By: E&P Staff Miami-based Ryder System Inc. has announced that The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has renewed a three-year Dedicated Contract Carriage transportation contract with Ryder.
Under the contract, Ryder will manage delivery of Cox Newspapers' 327,000-circulation (almost 500,000 Sunday) flagship from its print facilities to its circulation distribution centers in the Atlanta metro area, providing a turnkey package that includes 50 vehicles, more than 80 drivers, fleet management, dock operations management and preventive and programmed maintenance for the equipment.
Citing Ryder for "superior service and leadership," AJC Senior Vice President, Operations, Robert W. Eickhoff said in a statement, "with Ryder we can achieve a substantial improvement in transportation efficiencies."
Ryder's DCC service is a customized suite of transportation management services for the delivery of a customer's products that optimizes its fleet operations and allows its management to be more focused on core business issues.
Ryder has business relationships with 75 newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Miami Herald and The Dallas Morning News.
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