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In This Issue
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Note from Bob Heniff
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Recipient of Safety Awards
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Expanding Terminals Footprint
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Overcoming Industry-wide Capacity Challenges
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Note from Bob Heniff
I would like to take this
opportunity to thank you for your business and the support you've given
us over the years. As I reflect on the past six months, we've
experienced a tremendous amount of success in our effort to
expand our services and to increase the scale of our business. To meet
more of your liquid bulk transportation needs, we've greatly
increased our footprint with the addition of many new terminals in
2007. To maintain a high level of consistency in our operations and
service, we've taken great care to ensure all new locations have the
same laser-like focus on safety, security, and reliability that you've
always received from the Heniff team. In looking forward, you will continue to see advancements
in all areas of our business, including expansion of our driver and
equipment resources, enhancements to our technology capabilities,
and additional leadership support to help increase capacity and to
promote safety and security across our industry. Finally, we don't take your trust in Heniff lightly. As as
result, our unwavering commitment to exceed your expectations will
continue in every aspect of our business. As we continue our effort to
lead the industry, we look forward to working with you for many year to
come, and certainly welcome your on-going feedback regarding ways we
can better meet your transportation needs. Best Regards,
Bob Heniff
President Heniff Transportation Systems, Inc.
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Recent Additions to the Heniff Team
Dale Rivers
Southest Ops. Mgr.
Coden, AL
Deborah Rivers
Office Manager
Coden, AL
Robbie Nelson
Dispatcher
Beaumont, TX
Randy Morris
Director of Marketing
Alsip, IL
Spencer Shully
Sales & Ops. Assistant
Alsip, IL
Jennifer Gutierrez
Billing
LaPorte, TX
Robert F. Byers
Dispatcher
LaPorte, TX
Robert L. Byers
Gulf Coast Safety Mgr.
LaPorte, TX
Vanessa Rossolille Administrative Assistant Alsip, IL John Zolecki Staff Accountant Alsip, IL
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Hello,
Welcome to the first edition of our company newsletter, the
INFORMER! The purpose of this communication is to help update
you on all of the exciting changes happening at our rapidly-growing
company. In addition, we plan to highlight important news and trends
in our industry. Going forward, we plan to distribute the newsletter quarterly and
would greatly appreciate your input regarding the type of information
that would be useful to you as a valued customer of Heniff
Transportation Systems. ______________________________________________________
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Recipient of Safety Awards
Heniff
Transportation Systems was honored with three National Tank Truck
Carrier awards for our outstanding safety record in 2006.
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Competitive Safety Merit Award (8-12 million miles class) -- honored for very low accidents per million miles
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Personnel Safety Merit Award (8-12 million miles class) -- honored for very low injuries per hours worked
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Second Year Improvement Award -- honored for continuous improvement
In addition, our company was recently honored with the Lowest 3-Year WC Rate Loss Award
by Cottingham & Butler Truck Insurance Group. This award and the
NTTC awards are a testament to our deep commitment to safety in every
aspect of our business, from pick up and deliveries to back office
operations. Our vision is to be one of the safest and most secure
liquid bulk carriers in North America. We are very proud to receive
this validation as we continue our journey to lead the industry.
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Expanding Terminals Footprint
In an effort to significantly increase our
presence
in the Gulf Coast region, we've opened many new locations. To ensure
consistency, all of our new terminals are fully indoctrinated on our
in-depth safety and security practices, and fully committed to
providing the same top-quality service that customers are accustomed
to receiving from existing company locations.
New Locations:
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Alabama-based Terminals
- Mobile, AL
- Birmingham, AL
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Florida-based Terminal
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Texas-based Terminal
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Louisiana-based Terminal
- New Orleans, LA (under construction)
For more information regarding these terminals, please contact us at 1-877-HENIFF1.
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Overcoming Industry-wide Capacity Challenges
As
reported by American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), the trucking industry continues to face ongoing
capacity-related challenges.We believe these industry-wide challenges are addressable and largely attributable to the following constraints:
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Tractor/Trailer Limitations
- This challenge is most-commonly caused by limited shipping hours and
overloading tractor/trailer resources during peak loading and unloading
times, causing longer delivery times due to bottlenecks.In addition, the demand for delivery of chemicals continues to grow.To
help address this industry-wide situation, we're working aggressively
to expand our existing fleet, purchasing tractors and trailers that are
engineered to be as light as possible to increase payload, working with
our customers and partners to consider pickups and deliveries at
non-peak/weekend hours and to reduce time-wasters, and improving our
collaboration between chemical supplier and consignee sites.
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Driver Shortage
- It is widely known that a shortage of drivers exists across the
liquid bulk transportation market, as well as the broader trucking
industry.This issue stems from the difficultly
to recruit new, high-quality drivers due to the minimum age limit,
required experience, higher-than-average job safety concerns, time away
from home, and a growing retiring driver population.To
help alleviate this industry-wide problem, we're working to better
educate the general public about the benefits of being a liquid bulk
truck driver, looking at ways to retain older drivers, maximizing the
gender pool (i.e., hiring more women), and hiring more legal immigrants
and minorities.
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Regulation Changes - Driver availability is limited by hours-of-service regulation changes that decrease drivers' time behind the wheel.To address this challenge, we're closely monitoring drivers via technology and administrative staff.We're also working with shippers to maximize drivers' time on difficult shipments.
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Congestion/Infrastructure - It is estimated that 243 million hours are lost annually due to highway congestion.Moreover,
the number of trucks on highways is expected to increase by 70% by
2020, yet lane-miles will only increase by a few percent.Growing
highway congestion is currently being reviewed and addressed by a
variety of governmental bodies which will result in new investments in
highway capacity, preservation of existing infrastructure, and
improvements in communications and operations.
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Technology Adoption
- As a whole, the transportation industry hasn't fully utilized all of
the new technologies available to help address the capacity-related
challenges. Many of these new technological
advancements (e.g., Web-based logistics, Transportation Management
Systems, electronic order tendering, etc.) will help dramatically
improve communication and efficiencies across the chemical delivery
chain.As a result, we've aggressively reviewed
these and other technologies, and plan to implement new technologies
across our company later this year.
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