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Professionals operating in any industry just love firing off acronyms and initialisms. The speed with which they shoot abbreviated jargon into conversations seems to confer an aura of knowledge, wisdom, and know-how. What this jargon can also do is confuse and even alienate the uninitiated, according to two of Purdue University’s psychological scientists Andrew Hales […]
Predictions about the truck freight industry can often wind up as flattened debris under the variable forces that both drive and put the brakes on our business. Next Exit Logistics is in the business of planning and preparing for both the seen and the unforeseen, executing the shipping of what many would believe to be […]
While ignorance may be bliss, in transporting oversized or overweight cargo, what you do not know can and will cost you more than you realize in time, dollars, frustration, and damage, and very possibly life and limb. Transporting very large objects is like moving houses, just on a very big scale. Next Exit is an […]
The basics… Well, there is nothing remotely basic about heavy hauling an item that happens to be oversized or overweight. Just as if you were planning a camping trip, there are a myriad of things to think about: weather, tent, tools, cooler, bungee cords, and campsite reservations. Freight shipping, especially for the huge stuff, is […]
One of the few, if not the only, fortunate aspect of an imminent hurricane landfall, is that we have the scientific tools to predict when and where such an event will occur. Planning under clear skies is key to heavy hauling success. Planning in the face of feet of rainfall, storm surge, and wind gusts […]
We are only just about halfway through the hurricane season and already the U.S. has been hit with two devastating Category 4 hurricanes, one of which made landfall three times. If you are participating in the relief effort and are sending heavy machinery or generators, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and state disaster and relief […]
When a company needed two natural gas compressors delivered from Houston, Texas to a job site in Montrose, Pennsylvania did they first call Next Exit Logistics?
Hurricane Matthew became a hurricane on September 29, 2016 and then saw its western edge work its way up via a long, slow slog from the eastern Caribbean and up along the southeast coast of the U.S., making it as far north as North Carolina before turning east on October 8 and becoming sub-tropical. The […]
When a national energy company asks you coordinate a hugely important shipment in less than a week, you step it up. At least that’s what happened when a Texas headquartered natural gas utility giant approached us with a rather odd sounding freight: a pig launcher. Turns out, though it may have a somewhat comical name, […]
Holiday Shopping and Shipping Trends for 2014 The Holiday Season is the busiest time of year for retailers and shipping companies. Unfortunately, most people wait to shop until the last minute, which means a lot of shipments go out only a day or two before Christmas. That means all shipping companies work overtime to make […]