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I was sitting at work on October 31, 2011, complaining to my co-workers that as an adult I just don’t get excited about holidays like when I was a kid. When I was young, I remember being so keyed up about Halloween. My sisters and I would design our own costumes using whatever we found around the house (That was before … Read More

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer The employees of HG Logistics LLC and our parent company, The Hill and Griffith Company, joined forces to help end breast cancer. On October 9, 2011, several of us participated in the “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” walk. This was a 5-mile walk along Cincinnati Riverfront. It turned out to be a gorgeous autumn day–perfect … Read More

The picture above is not me but it is a picture of what happened to me on this rainy, September, Monday morning in Cincinnati, Ohio. I was doing my normal morning routine walking to the bus stop at 6:40 a.m. I was on the sidewalk with my back turned to traffic when all of a sudden a car sped by … Read More

Shawna Hightchew comes to HG Logistics LLC with 13 plus years experience in the trucking industry and has served in many different areas of the business. Shawna has extensive experience in the billing process and has been in charge of scanning, fuel surcharges, lumpers, and driver envelopes.  In addition, she has experience in the “going paperless” set up process and procedure. Shawna … Read More

  Last week, HG Logistics LLC said goodbye to one of our summer interns, Maura Winters. Maura, a student at Xavier University, joined our staff in June 2011 and worked through last week. She was instrumental in helping HG Logistics launch our plans to go paperless. Maura always displayed a great work ethic and a positive attitude. She was a joy … Read More

Pelotonia 2011 There are very few people in this world that have not been affected by cancer in one way or another. If they have not personally suffered from the disease, they know someone that has. Many have lost friends and family to cancer. Recently, HG Logistics LLC, a third party logistics company and transportation broker in Cincinnati, Ohio, decided … Read More

Another week, another blog, My head is in a hazy fog. Tired of the same old, I’m in a rut. Everything in the norm didn’t make the cut. I needed change this time. That’s why I decided to try out rhyme. You may be thinking I’m a fool, Or better yet, you may think it cool. But please don’t stop, … Read More

  On May 3, 2011, HG Logistics LLC experienced our first blackout since the big wind storm of September 2008. However, in this case, wind was not the culprit but a 20′ dump truck. A dump truck delivering sand to the plant next door to us forgot to lower his bed as he was exiting our street. His bed caught … Read More

HG Logistics LLC, a third party logistics company and transportation broker in Cincinnati, Ohio, has hired a couple college students, Allison Smith and Maura Winters, to assist with our everyday operations and to help with the startup of our plans to go paperless. Allison Smith started in January 2011 as an intern. She has learned how to accomplish many tasks … Read More

Today is April 29, 2011, and at first, I thought it only appropriate to write a blog about the Royal Wedding. After all, the world is fixated on the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. We cannot seem to get enough of it, and I ask myself,  'Why such the fascination?' Perhaps it is because that childlike fantasy world … Read More