24/7/365 — Real Dispatcher — No Voicemail
Emergency Freight Services —
24/7, Same-Hour Dispatch
Line down. Equipment failure. Missed cutoff. Whatever the emergency — AB&M has a dedicated vehicle moving within the hour. A production line running at $260,000/hour costs more per minute than the freight we move to restart it.
AB&M Logistics dispatches emergency freight within 30–60 minutes, 24/7/365, with a real dispatcher answering the phone — never voicemail — and sourcing the right vehicle (cargo van, straight truck, or flatbed) for your load. AB&M has handled emergency freight since 1997 with zero cargo theft or fraud incidents and built Meta’s hyperscale server logistics program. Call (803) 244-9897 for immediate emergency freight response.
Watch: How AB&M Responds to a Production Emergency
When the line goes down and every minute is money — this is what happens after your call.
Every Emergency Has a Response
Production Line Down
A stopped line costs more per hour than the freight to restart it. AB&M dispatches the part within the hour — cargo van, straight truck, or flatbed, whatever the load requires.
Equipment Failure
Critical equipment failure at a plant, facility, or job site. The replacement part is 400 miles away. We have it moving in under 60 minutes.
AOG — Aircraft on Ground
An aircraft-on-ground situation costs $150,000/hour or more. AB&M coordinates emergency aviation parts delivery, including Next Flight Out for coast-to-coast same-day response.
Missed Shipment
A critical shipment missed its cutoff. Standard carriers have nothing available. AB&M sources a dedicated vehicle from our vetted network and dispatches now.
Medical Emergency Freight
Surgical equipment, implants, and medical devices that cannot wait. AB&M handles medical emergency freight with the documentation and handling these situations require.
Job Site Emergency
A construction project is idle waiting on materials or equipment. AB&M delivers to job sites — including remote locations — on the timeline the project demands.
Emergency Courier Service
Not all freight emergencies involve pallets or heavy equipment. Some of the most time-critical freight we move weighs under a pound:
AB&M's emergency courier service covers everything from a single envelope to a production-line component. The model is identical: dedicated vehicle or on-board courier, direct routing, live tracking, confirmed delivery. If it has to be there today, call us.
For document and small-item emergencies requiring air travel: hand carry courier service →
Automotive Line-Down — AB&M's Primary Emergency Call
The automotive industry generates more emergency freight calls than any other sector. A single stopped line at a Tier 1 supplier costs the OEM downstream. A Tier 2 failure cascades to Tier 1 and then to the assembly plant. AB&M has dispatched emergency automotive freight across Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Alabama, and across the US-Mexico border.
When a production line is down and the part is 400 miles away, two things matter: the driver who dispatches now and the broker who has a relationship with the right carrier asset in the right corridor. AB&M has both.
For automotive-specific emergency coverage: automotive line-down freight broker →
From Your Call to a Moving Truck
You Call — Any Hour
A real dispatcher answers. No voicemail, no queue, no hold music. You tell us what you need and where.
We Confirm the Load
We need: pickup location, delivery address, approximate weight and dimensions, and your required delivery time. Most emergencies are quoted in 5-15 minutes.
Vehicle Sourced and Dispatched
AB&M sources the right vehicle from our vetted carrier network — cargo van, straight truck, flatbed, or team driver for long haul. Fastest available asset for your specific load.
You Receive Driver Contact Info
Name, phone number, and ETA to pickup. You can reach the driver directly from this point forward.
Direct Route — No Stops
The vehicle goes from your pickup address to your delivery address. No terminals, no transfers, no delays.
Delivery Confirmed to You
Proof of delivery with timestamp. The emergency is over. Your line is running.
Emergency Freight Transit Times
For coast-to-coast same-day: Next Flight Out air freight →
Robert McGrady — General Manager
General Manager of AB&M Logistics and host of Freight After Midnight, Robert McGrady has logged 30+ years in freight — 16 behind the wheel as an OTR driver and 18 on the broker side of the desk. More than a decade of that career has been at AB&M, running expedited dispatch.
Emergency Freight FAQ
Production line down right now?
Call (803) 244-9897
Real dispatcher. 24/7/365. A dedicated vehicle moving within the hour.
No voicemail. No queue. No hold music.
Emergency Freight by Region
When a line goes down or a shipment fails, we dispatch within 30 minutes from corridors across the Midwest and Ohio Valley.
Emergency Freight — Live Dispatch, No IVR, No Wait
- 1You call the emergency dispatch line.
Live person answers within the first two rings — 24/7/365, including nights, weekends, and holidays. No IVR, no voicemail, no after-hours queue. Tell dispatch the situation in the first sentence.
- 2Dispatch runs sourcing in parallel with quoting.
While the quote is being finalized, carrier sourcing has already started. For line-down, AOG, and medical emergencies, minutes saved here translate directly into production hours saved at the receiver.
- 3Carrier assigned and confirmed.
Vetted carrier name, vehicle type, driver contact, pickup ETA, and estimated delivery time confirmed in a callback within 30 to 60 minutes. Faster on staged-asset lanes.
- 4Direct run, dedicated vehicle.
Non-stop from pickup to destination. Emergency freight is never co-loaded, never terminal-routed, never relay-transferred. Single driver, single vehicle, single chain of custody.
- 5Proactive updates to signed POD.
Dispatch calls you with pickup confirmation, in-transit status every 30 minutes or on change, and signed POD at delivery. You are not given a tracking URL to watch — we call you.