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{{Short description|American household goods moving company}}
{{Infobox
| name = Interstate Van Lines
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| former_name = Ace Van & Storage (1943-1967)
| type = Subsidiary
| industry = [[Moving company]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1943}} in [[Washington, D.C.]], United States
| founder = Arthur E. Morrissette
| hq_location_city = [[Springfield, Virginia]]
| hq_location_country = United States
| parent = Interstate Group Holdings, Inc.
| website = {{URL|moveinterstate.com}}
| footnotes = <ref name="Morrissette Obit">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sIJeAAAAIBAJ&pg=3000,7792290 |newspaper=Observer-Reporter |page=A6 |date=1996-04-26 |title=Van lines founder dead at 82 |access-date=2011-02-18}}</ref><ref name="WT">{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0F070E9B068A9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |newspaper=The Washington Times |date=1993-12-17 |title=No headline |access-date=2011-02-18}}</ref>
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'''Interstate Van Lines''' is a family-owned American [[moving company]] based in [[Springfield, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.truckflix.com/companies2/interstate-van-lines.php |title=Interstate Van Lines, Inc. |publisher=TruckFLIX |access-date=2009-09-09}}</ref> The company handles storage and shipping for corporate and government clients, including [[AOL]], [[Hewlett-Packard]] and the US military.<ref name="wp20101221">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/21/AR2010122105232.html |title=Immigration agency offers companies training in exchange for audits |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2010-12-21 |author=Labbé-DeBose, Theola |access-date=2011-02-18}}</ref> It is a subsidiary of Interstate Group Holdings, Inc. which owns a number domestic and international moving and logistics companies<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=329906&paper=72&cat=104 |title=Running the Family Business |author=Daileda, Colin |newspaper=Springfield Connection |date=2009-06-18 |access-date=2011-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620134853/http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=329906&paper=72&cat=104 |archive-date=2009-06-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> of which Interstate Van Lines is the largest.<ref name="WaPo Profile">{{cite news |last1=Heath |first1=Thomas |title=Moving customers, including military top brass, for up to $100M a year |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/moving-customers-including-military-top-brass-for-up-to-100m-a-year/2015/05/22/1bda24ba-fe5f-11e4-805c-c3f407e5a9e9_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=17 August 2021 |date=24 May 2015}}</ref>
==History==
Arthur E. Morrissette started the business at a cost of US$450 when he left the [[United States Department of the Navy|Navy Department]] in 1943. The original name was Ace Van & Storage, based in south-east [[Washington, D.C.]]; the present name was used from 1967, when the company also introduced its "Top Hat" logo. Morrissette was the spokesperson for the company for its first 29 years in radio and television advertising<ref name="WT" /> and held a patent for a household goods protection system he called "UltraPak".<ref name="WaPo Profile" /> He resigned in 1993 and died on April 24, 1996.<ref name="Morrissette Obit" />
Subsequent members of the Morrissette family who have been involved with the company include at least two who have been its president, Arthur E. "Buddy" Morrissette Jr.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/realestate/1998/05/09/theres-more-to-moving-than-packing-boxes/d6d49bf3-ba28-4491-8a5d-4fe2d4465167/|newspaper=The Washington Post |date=1998-05-09 |author=Salant, Katherine |title=There's More to Moving Than Packing Boxes |page=G.01}}</ref> and John D. "JD" Morrissette.<ref name="wp20100318">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/17/AR2010031703592.html |title=Fairfax jury finds for truck driver falsely imprisoned in resignation dispute |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=2010-03-18 |first1=Tom |last1=Jackman | date=2010-03-18}}</ref>
In the 1950s, the company began offering storage and rug cleaning services but by the 1960s had shut down the rug cleaning business. Interstate moved to its present location of [[Springfield, Virginia]] in 1971 and expanded beyond providing services only to the United States East Coast.<ref name="WaPo Profile" />
In 1998 the company had been awarded a US$40.7 million contract from [[Military Traffic Management Command]] for transport services.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defense.gov/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=1346 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301230032/http://www.defense.gov/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=1346 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 1, 2010 |title=Contract |publisher=US Department of Defense |date=1998-08-21 |access-date=2011-02-18}}</ref>
In 1998, Interstate acquired [[Orange, California]]-based [[Global Van Lines]] to become one of the largest moving companies in the US with reported annual revenues of $120 million. Global was an agent-owned co-operative focused on the West Coast while Interstate's business was still primarily in the Eastern US.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fruehling |first1=Douglas |title=Major move: Interstate acquires Global Van Lines |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/1998/10/05/story7.html |website=Washington Business Journal |publisher=The Business Journals |access-date=17 August 2021 |date=5 October 1998}}</ref> Global filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2000 and shortly after, Interstate sold Global to [[Naperville, Illinois]]-based [[Allied Van Lines|Allied Worldwide]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bearth |first1=Daniel P. |title=Allied's Purchase Illustrates Mover Consolidation |url=https://www.ttnews.com/articles/allieds-purchase-illustrates-mover-consolidation |website=Transport Topics |access-date=17 August 2021 |language=en |date=23 February 2000}}</ref> after a bidding war between Allied and [[Wheaton World Wide Moving]].<ref>{{cite web |agency=Associated Press |title=Allied, Wheaton Want Global Van Lines |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-17-fi-65111-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=17 August 2021 |date=17 February 2000}}</ref>
