How are your volumes??

[Cartage man]

Ive notice volume wayyyy down at our center what about the rest of you how are things looking??

[ajblakejr]

Very slow.

All I seem to be delivering and picking up is ocean freight. ( Shipments starting with the 776 number series. )

Could it be that Ocean Freight is keeping us a float?

Would we sink with out Ocean Freight?

[nosupport4u]

It must vary by location, but Air Freight seems to be continuing to dwarf Ocean freight in Chicago. Both seem to be doing alright up here.

[Cartage man]

Interesting, our ocean is very little seems to me that doing the mail in the morning and second day, deffered, and international stuff we truck to LA is whats keeping us afloat.

[ajblakejr]

Your doing the mail....just like in the Menlo / Emery days?

[Cartage man]

We never did mail until ups bought us,now we get about 3-5 positions in the morning the dock guys scan each piece of mail then we rotate helping them throw the mail into those mail carts, while that is going on some drivers are loading trucks, then after a while the drivers who were doing the mail load their trucks etc At about 830 the mail truck shows up and we roll all them carts into the truck then we start our routes. The word is the company is getting $7.50 for each piece of mail scanned.