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11
Aug
IMCG and OIS Receive MTD Logistics International Sprig Award
Intermodal Cartage Company (IMCG) and Ohio Intermodal Services (OIS) were both awarded the Logistics International Sprig Award during their virtual suppliers meeting on August 12, 2020. MTD Products presented this award.
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20
Jul
Committed to Building Community
“IMC Companies is a family company – and being able to sit around the table with drivers who feel like family is my favorite thing about working here,” Anna George Smith shares. Born and raised in Memphis, TN, Anna has worked with IMC Companies for 10 years. Anna works in the safety department answering calls when drivers have accidents. She also plans events for IMC Companies including the Safety Banquet, IMC Companies Christmas Party, Safety Meetings and Walk at Work Day.
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30
Jun
How Technology is Critical During Covid-19
Recently, IMC Companies Chief Information Officer, Joel Tracy, was interviewed on the CityCurrent radio show. The host of the show, Jeremy C. Park, questioned Joel about the critical role technology plays amid the COVID-19 pandemic. His answers show some ways IMC Companies is dealing with the challenges our customers are facing.
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23
Jun
Memphis Business Journal names IMC Companies as a leader in Memphis-Area Private Companies
The Memphis Business Journal named IMC Companies as a leader in Memphis-Area Private Companies in two categories. MBJ ranked IMC Companies 28 of the 100 Top Privately Owned Companies in the Memphis area. Companies are ranked by the company’s 2019 […]
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17
Jun
Truck drivers are heroes; we need more of them
by Katie George Hooser
Published: The Daily Memphian, June 17, 2020
COVID-19 illuminated what some already knew to be true: Truck drivers are critical to keep America moving
Regardless of the situations they encounter daily, truck drivers continue to get goods from ports to suppliers so that Americans can have the essentials that keep them going in good times, in natural disasters and even in pandemics. If you’ve been around the trucking industry, you may have heard the phrase, “When trucks stop, America stops.” It’s true.
According to the American Trucking Association in just one day without truck drivers, hospitals would begin running out of basic supplies such as syringes and catheters; service stations would begin to run out of fuel; food shortages would develop; and just-in-time assembly lines would cease.
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15
Jun
Shipping Logistics Leader IMC Deploys Check Point SandBlast Agent to Safeguard Supply Chain Data
Securing Critical Data Across the Supply Chain IMC Companies’ expansive network of trucking transport and support centers gives its customers the advantage of local market knowledge combined with coast-to-coast coverage. Its modern truck fleet, secure container terminals, and proprietary real-time […]
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11
Jun
What the New Normal for Trucking Will Be Remains a Question
Trucking companies continue to navigate the coronavirus pandemic, but what the new normal will remain a mystery. Gulf Intermodal Services saw a decline in sales at the beginning of the pandemic, but that stabilized in May. Though the company is […]
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01
Jun
IMC Companies Offers Innovative Storage Solutions to help Customers During COVID-19 Pandemic
Between the Chinese New Year 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen the real-life effects of the supply and demand paradox as scores of containers move across the globe. The timing of the events is causing havoc within the […]
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05
May
IMC Companies provides flexibility for a community hero
“I wanted to be someone. I wanted to go somewhere. I wanted to break the curse.” – Jerimiah Washington, OIS Owner Operator During the COVID-19 pandemic, truck drivers are more than an essential worker. They are our nation’s heroes – […]
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07
Apr
Supporting drivers on the front line
“Our goal is to encourage drivers. In a global pandemic, they are our nation’s heroes.” – Mark H. George, Chairman IMC Companies.
Drivers are keeping America running during the COVID-19 pandemic. We understand you are working on the front lines. We have your back.
At a time when many restaurants and fuel stations are closed to drivers, IMC Companies Chairman Mark H. George and his wife Melinda are working to ensure drivers in Memphis have access to meals. During the past several weeks, they, and IMCG President Joel Henry, personally passed out 150 boxed lunches every Tuesday and Thursday to all drivers entering the Memphis terminal’s interchange lanes in an IMCC initiative called “Sandwiches for Semis”. (more…)
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