ATLANTA (USTCNS) --- Ten transportation firms have received the Military Traffic Management Command's top recognition for performance.

The firms were praised for their high customer service and transportation innovation in 1999, said Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky, commander.

"We get tremendous leverage from the great work of our corporate partners," said Privratsky.

The MTMC Quality Awards were presented at the 2000 MTMC Training Symposium, in Atlanta, April 5.

The award recipients included:

All States Moving & Storage, of Valdosta, Ga.
Arrow Trailways of Texas, of Killeen, Texas
Bay Area Travel, of Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
Coastal Moving & Storage, of St. Mary's, Ga.
Crowley Maritime Corporation, of Oakland, Calif.
Emory Worldwide, of Sterling, Va.
GeoLogistics Services, of Alexandria, Va.
Sato Travel, of Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas
Maersk Sealand, of Arlington, Va.
Transportes Internacionales Ferris, of Rota, Spain.
All States Moving & Storage, of Valdosta, Ga., was nominated by Moody Air Force Base. The firm is recognized as being the first company in its market area to initiate the mandatory use of shrink-wrap for overstuffed furniture. All States Moving & Storage uses in-transit visibility in its operations. The company's new employees are required to have 50 hours of classroom and 200 hours of field training in packing, loading and moving.

Arrow Trailways of Texas, of Killeen, Texas, was nominated by Fort Hood, Texas. The firm has demonstrated exceptional performance in response to more than 40 group moves, and numerous local contracts, including 24,000 soldiers in support of Bosnia deployment rotations. Arrow Trailways provides 49 passenger buses with televisions and videocassette recorders to ensure service member relaxation and comfort.

Bay Area Travel, of Robins Air Force Base, Ga., was nominated by Robins Air Force Base for its superb service to more than 18,000 ticketed passengers during the past year. The firm has a representative available to serve the government’s needs 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays. Bay Area has saved over $2 million by ensuring that the very lowest government fare is used for all reservations.

Coastal Moving & Storage, of St. Mary's, Ga., was nominated by Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla., for their commitment to U.S. Navy missions. The firm provides quick responses on weekends and less than one-day notices to meet the needs of service members. In a recent family medical emergency, Coastal Moving & Storage brought in additional people who worked extra hours to assist the military service member.

Crowley Maritime Corporation, of Oakland, Calif., was nominated by the 955th Transportation Co., a now-inactivated MTMC unit in Balboa, Panama, for the firm's outstanding service in providing roll-on/roll-off service during the Panama Drawdown.

Crowly Maritime Corporation assessed the amount of cargo requiring sealift and positioned assets to ensure its accomplishment. The firm hired additional trucks, flatracks and shipping containers to complete the mission.

Emery Worldwide, of Sterling, Va., was nominated by the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command, Fort Lee, Va., for its support of the Army's Velocity Management Program. The firm has been the principal carrier to U.S. Army Europe and delivers on an average of 44 hours, well below the contracted 96-hour standard. Emory delivers daily to 24 installations in Europe and has shipped nearly 4,000 pallets weighing over 19 million pounds.

GeoLogistics Services, of Alexandria, Va., has provided outstanding service to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Dulles, Va., in support of the Congressionally mandated Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. The firm provides purchasing, packing and staging of shipping containers, overland and ocean transport, air carriage, customs clearance and delivery services throughout the former Soviet Union. GeoLogistics Services has reduced surface shipment delivery times by an average of 65 days and reduced customs clearance times by 82%.

SatoTravel, of Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, was nominated by Sheppard Air Force Base for its full complement of travel services. The firm has always provided superior results even when presented with diverse challenges, such as working with the European NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training personnel and thousands of newly trained airmen completing technical training. By using discounts and city-pair airline fares, SatoTravel generated a cost avoidance of over $19 million for Sheppard Air Force Base.

Maersk-Sealand, of Arlington, Va., was nominated by MTMC's now-inactivated 955th Transportation Company, Balboa, Panama, for its work in the drawdown of the American military in the country. The company lifted 66% of the containerized cargo supporting the drawdown. This included 2,000 privately owned vehicles, more than 1,000 containers, and 300 flatracks with breakbulk material.

Transportes Internacionales Ferris, of Rota, Spain, nominated by the U.S. Naval Station, Rota, gets every job done with the highest quality results. The company picks up, packs, and transports cargo to any European destination. Transportes Internacionales Ferris uses bubble wrap with felt backing to prevent circular marking on furniture. The company dedicates two trucks, year round, for transporting mail daily to and from the Madrid airport.
(FROM MILITARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT COMMAND).