Transportation & Logistics International - Winter 2017 - 63
TRUCKING & FREIGHTING 'Working Hand-In-Hand' Headquartered in Malvern, Ohio, Green Lines Transportation specializes in transporting goods for the steel industry. The company moves every type of product typical to the industry including steel coils, blanks, sheets, bar stock, tubing, guardrail and light poles. To handle the large size and weight typical of the products it hauls, Green Lines owns and operates specialized trailers and equipment including spread axle, tandem and multiple axle trailers. All of the company's trailers are equipped with side kits or rolling tarp systems. In addition to trucking, Green Lines operates a third-party logistics division, GLT Logistics Inc. "We've evolved into a logistics company with dedicated truck which manage shipping for companies," Bettis says, noting that third-party logistics (3PL) work constitutes the vast majority of the company's business. "We provide staff as well as trucks, drivers, trailers and whatever else it takes to manage a customer's site." The company operates eight terminals in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and North Carolina. All of the company's terminals are located on or adjacent to customer sites. "We're very customer driven and work hand-in-hand with our customers every day because we're on their site," Bettis says. "We're very much a team with our customers." At each location, company staff members work with a client's sales and production department to plan truck- loads. After steel goods are produced, the company stages it in trucks. Green Lines also handles dispatching, scheduling and delivery, all of which are aided by its use of the cloud-based Omnitracs electronic logging system, he adds. 3PL has been a large part of the company's offerings since 1991, when a customer in North Carolina asked Green Lines to manage its shipping operations. The North Carolina terminal today has a Young Truck Sales, Inc., is a unique and progressive dealership that is proud to be a partner with Roger Bettis and Green Lines for 20-plus years. We thank Roger and his team for their confidence in Young Truck Sales, Inc., and our team. Young specializes in natural gas truck sales and is warranty certified by Agility Fuel Systems, the first dealer in the U.S. to be certified by Agility. Young carries a large inventory of well spec'd Freightliner, Volvo, and Isuzu trucks. Young operates over 60 service bays, 12 natural gas certified bays, and is open seven days a week to serve the trucking industry. WINTER 2017 TLIMAGAZINE.COM 63
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