Transportation

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It’s The Most Stressful Time of The Year

It’s easy to feel stressed, especially during the holiday season.  Parties, gatherings,  friends, co-workers, family, gift giving, gift receiving, regifting, it can all get a bit overwhelming.  But when life gives you eggs, you make eggnog…right? We do our best to remain positive, and Alain Delorme’s Totems has been helping us look at the brighter side … Continue reading

What Has 8 Axles And Hauls?

To be honest, we’re a little bit of bulk logistics nerds.  Think of us like Matt Damon near a chalk board in Good Will Hunting. We can’t wait to solve the next the equation presented by our customers. Each customer has their own set of variables: Product type Delivery time Total Distance Traveled Wash Requirements Kosher … Continue reading

Meet Mean Green – The World’s Fastest Hybrid Truck

“Mean Green” is mean, green, and clean.  The Volvo hybrid is without a doubt a beast.  Don’t believe us? See it in action against a Ferrari.

A Subway On Every Corner (Not Sandwiches)

It seems these days you really can’t go anywhere without seeing a Subway. However, Cameron Booth has a different idea for a subway on every corner. He’s redesigned the major U.S. routes as a subway map, and we think it is the perfect compliment to our other posts this week.

The Art of Transportation

Without a doubt, there is an art and science to what we do at Carry Transit.  If you sat in with dispatch for a day, you’d realize there is something extraordinary happening.  The flow of communication from driver to dispatcher to terminal manager happens seamlessly across the country over emails and phone lines. The following … Continue reading

The Future of Dry Bulk?

Our friends at Core 77 (who you may remember from our post How To Make A Subway Tunnel) have unearthed some wild new technology.  

A Note From Carry’s President, Jim Blackmon

Is this a great time or what? All of us at Carry are really enjoying this blog and big kudos to Brian McCann our master Blogmeister. Hopefully all of you are enjoying it as much as we are. We continue to get comments like “We have never seen a transportation company do a blog”, “Why … Continue reading

Who saved the electric car? Illinois is trying.

  It’s not just the Chicago River that’s green, it’s now the Illinois Tollway.  Electric charging stations will be popping up at various Illinois Oasis Locations. Read the full story Illinois Plans Nation’s Largest Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging Network at TruckingInfo.com Are you more inclined to make a purchase an electric or alternative fuel vehicle by these infrastructure improvements? Thumbnail … Continue reading

It’s Easier Than You Think Being Green

Written by Brian McCann Each morning I set out to tackle my two news aggregators: my inbox and my Google Reader.   It’s a hodgepodge of information crisscrossing media outlets focused on everything from social media to transportation to graphic design to B2B marketing tips.  I scroll through the morning’s stories and flag anything that deserves more … Continue reading

Fake Letter From DOT Circles Again

This time the non-existent Julie P. Weynel, Senior Procurement Officer, is looking for your banking information.