Intermodal and trucking provider W.W. Rowland evaluates customers on six criteria to ensure its partnerships are working.

By Tim O’Connor, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media

When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston last August it shut down the Port of Houston for several days and made roads impassable. It was a challenging time to be working in logistics around the country’s largest port in terms of foreign tonnage, but companies such as W.W. Rowland still had to get goods moving. 

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ICAT Logistics matches its extensive experience with useable data to create solutions for customers.

By Tim O’Connor

When Rick Campbell got into the logistics business in 1982 it was all about airfreight. Planes were the obvious choice for moving goods and materials with speed. Then the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks happened and aircraft all over the country were grounded for two days.

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Investing in its drivers and fleet helped Stan Koch & Sons Trucking Inc. reach a major milestone of 40 years and beyond serving the transportation industry.

By Jim Harris

Koch Trucking’s drivers do more for the company than just transport goods from one location to another. “We need them to be salesmen just as much as they are drivers,” says Todd Wright, director of maintenance for the Minneapolis-based group of companies. “Our drivers are well-dressed, courteous and knowledgeable people who deliver on time and represent who we are and what we do as a company. They help us sell our capabilities and make us look good.”

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Family managed Meiborg Bros prides itself on strong service and staying up-to-date.

By Alan Dorich

Meiborg Bros Inc. does not let challenges get in the way of serving clients. “Our people don’t stop when they hit their first bump in the road,” President Zach Meiborg says. “We always follow through with our promises to our customers and always deliver a solution.”

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LAD is focused on keeping its customers and employees loyal.

By Alan Dorich

LAD Truck Lines Inc. has earned a reputation as a family led company that can be relied on to resolve issues quickly. “Our customers and contractors know that decision-making is all done here locally,” President Mack H. Guest III says. “Somebody will be here every day who can make a decision.”

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KBG provides strong support for its customers and its employees.

By Alan Dorich

For Samael Gutierrez, the CEO of KBG Logistics, the key to personal success has been perseverance and a refusal to quit that he maintains to this day. “I continue to strive through all our challenges,” he asserts.

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Tiger Cool Express focuses on building brand awareness to become the largest refrigerated intermodal carrier in the United States.

By Janice Hoppe-Spiers

Tiger Cool Express shipped its first temperature-controlled refrigerated intermodal container in 2014. In just four years, the company has grown quickly into one of the country’s leading cold chain carriers. “I believe one thing that would surprise people is that we are already a top 25 refrigerated transportation company by revenue,” CEO Steve Van Kirk says. “Because we’re a young company, a lot of people wouldn’t realize that.”  

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