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AKRON, Ohio—FedEx Truckload Brokerage, a subsidiary of FedEx Custom Critical, said today it has expanded its services into Canada.
A FedEx spokesperson told LM that since FedEx Truckload Brokerage launched last year, its customers “have been asking us to handle their Canadian shipments, so this was the natural next step for FedEx Truckload Brokerage.”
“We actually put the plan into motion late last year,” he said. “Since then we have been ramping up, building up our number of carriers and our logistics account managers to prepare for the new business.”
The biggest benefit of this Northern expansion for shippers, according to the spokesperson, is simply that they have a FedEx service for their truckload shipments to and from Canada.
“This is ideal for customers who have plants, vendors or customers in the U.S. and north of the border,” he said. “For example, we have a customer who is a paint manufacturer that has been using our U.S. services for about seven months. He now plans to use us to reach his Ontario locations. “
FedEx Truckload Brokerage initially hit the market in a “soft launch” in January 2007, and it formally hit the market the following April. The service is focused on providing shippers with full-service truckload brokerage service offerings, ranging from regular, dry-van freight to oversized pieces that need flatbed trailers, according to FedEx Custom Critical. And it added that additional resources can be deployed for shipments that need temperature control functionality.
A little more than a year ago, the list of qualified carriers that meet FedEx’ requirements was comprised of more than 100 carriers. Today, the spokesman said, FedEx Truckload Brokerage works with 275 carriers, with approximately 10 percent of those carriers offering cross-border services between the U.S. and Canada.
“Our overall carrier number and those able to service Canada will continue to grow as we aggressively qualify top-quality carriers,” said the spokesman.
Source: Logistics Management
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