Pacer International
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| Company type | Public (Nasdaq: PACR) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Domestic and International Transportation and Logistics |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters |  Dublin, Ohio, USA |
Key people | ● Daniel W. Avramovich, Chairman and CEO ● Michael A. Burns, Chief Commercial Officer |
| Services | Intermodal, Trucking, Import & Export, Warehousing, Logistics Services |
| Revenue |  US$ $2,087 M |
Number of employees | approx. 1,000 |
| Website | www.pacer.com |
Pacer International is a leading asset-light based transportation and logistics services provider. Within North America, Pacer manages one of the most comprehensive double-stack intermodal networks with more than 100,000 route miles of double-stack rail operations, integrated with a nationwide truck drayage network for door-to-door service delivery. Pacer accounts for about 20% of all domestic intermodal container moves in the U.S. and is the largest single provider of intermodal container services between the U.S. and Mexico.
Pacer also provides an array of other transportation services including truck services and brokerage, flatbed/specialized trucking, international ocean shipping and freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution, and transportation management.
Company history
Created as a multi-product transportation and logistics entity beginning in 1997, Pacer has a short but significant history. Between 1997 and 2000, Pacer acquired 14 companies that provided transportation and logistics services, the most notable being the APL Stacktrain, and in just over a decade has grown into a multibillion-dollar company. With the combined skill and knowledge of its acquired companies, Pacer has more than 39 years’ worth of experience in the industry.
● 1984: Pacer founder Don Orris, lead the development of the first cost-effective double-stack rail network service, an innovation that led to a major change in the movement of domestic goods within the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
● 1997: Don Orris, Chairman and CEO, founded Pacer International when he began acquiring the 14 small-to-medium sized companies in transportation, third party logistics, intermodal marketing, drayage, and ocean transportation.
● 1999: Pacer acquires APL Stacktrain and operates the new business unit as Pacer Stacktrain.
● 2001: Pacer consolidates its transportation and logistics brokerage services in its subsidiary Pacer Global Logistics. This unit was renamed Pacer Transportation Solutions in 2008.
● 2002: Pacer becomes a public company (NASDAQ: PACR).
● 2006: Michael E. Uremovich is appointed Chairman and CEO.
● 2008:
- Pacer’s intermodal network doubles in size with the addition of BNSF service routes.[1]
- - Pacer begins expansion of its truck brokerage and highway services units.
● 2009: Daniel W. Avramovich is appointed Chairman and CEO.[2]
Company Structure
Pacer is organized into two financial and operational segments: Intermodal and Logistics.
Intermodal Segment
Intermodal transportation is the movement of freight via trailer or container using two or more modes of transportation, which nearly always include rail and truck segments. Pacer’s intermodal segment comprises three operations: Stacktrain, rail brokerage, and local cartage.
● Stacktrain: This unit sells intermodal service primarily to intermodal marketing companies, truck brokerage companies, truckload carriers, large automotive intermediaries and international shipping companies. Pacer’s use of the double-stack method, consisting of the movement of cargo containers stacked two high on special railcars, significantly improving efficiency and reducing costs.
● Rail Brokerage: This unit arranges for the movement of beneficial cargo owners freight in containers and trailers throughout North America using truck and rail transportation. Pacer arranges for container or trailer shipments to be picked up by truck at a place of origin, transported to a site for loading onto a train, and then transported via railroad to a site for unloading in the vicinity of the freight’s final destination. Arrangements are then made for shipments to be transported by truck to their final destinations.
● Local Cartage: Through Pacer’s in-house cartage operation of more than 900 owner operators and agreements with independent trucking contractors, Pacer offers local motor transportation in and around the rail ramps and ports of major U.S. cities to and from the door of customer’s facilities.
Logistics Segment
Pacer’s logistics division comprises four separate services: highway brokerage and truck services, international freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution, and supply chain management.[3]
● Highway Brokerage and Truck Services: Pacer arranges for the door-to-door shipment of freight by truck using a network of independent trucking companies.
● International Freight Forwarding: Through its subsidiaries, Ocean World Lines and RFI, Pacer moves goods in and out of the U.S. by contracting with third-party air and ocean carriers, and by providing customs brokerage services to direct domestic importers.
● Warehousing and Distribution: These services move goods directly to a retailer or to an inland distribution point through a process of transloading goods received, labeling and transferring it from ocean containers to domestic equipment, and then consolidating it into shipments. Short Term and Long Term storage of customer goods is also provided.
● Supply Chain Management: Pacer provides transportation management services and optimizes the delivery of clients’ merchandise from origin to destination.
Personnel Structure
Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Pacer employs approximately 1,000 employees and contracts with more than 1,500 drivers. Pacer maintains satellite offices in the U.S. (48 states), Canada, Mexico, Germany and the UK. Pacer is also represented by agents in more than 100 other countries.
Awards and recognition
| ● 2008
Pacer Transportation Solutions, Inc. |
● 2007
Pacer Global Logistics |
| ● 2008
Pacer International, Inc. |
● 2006, 2005, 2004, and 1999
Pacer Stacktrain |
| ● 2007, 2006, and 2005
Pacer International, Inc. |
●2006
Pacer Transport |
| ● 2007
Pacer Distribution Services |
● 2006
Pacer International, Inc. |
References
- ^ "Pacer, BNSF Expand Intermodal Service". Retrieved 2009-01-22.
- ^ "Pacer CEO to retire, COO tapped as replacement". 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
- ^ "Pacer Appoints Transportation and Financial Executive Robert J. Grassi to Board of Directors". Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ^ "Awards & Recognition". Retrieved 2009-01-22.
- ^ "Award to Pacer International; Reliable Logistics is Strategic Asset, Retailer Says". Retrieved 2009-03-19.
