Welcome
GVA Enterprises is a consultant and non-asset based logistics provider focusing on import/export freight and specialized truck transport in North America.
To learn more about the services that we offer, we invite you to browse our website. If you like what you see, please contact us to discuss your specific needs: info@gvaenterprises.com
GVA Enterprises is a young company. It began operations in spring 2003. Since that time we have experienced considerable growth. One of the benefits of working with a young company is they are anxious to broaden their offerings and are still developing skill sets. This malleability allows the customer the opportunity to “design” their service. This is particularly valuable when choosing a project cargo transport vendor.
At the helm of GVA is Kurt E. Warner. Mr. Warner has been involved in transport for over thirty years. Although he was raised in a domestic reefer trucking family his professional career has been spent working in international transport. With an initial focus in marketing and sales, he also spent time in project freight management and business planning. His experience includes exposure to ship chartering, the international construction industry and business-planning services for a six billion dollar organization. He has held management positions in San Francisco, Houston, South Korea and New York . For the past twenty years he has been involved in North American domestic transportation of international freight.
Prior to forming his own operation, GVA Enterprises, Mr. Warner helped develop a nine terminal intermodal trucking company specializing in pier trucking on the US East Coast. Through his interest and experience in project movements, an active project management department developed, primarily with the initial construction phase of the Japanese auto plants in the US . The company acquired their own specialized rolling stock and developed an O/D trucking department. During his tenure with this company he functioned in many roles including minority owner and President. He brings to his current activities a senior management perspective combined with hands-on capabilities.
GVA Enterprises is involved in the world's oldest legitimate business, transportation. Transportation at its core is a simple business, moving something from point A to B. However, as simple as it is, there is not an asset-based transport company anywhere in the capitalistic world that offers services in all modes. GVA Enterprises is a consultant and non-asset based logistics provider focusing on import/export freight and specialized truck transport in North America.
While transportation may be a simple function the proper transport solution is often difficult to find. North American annual freight costs are in excess of 1.5 trillion dollars. The trucking industry, our specialty, is comprised of 35,000 plus companies employing 3.6 million drivers. 80% of those companies operate six or fewer trucks. We understand that whenever we are involved in a move or are retained to analyze a portion of a supply chain we have at least two customers, the company shipping the cargo and the company transporting the cargo. This approach ensures GVA Enterprises asset allocation and our shippers optimum flexibility.
Because the bulk of our transport services require specialized trailers, tractors and permits we stay current with different state regulations and the offerings from equipment manufactures. Cost savings are most often realized when we can match the cargo to best conveyance. The disparate nature of the trucking industry places a premium on local knowledge. Our experience and industry sources provide us the ability to match the best carriers to your cargo.
Each of our service offerings requires a different operational methodology. However, there is a thread that ties them together. A quality conclusion to any effort is the result of each step being done timely, accurately and completely. We sweep up after ourselves. Unresolved cargo damage culpability can remain that way for years. Not addressing the problem when it occurs will result in added administrative and legal costs over time.
GVA Enterprise appreciates the kinetic nature of transportation. We do not accept the old transport adage “I haven't heard anything so everything must be OK”. When dealing with specialized transport it is common for problems to occur. By anticipating these problems and having contingencies in place we provide peace of mind for our customers. As early as the quoting phase we look for opportunities to avoid potential problems. For example, if asked to quote a job over a port to a destination that does not have a good specialized truck lane we would recommend alternative ports including appropriate ocean carriers.
Each relationship is unique. GVA Enterprises understands its role in the 1.5 trillion dollar North American transport market. It is to augment the activities of our customers. We analyze what activities we can perform and implement them. This may be as simple as becoming our customer's English speaking voice or becoming a resource to help answer regulatory questions. We constantly strive for the whole to be greater than sum of its parts.
In addition to serving our clients' immediate needs, GVA Enterprises is also a knowledgeable source of industry information. We continually research the problems facing the transportation industry in general, and the issues specific to import/export transportation. At GVA, industry-wide challenges are viewed as opportunities. What services can we offer to either alleviate or solve the problem? Be it the truck shortage, port congestion, or the taxed North American infrastructure. We want to proactively help you address these issues.
GVA Enterprises offers non-asset based O/D and specialized land transport including sea containers in North America.
O/D and specialized hauling is trucking that can only be accomplished through utilization of specialized trailers or permits.
Over dimensional (O/D) and specialized hauling lends itself particularly well to a non-asset based operation. There is not an asset-based vendor in North America that has the necessary lane density or specialized equipment to meet all your needs. O/D and specialized trucking is the most expensive of all truck moves. Proper vendor selection is your only means of controlling costs and meeting your schedule. When inches, pounds and minutes matter look to GVA Enterprises to meet your needs.
Truck Services
Domestic: Offering point-to-point services throughout North America .
International: Offering service to and from the ports throughout North America . We have a network of vendors allowing stripping and stuffing/securing off-dock of specialized containers. When appropriate, we are also capable of utilizing specialized trailers to move containers to a customer's door, eliminating stripping and stuffing costs completely.
