Trailer Hooks-Up With Chrysler

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--Trailer Bridge Inc. has been awarded a multi-year agreement with DaimlerChrysler Corp. to be the exclusive carrier for new vehicles moving from the U.S. mainland to Puerto Rico. The new agreement is the result of DaimlerChrysler’s Global Tender 2000 Process and is for three years with an option for two additional years upon mutual agreement.

DaimlerChrysler vehicles that are sold in Puerto Rico include the Chrysler Line, Mercedez Benz including M-class and Freightliner Heavy Trucks.

Trailer Bridge has had a growing relationship with Chrysler since 1993 and Mercedez Benz since 1994. The Global Tender 2000 Process began last year when DaimlerChrysler requested and reviewed proposals from major ocean carriers serving their combined vehicle markets around the globe.

Trailer Bridge provides integrated trucking and marine freight service to and from all points in the lower 48 states and Puerto Rico. The system utilizes its own trucks, drivers, trailers, containers, U.S. flag vessels and marine facilities in Jacksonville, New York and San Juan.

Trailer Bridge’s founder and majority stockholder is Malcom P. McLean, “the transportation pioneer who invented containerization 40 years ago.”

Additional information is available at www.trailerbridge.com.