FedEx Truckload Brokerage Launches
New Offering Brings More Options to FedEx Portfolio of Freight Shipping
AKRON, Ohio, April 17, 2007 – FedEx Custom Critical, Inc., a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), has introduced a new company to meet customers’ truckload shipping needs—FedEx Truckload Brokerage.
The new company, officially opened for business Jan. 2, 2007, offers customers full-service truckload brokerage solutions. Options range from brokerage solutions for regular, dry-van freight to oversized pieces requiring flatbed trailers. Additional resources can also be utilized for shipments requiring temperature control.
Customers who call FedEx Truckload Brokerage work directly with a logistics account manager. The account manager handles all aspects of the shipment, from initial setup to finding the right carrier and providing the final invoice. These capabilities are available for customers throughout the continental United States.
"FedEx Truckload Brokerage gives customers another choice on their freight-shipping menu," said John Colonna, managing director, FedEx Truckload Brokerage. "We have spent the past 12 months developing relationships with the top carriers in the country to ensure we deliver the quality and reliability that our customers expect from FedEx."
FedEx, through its operating companies, offers a full portfolio of freight services for almost every customer need and time frame:
- FedEx Custom Critical provides specialty freight delivery for urgent shipments in the contiguous U.S., Canada and Mexico with air solutions available worldwide.
- FedEx Expedited Freight Services offer multiple services for time-critical shipments requiring faster service in the contiguous U.S. and worldwide by air.
- FedEx Express Freight provides customers with time-definite, money-back guaranteed delivery in one, two or three days in the U.S. and now in more than 130 countries worldwide.
- FedEx Freight has several day-definite solutions with less-than-truckload freight delivery within the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
- FedEx Ground offers FedEx Ground multiweight pricing for shipping in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico with day-definite delivery.
- FedEx Trade Networks provides customs brokerage, ocean freight, air cargo and multi-modal services in major world markets.
- FedEx Truckload Brokerage provides full-service truckload solutions throughout the contiguous United States.
About FedEx Corp.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenues of $35 billion, the company offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 275,000 employees and contractors to remain "absolutely, positively" focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. For more information, visit fedex.com.
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