This Story Behind The Shipment is big. So big that it required us to move mountains (figuratively speaking, of course) to make it happen. Our story begins like many other ZMac stories, that is, to oversee the logistics of transporting an oversized load from Point A to Point B. This time, the load was an industrial gas compressor headed to … Read More
How To Resist A Blast: The Story Behind The Shipment
We’ve told you several stories about ZMac’s part in relief efforts after natural disasters. For this story, we’re switching gears to talk safety. And, this time, the safety comes in the shape of a 25-ton shipment of modular buildings. When you’re in the business of refining oil, dangerous and potentially deadly explosions, pose a real threat. Protecting people working on-site … Read More
How To Build A Sphere Out Of Cubes: The Story Behind The Shipment
We’ve shared stories about our role in transporting some really important (and big) things. Things that make a difference helping people to live, communities to build, and future generations to thrive. Frequently, though, once these important and big things are delivered and put into use, we can’t really see them again. They’re placed underground or underwater or covered in an … Read More
Helping Haiti: The Story Behind The Shipment
When you’re in the business of OD transport, you facilitate the move of big things. And, sometimes, these big things are more than just big, they’re earth-shattering. For this Story Behind The Shipment, ZMac was called on to help the people of Haiti after the country suffered catastrophic destruction from Hurricane Matthew. To those of us not living in Haiti, … Read More
Building (And Giving) A Dam: The Story Behind The Shipment
When it comes to renewable energy sources, we’re all in on doing our part. We’ve played a role in helping grow the clean power of wind energy by coordinating the delivery of reusable concrete template rings used for the foundation of wind turbines. For this story, our role was more water than wind; we had the opportunity to coordinate the … Read More
Not A Bird, But A Plane: The Story Behind the Shipment
We’ve been sharing with you stories about how what we ship makes a difference in people’s lives. We’ve told you about disaster relief after tsunamis and hurricanes, about animal conservation, and renewable energy. These stories are inspirational. They remind us that what we do here at ZMac really matters. While we love a good story, sometimes what we ship is, … Read More
Wind Turbines: The Story Behind the Shipment
We continue to recognize how what we do day-in and day-out at ZMac can make a fundamental difference in people’s lives. From natural disasters, such as Tsunami relief or Hurricane Harvey recovery to endangered species conservation, there will always be a story behind our shipments that reinforces our commitment to doing the right thing for our customers. This again was the case when we put our efforts into facilitating the transport of OD freight used to develop a clean, cost-effective, renewable energy source…
Silvery Minnow Fish Farms: The Story Behind The Shipment
In 2017, we shared two stories behind some very special shipments. (Read here for more on our involvement in Hurricane Harvey relief and Japan’s post-Tsunami efforts to decontaminate their water supply.) These stories reinforced ZMac’s awareness that what we do, day in and day out, can change people’s lives. While we continue to find ourselves making a difference in the … Read More
Hurricane Harvey: The Story Behind The Shipment
We’ve said it a million times – there’s always a story behind the shipment. Last month, we shared our tsunami recovery story that forever changed how we at ZMac do business. As a company, we recognize the responsibility our work can play in changing people’s lives, especially in the wake of natural disasters. That commitment came calling again last summer … Read More
The Story Behind The Shipment
There’s more to OD freight logistics than meets the eye. Sure, there’s the myriad of details required to facilitate transporting oversized freight from point A to point B. Getting those details right is what we do best. And it’s very fulfilling. But, it’s not the whole reason we set the bar so high doing what we do every day. Here … Read More