Project Services
Project transport, especially international, is arguably the most difficult of all logistics disciplines. Rarely will you complete a project without problems. The challenge is quite simple: organize, arrange and manage all the assets ships, barges, rail cars and cranes; then synchronize them with the various governmental regulatory agencies, and provide on-time performance that satisfies the needs of the shipper, consignee and general contractor and in some instances, the primary logistics provider. Cost control results from proper vendor selection and proper equipment selection. Cost overages usually result from assets not being utilized within anticipated time frames.
Successful Project Management Services result from combining the following key skills:
• Industry Knowledge
• Quality Vendor Selection
• Effective Communication
• Proactive Problem Solving
• Attention To Detail
• Hands-on Management
• Follow Through
At GVA Enterprises, we take great pride in our ability to provide our customers with effective project services that result in a high quality experience.
Specialized Sea Container Trucking
GVA Enterprises, through its preferred vendor network, provides drayage of what otherwise would be overweight loads through the use of specialized trailers and permits. This service is particularly topical due to the increased ocean costs and the stressed pickup and delivery system in North America . By loading more cargo in the containers you reduce your ocean costs and the total number of units shipped. This service can be on a per load basis or managed through a 4 PL.
Consulting
GVA Enterprises offers ongoing activities analyzing international supply chains. The North American pickup and delivery infrastructure is over capacity. International trade has grown steadily. When the United States deregulated its transport businesses in 1980, fifteen percent of the GDP was expended on transportation. By 1998 that figure had fallen to ten percent. The result of this diminution is the inability of the transport industry to grow. The problem is two-fold. First, the industry cannot service the debt needed to grow. And second, there is a significant lack of labor, specifically truck drivers. This paradigm shift is resulting in higher drayage costs, increased inventory costs and associated costs such as demurrage. GVA Enterprises is well positioned to assist in developing initiatives to address these and other emerging issues on a consulting basis.
At GVA Enterprises, our track record speaks for itself. Here are just a few examples of how we helped our customers overcome a specific transportation challenge.
Client: MOL Logistics
Challenge: Coordinate direct vessel discharge.
GVA Enterprises arraigned and delivered sequentially several import super-loads from a US port to the US mid-west. The multi-line trucks, thirteen-axle and nine-axle units, loaded ship-side saving shore-side crane costs. The cargo on a nine-axle was crated. It was determined that this case, 13'10” high and top-heavy, was not structurally strong enough to accommodate securing over the top. We therefore opened the crate and secured the machine directly to the trailer. On a subsequent move, where GVA Enterprises was not involved, the same shipper experienced significant cargo damage due to a case being secured to the conveyance and not the machine.
“GVA Enterprises has been instrumental in many of our major project moves. They have been outstanding in their assistance from quotation and start-up planning to fallow through on any operation assigned. GVA is knowledgeable, available and responsive, attributes not seen enough in the logistics industry”.
- Meg Benning, MOL Logistics
Client: Meiko America
Challenge: Deliver an import production line from a US port to Canada .
GVA Enterprises picked up and delivered all 47 cases on time and in good “noted order”. This move highlights the benefit of one of the tenants of our project operating methodology. On any movement of size or complexity, GVA Enterprises offers the option of on-site supervision at any major interchange. In this instance we attended the cargo immediately after vessel discharge. Upon inspection we noted damage and marshalling of the cargo in an unacceptable fashion. The damage was addressed with the customer and our vendors made the necessary adjustments to their load plans resulting in on time deliveries. Our customer instructed the terminal operator to move the cargo to the prior agreed to condition “under cover”.
“We are extremely happy with your service. It is a pleasure working with you”.
- Hisashi Kanamori, Meiko America
Client: NGK Ceramics USA, Inc.
Challenge: Deliver an import project over a year's time frame. There were 60 O/D loads requiring six vendors with very “low” trailers.
GVA Enterprises completed the project on time, on budget, and on schedule without any additional charges such as demurrage or detention. All the trucks were pre-stowed enabling quick port turn-times and reduced costs to our customer.
“…The mechanical has gone wonderfully. The whole project has gone without a glitch. I only hope future shipments from Japan can be delivered as promptly and as professionally as this job has been. Great job! And thank you”.
- Gnat Carter, NGK Ceramics USA, Inc.
Client: Customer prefers anonymity
Challenge: Analysis of a North American import supply chain.
GVA Enterprises provided consulting services to analyze the importation of 12,500 loads throughout North America . Through the use of specialized chassis and permits, where available, we were able to demonstrate a potential savings of three and half million USD. Complimenting the savings was a total volume shipped reduction of 15%.
Client: Customer prefers anonymity
Challenge: Transport a production line domestically within the US .
GVA Enterprises and their vendors were tested with an assignment that required moving 13'4” high by 11' wide loads 850 miles through 5 states in a day and half. The tight schedule was the result of the supplier's production capacity and the GC's schedule at the construction site. We delivered all 13 loads on time, with the exception of one that was 5 hours late due to the product not being available.
We want to hear from you!
To discuss your specific project needs, ask a question about our approach, or learn more about our experience, contact us today. We will get back to you promptly.
Email: info@gvaenterprises.com
Phone: 973-726-9400
Fax: 973-726-9485
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Please provide as much information as possible about your project. We will review your needs and contact you to discuss how we can help.
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