HISTORY
WONDER YEARS
FREIGHT
100

This person owned a small wholesale brokerage house that provided produce throughout North Dakota and Minnesota.

Who is Charles Henry Robinson?

100

This is the year C.H. Robinson was born.

What is 1905?

100

This shipping method is used to transport small freight that weighs between 150 and 15,000

What is LTL?

200

In 1968, C.H Robinson enters the regulated truck business as a what?

What is a contract carrier?

200

This is the year CH Robinson becomes a publicly traded company

What is 1997?

200

This shipping method is used when shippers decide they have enough items to fill a truck, want their shipment in a trailer by itself, the freight is time-sensitive, or the shipper decides it’s more cost-effective than other options.

What is Truckload?

300

After the owner's death in 1909, these 2 people assumed control of C.H. Robinson

Who are the Nash Brothers?

300

This is the year C.H Robinson move their headquarters to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

What is 1919?

300

This shipping method refers to shipping lighter, smaller boxed items

What is Parcel?

400

With more than 300 offices, this city is the headquarters of the C.H Robinson?

What is Eden Prairie?

400

This is the year C.H Robinson adopted transportation by rail to complement its brokerage operations

What is 1945?

400

This shipping method allows for cranes and forklifts to load goods from all angles.

What is Flatbed?

500

C.H Robinson launches its first PC-based truckload operating system called?

What is COSMOS?

500

This is the year C.H Robinson becomes 100% employee owned

What is 1976?

500

When freight is shipped using two or more modes of transportation

What is Intermodal?