PRIVATE FLEET OF THE YEAR

PRIVATE FLEET OF THE YEAR

Dec 1, 2005 12:00 PM


Nothing tests the mettle like a natural disaster. The management of the Wal-Mart Transportation private fleet demonstrated just how innovative their systems and people were when Hurricane Katrina forced the closing of over 125 Wal-Mart stores in the Gulf states.

Even as local, state and federal government agencies struggled to cope with the devastation, Wal-Mart Transportation managed to re-supply the majority of the closed stores within days, enabling them to distribute essential items to persons remaining in the storm-ravaged region.

The fleet also shipped beds and other relief supplies to the Houston Astrodome shelter. All told, Wal-Mart's truckers were credited with hauling some $3-million worth of goods to the hurricane zone in the immediate days after the catastrophe