Between 1999 and 2011, [[Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration]] showed a significant decline in the number of power units (trucks or semi-tractors) operated by the company. In 1999 it had 225,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/traffic/business0103.htm |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Springfield Businesses Brace for Bad Times |author=Behr, Peter |date=1999-01-03 |access-date=2011-02-18}}</ref> by 2004 the number was 126,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2004/Mar04/032904/033104-06.html |newspaper=Land Line |date=2004-03-31 |title=Four trucking companies receive awards from military |access-date=2011-02-18}}</ref> and by 2011 it was 74.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.safersys.org/CompanySnapshot.aspx |title=Company Snapshot |publisher=Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |quote=MC No. 001745 |access-date=2011-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314170502/http://www.safersys.org/CompanySnapshot.aspx |archive-date=2011-03-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In March 2010, a [[Fairfax, Virginia]] jury ruled against Interstate Van Lines for wrongful allegations of theft that put a former Interstate driver in jail for 34 days, awarding the ex-employee $50,000 for [[malicious prosecution]], $200,000 for [[false imprisonment]] and $340,000 in [[punitive damages]].<ref name="wp20100318"/>
By 2015, the company had been reorganized into a holding company, Interstate Group, which contained a number of divisions including the original Interstate Van Lines. At that time, the Group reported it had been profitable for 72 years with a net profit of 5%-10% on gross revenues of $87 million to $100 million annually. According to the company, it had 250 full-time and 140 seasonal employees and 300 trucks and moved 20,000 customers annually.<ref name="WaPo Profile" />
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Interstate was accredited by [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] on December 22, 2010 in a deal which involved ICE offering free training. The accreditation recognizes that the company maintains systems to deter the employment of illegal workers. As at December 2010 there were already more than 100 companies accredited under this new scheme, known as ''IMAGE''.<ref name="wp20101221"/> Interstate had introduced mandatory urine testing for drugs in 1984.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0710FC35540C708CDDAD0894D0484D81 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1988-04-03 |title=What's New In Moving And Storage; Low Wages and Drug Tests Make Drivers Scarce |author=Freitag, Michael |access-date=2011-02-18}}</ref>
A press release issued by the company in 2009 announced that it was one of the winners of a ''National Defense Transportation Quality Award'' and that this was the eighth time it had been so recognised, The award was for implementing systems for dealing with Department of Defense commissions for the relocation of personnel based around [[Puget Sound]], of which around 500 had been dealt with in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS200454+09-Apr-2009+PRN20090409 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912001110/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS200454+09-Apr-2009+PRN20090409 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-12 |title=Interstate Van Lines Receives 2008 National Defense Transportation Association Quality Award |publisher=Reuters |date=2009-04-09 |access-date=2009-09-09}}</ref>
The company was also awarded the [[American Moving & Storage Association]]'s first ''Independent Mover of the Year Award'', for 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://promover.org/content.asp?contentid=925 |title=Interstate Van Lines Picks Up First Independent Mover of the Year Award |date=2008-04-03
|publisher=American Moving & Storage Association |access-date=2009-09-09}}</ref>
Springfield has been a campaign stop for Republican election candidates.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?S=9260144 |title=Palin Plans To Visit Richmond Saturday |date=2008-10-29 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=WRIC-TV8 / WIRC.com |access-date=2011-02-18}}</ref> Interstate hosted a rally held by [[John McCain]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential nominee and his running mate, [[Sarah Palin]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=321623&paper=83&cat=104 |title=McCain Makes Plea for Voters in Springfield |author=O'Donoghue, Julia |newspaper=Cascades Connection |date=2008-11-03 |access-date=2011-02-18 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1996 it had hosted a similar event for GOP presidential nominee [[Bob Dole]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0wwzAAAAIBAJ&pg=1650,4562333&dq=interstate-van-lines&hl=en |newspaper=The Gainesville Sun |title=Dole attacks Clinton's 'liberal approach to national issues' |author=Los Angeles Times |date=1996-09-24 |access-date=2011-02-18}}</ref>
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.interstatevanlines.com}}
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