YRC Units Announce Speedup In Service, Logistics Contract

YRC Worldwide Inc. said that its less-than-truckload unit has sped up cross-border trucking service and its logistics unit has been awarded a management contract in Peru.

Service between the United States and Canada has been accelerated on 5,500 freight lanes, said YRC Inc., the U.S. national LTL unit, and YRC Reimer in Canada.

YRC said the enhancements are complemented by the availability of services from YRC Border Ambassadors — personnel who work to provide proper documentation and customs services through YRC Logistics. There is no charge for customs brokerage on expedited or guaranteed freight shipments, the company said.

YRC participates in U.S. and Canadian programs to expedite shipments, enabling shipments to clear  customs in minutes, with 98% of shipments ready for release at their destination before they cross the border in either direction.

“We are dedicated to providing comprehensive transportation solutions, which means continual en-hancement of our services and our networks,” said Mike Smid, president of YRC Inc. “As we expand our cross-border services provided by YRC and YRC Reimer, reducing transit times is one more way we can offer better predictability and more precise delivery options.”

Separately, YRC Logistics said on Oct. 1 that it has received a contract to manage logistics for construction at a Peruvian open-pit mining project.

The announcement by the logistics unit of YRC Worldwide Inc. said the contract is a three-year agreement signed with Minera Chinalco Peru S.A.

The YRC Logistics contract in-cludes a range of services such as management of transportation and purchase orders, international freight forwarding, customs brokerage, warehousing and delivery of materials to the site.

The logistics unit said the support of the Toromocho Project will begin by moving materials later this year to build a copper-molybdenum mine that is expected to begin operations early in 2012, with the projected production of 273,000 tons of copper per year.

The mine, located in an area east of Lima, is expected to increase copper production in the region by 25% as Chinese manufacturers’ demand for copper increases.

Minera Chinalco Peru Inc. is described by YRC as an exploration-stage company that previously was known as Peru Copper Inc. until it was purchased in 2007 by the Aluminum Corp. of China.

“As the leading logistics provider in the mining and energy industries, we are honored and eager to apply a broad range of capabilities to this project,” said John Carr, president of YRC Logistics. “As with any project we are awarded, our primary goal is to deliver innovative and reliable supply-chain and logistics solutions, ensuring our customers have the highest level of confidence in our company.”

YRC said the project will be managed by staff in Lima, with support from offices in Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Europe and China.

Financial details of the agreement with Minera Chinalco Peru Inc. were not released.