Werner Enterprises
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Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: WERN) is one of the largest trucking companies in the United States and has its Corporate headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. Werner was originally founded in 1956 by Clarence L. Werner in Council Bluffs, Iowa, who began his business at the age of 19 with only one truck. As of 2006, the company has roughly 9,000 trucks, 25,000 trailers, and 14,000 employees in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Asia. Werner Enterprises is well known for their Light Continental Blue tractors and trailers. Werner became a publicly traded company in June 1986.
Fleet sales is the division of Werner that actually purchases, operates and eventually sells the equipment.
The tractors are equipped with either a C-15 Caterpillar engine or a Detroit Diesel 60 series engine, and all the tractors are equipped with a 9 speed Eaton Fuller transmission.
The current fleet is made up of the following:
Freightliner LLC Classic XL, Century Class S/T, and Cascadia
Peterbilt 379,387, and 389
Kenworth W900L, T600, and T660
The main color of the tractors is light blue, however as this color has become quite dated, Werner has diversifyed the color spectrum by adding tractors of different colors.
The new colors include, but are not limited to:
Red Black Dark Blue White Tan
The Werner van and temperature controlled trailer fleet is comprised mostly of 53' Wabash trailers, while their flatbeds are 48' spread axle trailers.
Divisions
Werner has three main divisions that operate in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. They are the Temperature Controlled Division (TCU), Flatbed, and Dry Van. The dry van division is the largest of the three.
Werner operates 11 terminals here in the United States and has a terminal in Milton, Ontario. Of the 11 terminals operated 9 are full service terminals meaning that drivers are able to have their tractors and trailers serviced there while resting or conducting safety meetings. The other terminals offer a drop yard and safety services but no maintenance facilities.
Paperless Logs
Werner Enterprises was the first trucking company to use the paperless log system. In June of 1998 Werner Enterprises and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) entered into a pilot program to use a "paperless" log system designed to replace the paper logbooks for recording drivers Hours Of Service (HOS) duty statuses. This process was tested and monitored by the FMCSA for a period of six years. Through the six year period drivers used the computer system via the Qualcomm on board computers in the truck and still maintaining a paper log while the system was perfected. From 1995 through September 2004 Werner continued to improve the paperless log system and in this time contacted the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and informed them of their findings and showed Werner's commitment to the safety of their drivers and more importantly the motoring public. On September 21, 2004 the FMCSA granted Werner Enterprises an exemption from paper log use and in December of 2004 was formally granted the exemption at a ceremony at the corporate headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. To this date Werner Enterprises is the only Motor Carrier allowed to use the "Paperless Logs". But there are many other trucking companies trying this out for themselves.
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Werner Enterprises Profile Sheet
- SafeStat official safety statistics on Werner Enterprises from the United States Department of Transportation
