Excellent Service: Expedited pickup and delivery services are part of our normal business function to provide our customers with the service they expect for their customers.
Competitive Rates: We have eliminated most assessorial charges to provide our customers with a simplified rate structure, thus reducing phone calls for quotes. We have not implemented a rate increase since September of 2005.
Preferred carrier door assignment at
Central Valley Distribution Centers including:
By establishing a relationship with our local distribution centers we have been able to provide our customers with better service on appointment required deliveries.
100% company owned and operated equipment: From small vans to tractors with up to 53’ trailers; covering all areas of the Central Valley. Local flatbed services also available upon request.
Uniformed drivers: All drivers are company employees, are required to be in uniform, and to conduct themselves in a professional manner while representing our company as well as your company.
24 hour video surveillance of both facilities Nextel communication with our drivers: Direct Connect two-way radios keep our drivers in compliance with laws regarding no cell phone usage while driving. All pickups and deliveries are communicated with our EDI system to each driver’s individual phone, enabling real time information for our customers.
Email communication with our dispatch and customer service staff: You never have to pick up the phone; our responsive team is always ready to assist.
Direct EDI interface via Etrac: Track your shipments door to door with your customized login to Etrac. With our Nextel EDI system all pickups and deliveries are updated in real time through the DataTrac Etrac system.
HazMat Certified drivers: Our company provides specialized handling of Hazardous Materials shipments. DOT and State certified.
Company wide TSA trained and certified employees: We are compliant with recurrent training and testing; STA’s available upon request
Valley Transportation is a 100% Woman owned business
SmartWay: Application currently in process
2010 Emissions Regulations: In process to meet compliance prior to Government required deadline.
Valley Transportation has been in business over 20 years; in 1991 we opened our Bakersfield facility. The company currently owns 3 warehouses in the Fresno Area with over 80,000 sq ft. Our corporate office and Fresno Distribution Center are located in the largest of those buildings, with 50,000 sq ft. We are in a long term lease in a 20, 000 sq ft facility in Shafter, Ca located 6 miles from the Bakersfield airport and next door to the Target Distribution Center.
At Valley Transportation, our goal has been and will continue to be to provide service to our customers and those that you serve. Simply meeting standard parameters does not impress anyone. We continually strive to be better, and faster while refusing to be average, because our work ethic will not allow us to settle for average. Our staff works in a safe, clean and legal environment to protect those we serve. Our team is made up of creative thinkers who take pride in their work and strive to establish and maintain good relationships with our customers, whom we consider our partners.
We are strengthened by the challenges our industry presents to us each day, these challenges enable us to provide excellent service to you, our valued customer.