Dupré Logistics LLC participated in the annual Texas Challenge on July 8-10 in Corpus Christi. The Challenge is an annual competition organized by the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Service to recognize the best commercial vehicle inspectors as well as to represent the State of Texas at the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s […]
Service Group — Crude Terminal — Floresville, TX Hobbies — Gardening, Koi Fish “Mr. Churning has worked for Dupré right at five years accident-free, very dependable and safe driver.” — Mark Kidd, Senior Operations Manager, Crude Oil Group Allen Churning was looking to make a change about five years ago and happened upon an advertisement for a […]
Smartphone technology offers shippers and vendors the ability to pair employees with the devices most appropriate for their daily work. As mobile devices become more sophisticated and diverse, companies are striving to identify the right device for their needs. Smartphones are proving to be a safe and efficient alternative to traditional ELD solutions for supply […]
When it comes to improving safety and changing the way vehicle logistics are managed, the internet of things (IoT) and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology are working together to provide sophisticated supply chain management solutions which go far beyond typical ELD applications. These networks of technology improve safety in numerous ways. Common applications include monitoring drivers’ health, […]
As e-commerce continues to grow in popularity, fast fulfillment is becoming an industry expectation. Same-day delivery is, for many online shoppers, an assumed convenience offered by online platforms like Amazon, eBay, or Google. As fewer people visit brick-and-mortar stores in favor of the ease and simplicity of online shopping, 3PL shippers are having to address […]
Scotty Reynolds joined the Dupré team in June of 2006 as a driver for our Energy Distribution Services group in Collins, Mississippi, a satellite terminal for Jackson Energy. He has worked his way to become the Director of Safety, based in Baton Rouge. Scotty is passionate about his own family, as well as his Dupré […]
Part 3 out of our 3 part series “The State of Transportation”- BY THE NUMBERS 28% – The percentage of increase in container traffic at US ports since 2009 50 million tons- The amount of freight that is moved across our nation everyday $28 billion- The annual cost of truck congestion To continue reading download the printable […]
Part 2 out of our 3 part series “The State of Transportation”- BY THE NUMBERS 8.35 years – The average light-duty vehicle age by GVW 8 years- The average medium-duty vehicle age by GVW 7.87 years- the average heavy-duty vehicle age by GVW $66.5 Billion- Freight moved by trucks, 4.1% increase compared to March 2017 […]
We’ve compiled numbers from a variety of sources, including the DOT, to create our first in a series of three BY THE NUMBERS infographics. 30%- Percentage of applicants that are unable to pass a background/drug test 52- The average age of a truck driver 80%- Rate that motor vehicle fatality has decreased in the last […]
The focus on safety and service at Dupré dates back to beginning with our very first employee, John Istre. Mr. John was hired in December, 1979 and retired from our company in May, 1991. He was a prime factor in our success and he left a legacy of doing the job right the first time […]
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