Top transportation firms recognized for excellence: quality and shipper performance awards.Eleven transportation firms and 12 shippers received the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's top recognition for performance at the organization's annual training symposium award ceremony April 27 in Nashville, Tenn. The awards are presented annually to Department of Defense approved commercial transportation firms whose performance is so superlative that they deserve recognition through the Quality Awards Program. The award recipients for 2005 are: American Presidents Lines Company of Washington D.C. Boyle Transportation Company of Massachusetts Cargo Transport Systems of Kuwait Fedex Express FedEx Express, based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, is the world's largest cargo airline. It is a subsidiary of the FedEx Corporation and delivers packages and freight to more than 220 countries each day[1]. of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, federation of sheikhdoms (2005 est. pop. 2,563,000), c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Interstate Van Lines Interstate Van Lines is a moving van company that was founded by Arthur E. Morrissette in 1943, and is still led by members of the Morissette family. It is based in Springfield, Virginia. They advertise "Top Hat Service". of Virginia N & N Travel and Tours, Inc. of Texas P & O Nedlloyd Pilot Air Freight air freight n → flete m por avión air freight n → fret aérien air freight air n → Luftfracht f of Pennsylvania Port of Beaumont The Port of Beaumont is a deep-water port located in Beaumont, Texas. It claims to rank as the fourth largest in the United States and the thirty-fourth largest in the world in terms of tonnage. It also claims to be the busiest military port in the U.S. , Texas Port of Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi is a coastal city and the county seat of Nueces CountyGR6 in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the region known as South Texas. Raith Engineering During the past calendar year, more than 1,200 shippers competed for this award in four categories: Superlarge, Large, Medium and Small. The winning selections were based on data obtained from the Worldwide Port System, and review of the shippers' performance by the documentation branch, SDDC SDDC Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (formerly Military Traffic Management Command) SDDC Single Data Device Correction operations center. The 2005 Shipper Performance Award winners are: Superlarge Shipper Category The Army and Air Force Exchange Service The Army and Air Force Exchange Service (or AAFES) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense. Its mission is to provide quality merchandise and services of necessity and convenience to authorized customers at uniformly low prices, and to generate reasonable , Dan Daniels Distribution Center. Newport News, Va. The Defence Distribution Center, Susquehanna, Pa. Large Shipper Category The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk Va. The Defence Distribution Center, New Cumberland, Pa. The Joint Military Postal Activity-Atlantic, New Jersey International and Bulk Mail Center Detachment Medium Shipper Category The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Distribution Center, Atlanta, Ga. The Joint Military Postal Activity-Pacific, San Francisco, Calif. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Consolidation Center, New Jersey Small Shipper Category National Security Agency, Cargo Shipping Services The Defense Subsistence Office, Jacksonville, Fla. The Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Natick Soldier Center, Ma. The Defense Distribution Center, Barstow, Texas Mitch Chandran, Public Affairs Officer SDDC Headquarters |
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