pacer Stacktrain operates the most extensive system for the wholesale, double-stack rail transportation of containerized con·tain·er·ize v.tr. con·tain·er·ized, con·tain·er·iz·ing, con·tain·er·iz·es 1. To package (cargo) in large standardized containers for efficient shipping and handling. 2. freight in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , and works closely with Pacer Cartage cart·age n. 1. The act or process of carting. 2. The cost of carting. cartage a fee charged for carting of goods. See also: Dues and Payment Noun 1. , its wholesale local trucking affiliate. About Pacer International -- Pacer International, a leading non-asset based North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. third-party logistics A third-party logistics provider (abbreviated 3PL) is a firm that provides outsourced or "third party" logistics services to companies for part, or sometimes all of their supply chain management function. and freight transportation provider, offers a broad array of logistics and other services through its subsidiaries and divisions to facilitate the movement of freight from origin to destination. Its wholesale services include Stacktrain (cost-efficient, two-tiered rail transportation for containerized shipments) and cartage (local trucking) services, and its retail services include intermodal marketing, truck brokerage, truck services, warehousing and distribution, international freight forwarding, and supply-chain management services. Pacer International is headquartered in Concord, California. Its business units Pacer Stacktrain and Pacer Global Logistics are headquartered in Concord, California, and in Dublin, Ohio, respectively. Web sites: www.pacer-international.com, www.pacerstack.com and www.pacerglobal.com. |
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