Last week Boady Butler from CCT Cogen Global, a niche “pre-op” cleaning company headquartered in Texas, called me frantic – he needed a hazmat certified driver to pick up a bottle of sodium hydroxide from Thermo-Fisher Scientific in Haverhill and…
When your freight needs to travel over a large distance fast, the quickest way – i.e. the method with the shortest transit time – is by air. When your freight is extremely “hot” (that’s logistical lingo designating the freight as…
Do you want your freight to “fly” (ship) commercial, or private? Most people without a foot in the logistical services industry do not know the difference between same-day/rush trucking and line-haul or LTL freight trucking. The easiest way for me…
When my dad purchased First Call Trucking & Courier from his good-friend, Joey Bethoney, co-owner of Bay State Taxi, much of the freight he hauled was bulk mail that his drivers would pick-up from local mail-fulfillment houses such as Quest…
By Scott VanBeek It takes a certain person to get behind the wheel, for days at a time, driving mile after mile. Many drivers believe that it’s in your blood; you’re either born to drive or you aren’t. Are you…
Yesterday First Call Trucking & Courier delivered two display cases to Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston that will house the Nobel Prize that was awarded to Joseph Murray in 1990 for the work he did pioneering liver transplants beginning…
Have you heard of Wikifoods? If you shop at Whole Foods you may have already tried one of their products and not even known it. Wikifoods, a subsidy of Quantem Designs, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has partnered with Stonyfield Farms…
The ubiquitous Life Is Good Company is a New England–based apparel and accessories wholesaler, retailer, and lifestyle brand founded in 1994 and best known for its optimistic T-shirts and hats, many of which feature a smiling stick figure named Jake…