And it continues to find ways to keep its business moving. If you're reading about it in the paper, we're probably involved. Sometimes Roberts gets involved before news breaks. In the days leading up to Desert Storm, the company hauled explosives for the military. Roberts often is faster than air freight.
Planes are faster than trucks only while they're in the air.
Roberts' trucks remain on the move. Roberts' fleet of 1,600 vehicles traveled more than 80 million miles making more than 200,000 deliveries. Roberts used to be a prosaic enterprise like every other trucking company. In 1988, all that changed. Roberts modified the system to create Customer Link, or C-Link.