Lynden Transport
 

Lynden Transport is a subsidiary of Lynden Incorporated, a family of transportation and logistics companies primarily serving Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, with additional service extending throughout the United States and internationally. Lynden Transport provides multi-mode, full-service, regional, common and contract carrier servicing the entire State of Alaska. Lynden Transport entered the market in 1954 when our trucks pioneered the newly completed Alcan highway and began providing scheduled over-the-road service to major Alaska communities. Today Alcan highway service is available for truckload quantities only. LTL is serviced on motor-water-motor routes using steamships, barges, and the Alaska State Ferry System as underlying carriers on "marine highway routes."

Lynden Transport is the only company serving all Alaska highway points connected by a system of terminals, schedules and computerized information flow.

The Alaska Market

There are really two marketplaces in Alaska, the largest being "Central Alaska" or the "railbelt area." Anchorage, Fairbanks, Homer, Kodiak, Kenai, Soldotna, Valdez, Wasilla and Prudhoe Bay are the major points. Service on LTL and TL freight is provided by steamship route twice weekly from the Port of Tacoma, Washington to the Port of Anchorage, Alaska with highway connections to all other points.

Southeast Alaska, the Panhandle area, has no coastal highways and all points must be served by water or air. The major communities include Juneau, the State's capitol, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka, Haines and Skagway. Lynden Transport provides two levels of service to Southeast. One is an expedited route connecting with the Alaska State Ferry System. It provides a surface alternative to air on LTL shipments and is  a device for moving fresh meat, dairy and produce northbound, as well as fresh ocean products southbound. The second route is more commonly used for general freight and that's "Lynden Water Service." It is twice weekly barge service using our sister company, Alaska Marine Lines, as an underlying carrier.

Insurance

Lynden Transport maintains all risk marine cargo coverage in excess of D.O.T. minimum requirements for cargo, general, and vehicle liability insurance. Some released valuations exist on items of extraordinary value. Please consult with us should questions arise in this area.

Documentation

A uniform straight bill of lading is sufficient. Terms can be prepaid, collect or in combination.

Packaging

Packaging requirements are the same as in the contiguous 48 states. These regulations are out-lined in the National Motor Freight Classification.

C.O.D. Shipments

Lynden Transport will handle C.O.D. or collect shipments to all highway points. Some restrictions apply to rural communities that require prepayment only. Typically, these exception points are listed on our routing guide as "air beyond" points.

Protective Service

Lynden Transport provides free protective service on products susceptible to freezing when shipped in LTL quantities. A notation should be made "Protective Service Required" or simply "KFF" (Keep-From-Freezing) on the bill of lading. We do charge for KFF service on full truckloads.

Tracing

Lynden Transport has the ability to trace shipments through to destination by shipper and consignee name, or by connecting line pro number.

Hazardous Materials

Lynden's knowledgeable personnel are trained in handling hazardous materials and are in compliance with the requirements as outlined in the Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act of 1990. Additionally, we are in adherence to all the classification, placarding and packaging requirements of HM 181.

Communications

Lynden provides the most advanced data interchange system in Alaska. Rating, billing, expediting, manifesting, delivery information, transit data, tracing, as well as document imaging, are electronic. EDI trading partners are welcomed.

Miscellaneous

Lynden Transport has truckload capabilities for van, refrigerated, flat bed and heavy haul commodities. As one might imagine, all Lynden equipment is "Arctic ready" for operation in severe, prolonged cold temperatures. All terminals have heated platforms, all delivery trucks are radio dispatched, insulated, heated and are equipped with lift gates.