Bourque Logistics Announces Alliance with WATCO Compliance Services®
Offering Provides Full Service Railcar Maintenance and Compliance Oversight
The Woodlands, Texas – May 18, 2012. Bourque Logistics today announced that it has formed an alliance with Watco Compliance Services to offer combined railcar maintenance and regulatory compliance services to rail shippers. The integration of the two services offers rail shippers a complete solution for railcar repair, maintenance, car mechanical integrity, engineering, and regulatory compliance to enhance rail asset management, budgeting and reporting.
Bourque Logistics’ RAILAcct® software is a robust railcar maintenance management system that standardizes and automates shop scheduling, repair estimate/invoice approvals, shop performance reporting, maintenance project management, budgeting, and ERP-integrated payment process. In addition, BL provides seasoned staff to help its customers effectively manage railcar maintenance.
Watco Compliance Services offers a wealth of knowledge to provide a uniform and standardized approach to railcar compliance with a broad range of technical specifications, legal, regulatory and safety rules with applicable engineering specifications and regulations
In addition to our day-to-day support for shopping and repair management, our clients require additional expertise in the areas of railcar engineering, regulatory compliance, and safety…Our joint effort with Watco will provide our clients these important compliance services integrated into the shipping and repair management process and its data integration using our RAILTRAC®, RAILAcct®, and YardMaster® systems.
—Steve Bourque, President of Bourque Logistics
Watco Compliance Services is dedicated to creating the safest railcar fleets in the industry…By combining our expertise in safety and regulatory compliance with Bourque Logistics’ state of the art management systems, we can provide our customers the best of both worlds.
—Jim Rader, Senior Vice President of Watco Compliance Services
About Bourque Logistics
Used by over 120 rail shippers in North America, Bourque Logistics provides rail operations software for industrial shippers. Its automated rail logistics system has provided significant and ongoing value since 1989 with RAILTRAC®, YardMaster®, RateServer®, and other tools that address all facets of rail shippers’ needs and integrate seamlessly with their ERP systems. Its Shipper BI™ tool provides managers real time intelligence and trending to manage complex distribution and logistics.
Bourque Logistics’ tools are redundant, cloud-based systems for rail and motor carrier shipment operations for loading and shipping, bill of lading submission, tracking and trace, freight costing and payment, fleet accounting, supply chain management, and customized reporting. Bourque’s EDI data services connect shippers with their suppliers, customers, and carriers. They also provide professional services and support for rail fleet expediting and railcar maintenance management.
For more information, visit our website or watch our company overview videos on our youtube channel.
About Watco Companies
Watco Companies, LLC is a Pittsburg, Kansas, based transportation company serving transportation, mechanical, and terminal and port needs of Customers throughout the U.S., Canada and Australia. Watco is the owner of Watco Compliance Services, LLC, Watco Transportation Services, LLC, the largest privately-held short line railroad company in the U.S. operating 27 short line railroads on more than 4,500 miles of track as well as 26 industrial contract switching locations. Watco’s Mechanical Services division operates 16 railcar repair shops, 8 locomotive shops and 23 railroad repair shops. The Terminal and Port Services division currently manages 18 terminal facilities, 10 warehouses and 2 port operations.
For more information, visit their website.
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