2. UTI Transport Solutions – acquired by UTi Worldwide March 7, 2006 to allow UTi Worldwide to provide clients with a truly global integrated logistics solution. UTi Transport Solutions – is focused on North American ground transportation - Truckload, Van, Reefer, Flatbed, Specialized, Intermodal and LTL. Over 30 years of transportation experience led us to be an industry leader in providing solutions for Clients and Carriers that uniquely meet their needs. Today, UTi Transport Solutions - has evolved into an organization that fully understands the needs of the motor freight industry and constantly responds with improved solutions. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, our force of over 200 offices are linked together with industry leading technology UTi Transport Solutions - has contracts with over 43,000 carriers representing more than 1,000,000 power units nationwide. Our custom-developed technology allows us to communicate instantly with our carriers and clients, book over 18,000 loads every month, and maintain an inventory of over 4,000 available loads at any given moment. UTi Transport Solutions for Clients - Looks at the big picture . We can optimize a shipper's traffic patterns by utilizing our various transportation solutions to better meet service needs while staying cost effective. Load tracking and paperwork can be immediately accessed from our website for real-time information. Our Carrier Services Department verifies insurance, safety rating and authority on each carrier used.
3. Multimodal Transportation Options Dedicated Contract Carriers Intermodal Flatbed and Over Dimensional Third Party Logistics LTL Multimodal transportation options including: Dedicated Contract Carriers, LTL, Intermodal, Third Party Logistics, Private Fleet Operations Dry Van and Refrigerated
5. Business Development Support Claims Fulltime claims department that facilitate the settlement of the claim by supplying and processing claims forms and interacting with both the shipper and the carrier. UTi carries a contingent cargo insurance policy of $250,000 and a liability policy to protect our customers and company from business risks. Settlement, Accounting and Marketing Full time support staff comprised of over 30 individuals that: Process bills of lading, pay carriers within 15 days, give advances and immediate pay to carriers, image all paperwork for website retrieval, process all commission reports and payroll, electronic letter request, marketing material and network assistance Carrier Insurance/Liability Coverage Notification Eight full Carrier Service Evaluators that check and process: authority, insurance, safety rating contracts and contact information on every carrier utilized. The computers automatically tracks the carriers cargo expiration and freeze utilization until the insurance is updated. All load values are crossed referenced with carrier insurance amounts to ensure cargo is properly covered.
6. Visual Freightrak - Technology Proprietary Windows based Java application developed by corporate development team EDI - Technology Designed to handle full truckload, partial truckload and LTL shipments Access to information in VFT is also available to clients on the website in real time Enables real time sharing of information between affiliates, corporate support staff and our external clients and carriers A fully integrated solution for managing clients, carriers, freight, issues Establishes and enforces rules of conduct with respect to company policies
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8. EPA SMARTWAY We joined the SmartWay program to show our Clients and Carriers we are committed to promoting greater energy efficiency and air quality. We encourage our Carriers to become part of the Smartway program. This is done during our setup process, again during the profiling stage and we follow up with regular industry updates.
9. Less-Than-Truckload (LTL/LCL) We have reached out to a number of traditional LTL carriers and secured what we consider to be very competitive pricing in today’s business environment. We operate from a Czarlite base rate with tiered FAK application and discounts levels from each of our LTL providers. We use Visual Freightrak to create shipments and dispatch LTL carriers. The system will create the bill of lading, transmit it to the LTL carrier, provide the cost and give us accurate transit time information based on the origin and destination zip codes. The carrier invoices UTi Transport Solutions, and we invoice the client.