2021: Year In Review
It was an extraordinary year – here are some of the things we'd like to highlight.
GENERAL | OPERATIONS | SAFETY | MAINTENANCE | HR | SALES & BROKERAGE | IT & TECHNOLOGY
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We were named a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune
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Added 140 new Freightliner Cascadias to our fleet
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Completed the construction of our new headquarters in Joliet IL, and moved in
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Our drivers' average experience increased from 9 to 12.8 years
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Were named a Crain’s Fast 50 company for the 5th time
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An Inc. 5000 Company for the 5th time
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Named Smart-Trucking's Best Company To Work For for the 2nd time
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Were nominated for a Best Fleets To Driver For award – results pending
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Increased our company drivers’ pay to $80,000-$90,000k/year
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Implemented a 6-month company driver pay raise
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Transported over 70,000 loads and ran over 50,000,000 miles
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Further increased overall fleet safety
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Opened a new office in Colombia with 15 support staff.
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Our trucks ran for over 50,000,000 miles – that’s over 2,000 laps around the earth this year, or, 38 laps per week
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Delivered over 70,000 loads
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Created a new Capacity department
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Increased long haul load volume by 40%
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Increased the average length of contracted freight haul by 166 miles
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Increased the number of contracted loads by nearly 30%, compared to 2020
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Compensated our drivers nearly $350,000 in accessorial pay
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Compensated our drivers over $200,000 for efficient fuel utilization
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We saw a 14% decrease in hours of service violations compared to 2020
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Saw a 19% decrease in vehicle maintenance violations
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A 30% decrease in ISS scoring
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Our drivers had 105 clean level 1 inspections, 66 clean level 2 inspections, and 199 clean level 3 inspections
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Made over 5,000 bad weather warning calls to our drivers
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Conducted 241 incident/potential incident safety training sessions
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Conducted fleet-wide safety case studies every 2 weeks
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In-serviced 140 new Freightliner Cascadias trucks with the all-new digital dashboard
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Handled over 10,000 service events
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Created over 6,500 work orders
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Averaged a technician efficiency of 95%
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Largely avoided shortages of parts and materials through strategic partnerships with our vendors
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Built and operationalized an in-house wash bay
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Extended our maintenance shop’s operational hours until Midnight on weekdays
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Increased our total number of professional CDL drivers to 516, compared to 423 in 2020
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Saw a 29% increase in office staff, going from 138 to 194
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Processed and addressed over 18,000 prospective driver inquiries
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Saw an increase of our drivers' average years of experience from 9 to 12.8 years
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Launched Voice GP Transco - a great way for office staff to submit questions and concerns to management, and receive a video response directly from the CEO
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Added 3 team members to the HR team, as well as a highly-experienced Vice President of HR and Talent Acquisition
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Launched a company-wide intranet to help our staff stay informed about anything new and noteworthy
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Strategically balanced our current customer portfolio by growing existing customers and established strong relationships with the new ones
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Increased our brokerage revenue by 100%
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Added 3 Account Managers and 7 Account Coordinators to the team
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Renewed freight contracts with key customers
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Revamped our customer service department
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Improved the process of our account management
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Released the GP Transco Driver Mobile App 2.0, adding features such as: driver weekly/monthly/annual miles, driver performance statistics, improved stability, equipment paperwork, weekly/monthly/annual driver pay, a click-to-contact company directory, dark mode, and more.
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Significantly updated the load module in our in-house developed transportation management system, OpenRoad TMS.
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Blocked over 100,000 malware emails company-wide
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Completed an integrations between Tenstreet and our phone system, making communication with prospective drivers more efficient
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GP Headquarters:
3200 Channahon Rd
Joliet, IL 60436
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20710 Leapwood Avenue
Carson, CA 90746