In a little trucking company, the 65-year old owner named Yoshio Miura, sat in his office on the afternoon of the big quake. He quickly got under the table. Above that table were cabinets made out of metal, which fell on top of the table he was under. His office furniture and supplies were scattered everywhere. Yoshio Miura expressed himself about how the building shook side to side and lifted a shed off its foundation outside his office. After the earthquake came the tsunami. Coming inland 6 miles, it went through his office. Luckily, the 65-year old trucking company owner had warning and was safe from the water.

Yoshio and other trucking company owners are in for an uphill battle for the next few months. We hope their struggles will turn into success stories as they pick up the pieces and start over. We here in the United States feel for those caught up in this tragedy.

At CR England, the corporate office is accepting donations from their employees to send to these victims. The CR England will match the donations, which will double the help toward our neighbors across the sea. As a very giving company, they are broken hearted as the rest of us and want to help in rebuilding their lives.

About CR England:
CR England was created in 1920, more than 90 years ago. With a reputation as one of the nation’s leading refrigerated trucking companies, their focus is on integrity, quality of product as well as customer service. With services in Intermodal, Dedicated, Long Haul and Regional freight, they are located in North America and South America.

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Before the TeleNav Track™ was installed into the phones, information about the truck was delayed and sometimes incorrect.  C.R. England didn’t have a set driving regulation-tracking system.  Now, CR England can give their clients accurate and complete information about their product as it is being transported from one location to the next.

According to the article, “C.R. England Drives Home New Contracts and Strengthens Customer Service With TeleNav Track™” on productivityapps.itbusinessnet.com, C.R. England has actually increased their client satisfaction all the way up to ninety-nine percent and has brought additional revenue streams just because of the installation of the TeleNav Track ™ right into the smart phones.

Other great aspects to the TeleNav Track™ that the C.R. England, Dedicated drivers see consist of better communications between the client and C.R. England as well as smoother technology that is evolving into better technology down the road.

CR England

CR England has been in business for over 90 years without any driver layoffs.  Known in the Transportation Industry as one of high integrity and regard for their drivers, they are well respected.  With dedicated runs across the country, C.R. England drivers are allowed more home time than other transportation companies.

About TeleNav, Inc.

TeleNav is a frontier company in GPS systems in mobile smart phones.  Known world wide for its mobile location-based applications, they are partnered with major phone companies as well as the phone hardware manufactures.  On NASDQ since mid 2010, they sell their services in 29 countries across the world.

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The StarTrak’s Reefer Trak® is a system that monitors as well as controls a refrigerated system.  It also has a system that gives the refrigerated system’s location, conditions of the trailers, fuel usage, as well as the ability to make changes through a remote system.  StarTrak’s Reefer Trak®  can actually turn the system on and off and change temperatures from a different location.  It even has alarms.  All of these capabilities give their customers the comfort of knowing they can control away from the product.  This will reduce their risk of damaged goods as well as security and a more controlled fuel management.

About StarTrak Systems

As a subsidiary of Alanco Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALAN), Star Trak Systems is the biggest supplier of tracking of GPS systems as well as remote software for the Transportation Industry.  The StarTrak’s Reefer Trak®  allows their customers a more efficient process that reduces risk through quality control away from the product.  For more information, go to: www.startrak.com.

CR England has been in business for over 90 years.  As a company that stands for quality to their clients, they have built their reputation as one of the nation’s leading refrigerated trucking companies.

They serve their clients through 5 different modes of transportation, the England North American Division, England Mexico, England Dedicated, England Logistics, and England Refrigerated Intermodal.

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These intermodal trailers will be stacked on top of each other, being called double-stacked. CR England introduced TempStacks earlier this year. They are 53-feet long and are temperature-controlled. To quote Zach England, vice president of Intermodal, “moving containers via rail is more cost effective for our customers, increases their shipping capacity, expedite delivery and reduces their carbon footprint. In an environment when truckload capacity is diminished, rail container transport can significantly impact that capacity crunch. We are please to take this step and have plans for significant growth in the future.”

According to C.R. England, C.R. England, Incorporated will have the biggest intermodal fleet in the freight industry, which allows double-stacked refrigerated containers onto the flatcars of the railroad. This is a bigger push towards going green and becoming more cost productive.

This corridor on the East coast is not the first intermodal corridor. CR England already utilizes their intermodal containers on the west coast in Los Angeles to Chicago. But the Liberty Corridor is unique in that they had to raise two tunnels to make it work. One in particular was used in Abraham Lincoln’s presidency era. They had to raise the ceiling of this tunnel in which is 4,000 long, complete rock. Not only was it a difficult density, it also lies underneath Jersey City, New Jersey.

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First of all, CR England is the largest refrigerated trucking company in the nation.  They have been around for 90 years and specialize in freight that is temperature sensitive, such as chemicals, meat, produce, dairy products, and beverages.  With that said, here is a top 10 lists as to why CR England is a better company to work for:

1. Drivers receive more of their net check from CR England than other companies because they have the longest length of haul in the industry.
2. Their driver trainers have the opportunity to make up to $85,000.
3. Fleet is top of the line and new.  And, they only use top quality trailer brands for their refrigeration equipment.
4. There is more than 800 support staff to help their drivers.
5. They know their stuff because they have been in business for 90 years.
6. CR England has been family owned for 4 generations.
7. The Safety Management Program is top quality, keeping safety for the drivers in mind.
8. This company cares about the people!  They haul emergency supplies at no cost to areas that have been hit by natural disasters.
9. They are Award winners of the 2009 SmartWay Transport Excellence for going green.
10. As a charter member of the Healthy Trucking Association, they care about the health of their drivers.

As I wrote this top 10 list, I realized why people were talking so good about CR England. If you are interested in looking at their great qualities or want more information about working for this company, go to www.CREngland.com to see for yourself. We are always looking for experienced drivers and students who want to learn the ropes in an exciting field.

Utah sees a lot of traffic because of the geography in the west. The canyons of the Colorado River and the Sierra Nevada Mountains push the California traffic towards Salt Lake City. This puts a lot of trucks on I-15 and on I-80.

With all the truck traffic on Utah’s highways the state of Utah and the Utah Department of Transportation have set up a specific planning division to see that the highways in Utah are trucking industry friendly. For information about the UDOT planning division click here.

Utah is at the crossroads of the west. When it comes to refrigerated freight coming from the west coast, all roads head through the state. To increase the efficiency at which freight flows across the state and into other parts of the country the planning division makes additional plans for climbing lanes and passing lanes. We all know every once in a while we are truly grateful when we come across that passing lane.

If you’re a truck driver that is not familiar with highways in Utah, someday you maybe as freight through the state of Utah will increase into 2035. For truck drivers considering a trucking job, check out what CR England has to offer on our website http://www.CREngland.com.