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Ambrose Bierce once cracked that the gam-
bling known as business doesn’t so highly re-
gard the business of gambling. Indeed there
are many in business fully cognizant of the
costs which can incur from the casual testing
of luck or tempting of chance. And when it
comes to storage, or the transporting of their
hard-earned goods and products from here
to there, rather than gamble, the preference
is to rely on someone who can be trusted to
get the job done speedily, but more so, safely.
From its base in Nashville, there is one com-
pany who has so consistently delivered on
both ends of that scale, it has been heralded
with the highest honors from the American
Trucking Association, and not just once or
twice, but year after consecutive year. From
intermodal operations and warehousing
to dedicated and specialized transporta-
tion services, Tennessee Commercial Ware-
house (TCW) rules the roads throughout
the southeastern United States. In addition
to the dozen of national awards TCW has
earned for fleet safety, it holds more than