Excargo Times May 2022

The Excargo Times

May 2022

HAPPY MAY!

This month’s community donation: Houston SPCA!

Theme days for this month to earn Flexcargo points:
Next Friday, May 13th, wear green to show support for mental health
awareness month.
Friday May 27th, wear red, white, and blue in honor of Memorial Day.

Wednesday May 18th:
Happy International Museum Day!! We will be having a raffle for tickets to
take your family to the Houston Maritime Museum.

Nelson will be hosting Wisdom Wednesday covering all things equipment
and yard! Sessions at 10:30am and 1:30pm.

We are accepting donations for the Houston SPCA! If you would
like to participate, please bring your donations to Gulf or
Wallsiville. We are waiting on official Excargo Cares Donation
boxes to make donations easier in the future, but for now, they can
be grouped together in the old dispatch hallway at Gulf, or the
Wallisville Conference Room.

Additionally, we have some cool Excargo Cares Tshirts in
production!! Interested in participating more? Reach out to Lexie
and Dannielle for more information!

Welcome Kim Perez to Customer Service! 4

“My name is Kimberly, but I go by Kim most of the time.
I am 26 years old, my birthday will be on September 22.
I have two kids, a 3 year old son soon to be 4, and also a 7
year old daughter.
My favorite thing to do is to draw, I like drawing portraits
mostly.
My two favorite sports are baseball and soccer. I also like fast
cars! :) That is all, it is nice to meet all of you, and I'm glad to
be part of the team!”

Welcome New Drivers! 5

Douglas Guzman- 753 Joaquin Samper- 752

Mr. Guzman will be running the local lane and is very Mr. Samper he will be running primarily OTR but is willing to work
familiar with all the ports and rail roads. any lane that is needs to be covered and available for any loads. He is
very familiar with Samsara ELD and all local ports and Rail Roads.

Welcome New Drivers! 6

Jose Zaragoza- 754 Rigo Padron- 755

Mr. Zaragoza will be available to run all lanes. Mr. Padron will be running primarily on the local board, but is
Phone: 713-269-5107 capable to run any lane as needed.
Email: [email protected] Phone: 281-466-9334
Email: [email protected]

Welcome Back Drivers! 7

Juan Veliz- 664 Humberto Angel Rojas- 604
Barrera- 706
Mr. Velez will be running primarily local Angel Rojas worked at Excargo back in 2014 and has
and will be glad to help cover any lane Humberto Barrera he will be running decided to return back. Mr. Rojas will be running
needed at Excargo. He will be using his Orange and OTR. He is very familiar with all the
old truck number: 664 primarily OTR. He is very familiar with ports of Houston and rail roads.

Samsara ELD and all local ports and Rail

Roads.

Excargo is Adopting a Highway! (or 2)

We are officially adopting two pieces of Texas highway! We will
have a marker sign at 146 North bound in between Barbours Cut
and Bayport and 225 West bound towards the city.

The original Adopt-a-Highway program began right here in Texas
in 1985. Since then, it’s grown into a nationally and internationally
recognized litter-prevention effort,
saving taxpayers’ dollars and keeping
our rights of way clean.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PASADENA TRUCK PARKING!!

The Genoa Red Bluff property was transformed into a truck Our current occupancy level is 95%. We have x7
parking lot one year ago. In just one year, we have grossed 30ft spaces available for $160 a month plus taxes.
roughly $275,000! There is an Excargo discount. $50 a month for all
drivers, FREE for elite fleet!
There are 158 spaces on the Have a question about Pasadena Truck Parking??
main yard, as well as an
overflow space on the side we Call the new manager line at 832-204-4259
bill extra for. We currently
have 75 local tenants and 6
fleets on the yard with
anywhere from 10-30 spots
reserved.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month!

Sam Houston Maritime Boat Tour!!!

We have reservations for Tuesday, June 7th and Wednesday, June 8th to
ride aboard the M/V Sam Houston. This boat has been operating as Port
Houston’s public tour vessel since its inaugural voyage on July 30, 1958!
It is a 90-minute round-trip, educational tour along the Houston Ship
Channel. You will need to plan to be out of office between 9am-12pm the
day of the tour.

If you are interested in coming aboard and hearing more about the
history of the Houston Ship Channel please reach out to Lexie as soon as
possible so we have time to coordinate with your manager. Please specify
which day works best for you if applicable. This is supposed to be a fun
opportunity to grow your knowledge of our industry and the beautiful
history that helped Houston grow. We would love for you to join us!

CVSA International Road Check May 17-19

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Annual International Road check will take place May 17-19. Over a 72-hour period.
As always, We want all of you always be prepared and ready with your game face on! This means being prepared for any type of inspections performed
by any Law Enforcement Agencies. Always check your truck take the extra minutes to double check and make sure everything is working. Always
remember if there are things that we need to improve let us know and we can taker of it. WE CARE FOR YOU!

So we are changing things up a bit. This going to be new pay for inspections.
Level-1 $125.00
Level-2 $75.00
If you get a CVSA Sticker with the level-1 inspection. We will pay you an extra $100.00.
Example:
Level-1 $125.00
CVSA Sticker: $100.00
Total: $225.00

Marcia at the White House!

Marcia was invited to
Washington last month to
celebrate the kick-off of the
new Apprenticeship Program
for new drivers by the
Secretary of Transportation!

Texas Trucking Show June 25 & 26- Booth 533

We are going to the Texas Trucking Show 2022!!!

We have booth #533 reserved right in the middle of the
convention center at NRG. This will be a great opportunity
to recruit drivers and connect with others in our industry.

If you are interested in representing Excargo please reach
out to Lexie and Dannielle as soon as possible so we can
discuss what times you are available, and how you can help
represent our booth.
There will be lots of fun giveaway prizes and other incentives
for participating. More details to come.

2nd Blood Drive at Wallisville with 6 successful donations received!

Safety Tip! 16

Be weather aware and make sure your family is
ready for tropical storm season.