Trans American Trucking & Warehouse Turns 40

Celebrations are in order for Trans American Trucking & Warehouse of South Plainfield, N.J., now celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Whether it’s transporting containerized cargo from port to warehouse or delivering oversized generators to electrical plants on trailers the length of a city block, Trans American is a versatile player in the Northeast.

Established as a flatbed and van carrier in Edison, N.J., in 1976 by Ron McGraw and Jim Skow, the business grew into one of only a handful in North America with the expertise to handle the transportation of heavy, oversized equipment and machinery.

“Since my father and his associate started this company 40 years ago, our rigs have traveled close to 65 million miles, safely carrying hundreds of thousands of pieces of cargo valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars,” said Craig McGraw, the company’s National Sales Director.

Trans American Trucking has clocked about two million miles annually for the past two years, McGraw said. It boasts an excellent safety score from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and also has a solid, on-time record, he said.

The company also provides warehousing, packaging, and export services for customers throughout the United States and Canada. Trans American offers warehousing and export packaging services in a 300,000-square-foot warehouse. It also has a 40,000-square-foot auxiliary warehouse for containerization, drayage, and storage.

Trans American Trucking employs 90 people from the tri-state area as drivers, dispatchers, warehouse personnel, office staff, and in its accounting, information technology, permit and heavy haul departments. It also employs a safety director.

Over the years, the company increased its fleet and now has more than 200 pieces of equipment, including numerous 19-, 13- and 9-axle trailers. Trans American handles cargo from 300 to 300,000 pounds, including oversized items like parts for nuclear power plants and generators for electric companies.

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