MTS Logistics, Inc., the New York-based freight forwarder and logistics leader, today announced its 16th Annual Bike Tour with MTS for Autism charity biking event, scheduled to take place Saturday, June 13th, 2026.
The company’s 16th annual bike tour event comes a year after its blockbuster 15th year biking for autism awareness, when over $110,000 was raised for autism awareness, with the money supporting New Jersey-based not-for-profit organization Spectrum Works, Inc., which trains and finds jobs for young adults with autism.
This year’s bike tour event hopes to raise over $150,000 for autism awareness. MTS Logistics and Turkish Philanthropy Funds (TPF) have again partnered together for a great cause.
Through last year’s $110,000+ raised, Spectrum Works was able to help students with autism find jobs at over 25 partner companies that included IKEA, Walgreens, Old Navy, Rent the Runway, American Dream, Sesame Street Learn & Play, and more. With its goal of $150,000 or more, MTS Logistics will be able to affect more lives by increasing the number of jobs filled and make an even-bigger impact long-term.
At this year’s event, participants will enjoy a free bike rental and jersey, as well as bottled water, courtesy of MTS Logistics. They will also enjoy a light and healthy lunch in Brighton Beach before heading back to Manhattan. Exciting prizes will be raffled off, including:
- Two (2) round-trip Turkish Airlines tickets, good for anywhere that Turkish Airlines flies – the winner gets to pick their destination
- MTS Logistics will also raffle off four (4) individual spa treatments for four (4) lucky winners
- A variety of other surprise raffle prizes for bikers.
As kids are a big part of MTS Logistics’ annual bike tour tradition, each kid under the age of 12 who bikes during the event will be gifted a free bike to take home with them.
MTS Logistics’ annual bike tour event has grown into the shipping industry’s largest.
Over the past 16 years, hundreds of lives have been changed as many young adults with autism have been trained and placed in jobs at some of America’s largest companies as a result of funds raised from the event. Through MTS Logistics’ long-standing partnership with Spectrum Works, the company has raised over $550,000 since the event’s inception nearly two decades ago.
Each year, dozens of bikers from the shipping, logistics, and transportation industries join together and bike for a cause. What makes the event different is that families and their kids join the bikers, and kids regularly bike the full route from Manhattan to Brighton Beach and back – giving everyone from the youngest generation to teenagers an early introduction to the value of giving back in the world.
In the shipping industry, giants like Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, CGA-CGM, and others have supported this great event for many years and have joined the bike route as well.
MTS Logistics President Sedat Saka noted the event’s lasting impact on autism awareness:
“Now in our 16th year, and almost two decades of MTS Logistics hosting these annual impactful bike tour events, I am extremely proud of the entire shipping and logistics community for coming together and supporting this great cause. Last year’s $110,000 raised really made a huge impact with large American companies hiring students with autism for jobs and training them.
The bike tour participants were enthusiastic about this cause, and this year, we hope to raise an even bigger sum of $150,000. I thank everyone for their support in years past and look forward to continuing this great tradition.”
How to Support and Get Involved in This Year’s Bike Event
To reach our goal of over $150,000 for autism awareness, all of which will be donated to Spectrum Works, MTS Logistics is humbly asking for any level of support from everyone from individuals to large companies.
To donate, please visit: bit.ly/MTSBikeTour2026. If you would like to bike with MTS Logistics, you can RSVP to MTS Logistics by emailing [email protected].
Sponsorships range from $2,000 to $15,000 for event sponsors, but you can donate any amount to Spectrum Works through the above landing page. Sponsors will be featured in national press coverage of the event, as well as on MoreThanShipping.com which receives over 1 million visitors annually, and will appear on event invites, t-shirts, and materials.
MTS Logistics is proud to offer five sponsorship levels:
Event Sponsor: $15,000 | Platinum: $10,000 | Gold: $6,000 | Silver: $4,000 | Friend: $2,000
All sponsors enjoy these benefits:
- National media coverage by some of the country’s biggest media outlets.
- The sponsor’s company name and logo appear on our invitations and t-shirts for participants.
- The sponsor’s company name and logo appear on a very large board during the event, which will be shared on our social media accounts.
- Event, Platinum, & Gold-level sponsors are featured on More Than Shipping, our blog with over a million annual visitors.
- Participation in a worthy cause with a lasting impact.
You can make a donation at this link.
About MTS Logistics, Inc.
MTS Logistics, Inc. is a New York-based international freight forwarder in business for over 26 years, providing fast and reliable logistics services to companies of all sizes around the world. MTS is a leader in bringing cutting-edge technology to the logistics industry with its innovative all-in-one shipping software. The company has spearheaded several Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives within the shipping industry, including an annual bike tour event where it raises money for autism awareness and workforce training.
About Spectrum Works:
Spectrum Works is a (501)(c)(3) designated non-profit organization located in Secaucus, New Jersey dedicated to providing job training and employment opportunities for autistic high school students and other young adults on the spectrum. It was founded by Ann Marie Sullivan, an entrepreneur with two decades of experience in building and managing start-up organizations, to address a critical disconnect between an 85% unemployment rate for autistic individuals and their value to the workforce as employees with inherent skills and abilities. In 2013, she partnered with Robert Butters, founder of Green Distribution and FM Expressions, to make the Spectrum Works vision a reality.
