If the thought of getting a freight shipping quote elicits a loud groan, we feel you. For years, the painstaking process of how to get a freight quote meant spending hour after hour tracking down brokers, leaving messages, and wasting time waiting for callbacks. And, on top of all that, when you finally got an LTL or oversized freight quote, … Read More
Why ZMac? [Infographic]
It’s true that when it comes to choosing a transportation logistics broker, there are a lot of factors to consider. You might be asking, “Why should I choose ZMac? What can ZMac do for me and my OD Freight that no one else can?” Read on for your answers in the clickable PDF below to see how ZMac can provide … 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
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
The ZMac Year in Review
What a whirlwind year it’s been! As we here at ZMac bid 2017 a fond farewell and gear up for what great things are down the road in 2018, we’d like to take a moment to take a drive down this year’s memory lane with a year in review.
The Inside Scoop On Pre-Qualified Carriers (And Why You’d Better Be Using One)
Not all carriers are created equal. We sure wish they were, but they’re not. As a leader in the transportation logistics industry, we learned this lesson a long time ago, the hard way. And that learning spurred us on to implement the most rigorous carrier requirements out there. We’ve set the bar very high to pre-qualify a carrier. For us … Read More
The ZMac Story
People often ask us how we got started in this niche over-dimensional transportation logistics business. Oversized freight is such a specialized industry. Most people figure there’s a good story behind ZMac. And there is. The ZMac story about two friends who decided to create something excellent and not average, where employees are passionate about doing the right thing, where curiosity, … Read More
The 3 Big Changes That Transformed ZMac’s Transportation Logistics Business
Back in January in our blog, The Surprising Way Oil Prices Affected ZMac’s Transportation Logistics Business; we painted a pretty dreary picture of how the near-grinding halt of oil production caused a glut of flatbeds in the market competing for the lowest level of available loads we had ever seen. ZMac’s average revenue per load dropped over 30%. Our oversized … Read More
Our Holiday Gift To You
Seasons Greetings! In this time of gift giving, we racked our brains to come up with the best present for you, our loyal customers and carriers. (Y’know, anyone ever tell you that you’re hard to buy for?) We thought about some nice, woolen socks. (Awesome gift, right?) But, we decided no. We considered a battery operated candle. (Fire safety and … Read More