James J Williams was founded in 1926 by Jim Williams’ grandfather. JJW was sold in 1961 and it wasn’t until 1996 that Trans-System, Inc acquired JJW and brought it back into the Williams family.
Current Info: Trans–System, Inc. and its subsidiaries employ over 245 office staff, 70 mechanics and shop personnel. JJW runs 80 late model power units with 115 trailers. We run 13 Western States and 4 Canadian provinces. BC-AB-SK-MB. JJW is also 14001 ISO Certified.
Our customer Service staff has an average of 8.5 years of experience. Operations staff has an average of 11.5 years industry experience, many of which were former drivers.
We have earned a strong reputation for dependable service.
Where we are going: With continual investments in technology, equipment, and loyal employees, we are continuing to refine our processes to better serve you. Drivers are the best in the business, they go thru our extensive Hazardous Materials training, loading, unloading and driving programs before starting work.
Our drivers are trained in job specific functions of the products that they are transporting.
We try to dedicate drivers to traffic lanes that best fit the customer and the individual drivers schedules.
Doing Our Part For the Environment
James J. Williams is a certified SmartWaySM Partner. SmartWaySM is an initiative of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency working to reduce greenhouse gases and other air pollutants and improve fuel efficiency. This voluntary partnership means that JJW is achieving air quality benefits by meeting specific environmental criteria set in the SmartWaySM Transport Partnership Agreement.