Momentum Transportation: Leadership Among the Safest Trucking Companies

At Momentum Transportation, we are proud to be a leader in safety — in fact, we rank among the safest trucking companies in the transportation industry. In 2022, at Momentum Transportation, an award-winning Landstar agent, we increased revenue by 20%, decreased our number of preventable accidents by 24%, and decreased cargo claims by 14%. We are proud of our unparalleled commitment to safety.

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Here’s how we achieve excellence in transportation safety:

As One of the Safest Trucking Companies, Momentum Transportation’s drivers have deep experience navigating through the most complex freight scenarios.

We have decades of experience with heavy haul, HazMat, and high value loads that require an extra commitment to safety. That kind of attention to detail and dedication to our drivers has helped us build the Landstar Business Capacity Owner (BCO) driver network that boasts more than 1,000+ active “Million Mile” safe drivers — the equivalent of driving the circumference of the earth 40 times without an accident!

Trucker TurnoverOur BCOs take pride in delivering on-time and damage-free to ensure ongoing customer satisfaction. Combined, they have 26 million miles under their belts. We compensate our BCOs fairly – giving them a generous share of each customer dollar paid. What’s more, they have the ability to move upward into specialized, more lucrative types of loads over time. The average age of our drivers is early-to-mid-50s — making them extremely experienced, but not yet looking towards retirement. All of this contributes to low turnover rate and long average Landstar tenure – much better than the industry averages.

Landstar’s Mutual Understanding of Safety Together (M.U.S.T.) Program extends and embeds safety into our client operations.

The program brings Landstar Agents like Momentum and safety team members together with customers in a joint effort to get freight delivered safely, on-time and damage-free. M.U.S.T. is designed to support customers by sharing Landstar’s safety-first culture, while opening important lines of communication about the many safety-related topics within the transportation industry. From security to securement and beyond, our safety team helps customers ensure that they have implemented best practices for operations, safety, and compliance at every step.

Project Management is a core capability at Landstar – with proactive safety built in.

Project management starts with careful, advanced planning, open and clear communication, customized standard operating procedures to fit the job, and more. Landstar manages your freight shipments minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour with extra care and stewardship, making our project management unmatched in the industry. It includes a series of onboarding and detailed tactical planning calls with all of the key stakeholders–shipper, driver and receiver.

Our standard operating procedures (SOP’s) are customized to specific customer applications, and outline safety processes, protocols and procedures that must be followed. SOP’s are used for training and preparation before a shipment ever hits the open road, especially in the case of complex time-sensitive ship plans. Finally, we also complete post-delivery best practice review sessions, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement for the next execution of the same shipment. You can count on experienced staff managing your project —and we ensure that safety is always top-of-mind.

Let Us Be Your Most Trusted Partner among Safest Trucking companies

Landstar offers a global transportation network built for the 21st century. Compared to an ordinary logistics company, Landstar is among the safest trucking companies you can work with as demonstrated by our industry-leading safety performance statistics. We offer reliable transportation capacity with greater visibility and flexibility to meet our customers’ evolving needs.

Landstar is a $5.3 billion company with 1,100 operating agency offices, over 9,800 trucks, more than 18,500 trailers, plus over 76,000 3rd party capacity partners. More than 25,000 businesses worldwide count on Landstar to deliver, because they know Landstar can handle whatever customers send our way. Whether you’re looking to work with Momentum Transportation, Landstar trucking or heavy hauling companies, we have a solution for you!

Contact us today at www.landstar-agent.com.