UniGroup Worldwide, a global mobility management company, has established a specialized flatbed service requiring unique equipment and a core of highly skilled and experienced owner-operators who can safely secure and transport the immense yet delicate high-tech products that comprise a typical load. The launch of the service was announced by Michael Kranisky, president of UniGroup Worldwide.

“We are pleased to offer this specialized service to our current customers and potential customers who have shipments that are too large to fit in a regular-sized van,” said Kranisky. “This is just one more way the UniGroup companies continue to prove they are truly a one-stop shop for all transportation, relocation and logistics services.”

UniGroup's specialty flatbed service offers 100 percent air-ride flatbeds and step-decks, as well as retractable-tarp systems that are fully equipped with all the necessary cargo securement and protection devices. Each professional driver brings more than 15 years experience to ensure the highest quality service to the special products transportation industry. In addition, all drivers must successfully complete a rigorous quality training program under the direction of Fleet Resources at UniGroup Worldwide Headquarters.

“Our owner-operators are the heart and lifeblood of this business,” Kranisky continued. “We have enormous admiration for these professionals whose talent and personal commitment make it possible to consistently exceed the rigorous demands of our customers.”

UniGroup Worldwide is an operating company of UniGroup, Inc., a $2 billion transportation and relocation services company based in suburban St. Louis, Mo. UniGroup Worldwide specializes in the coordination and handling of shipments of personal household goods and general commodities for corporate clients and the relocating public. UniGroup, Inc., through its subsidiaries United Van Lines and Mayflower Transit, operates one of the largest privately owned trucking fleets in the United States.