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Business

Dickinson Fleet Services Completes Acquisition of Reliable Mobile Service

Dickinson Fleet Services, along with majority shareholder Ridgemont Equity Partners, completed the acquisition of Reliable Mobile Service.

June 5, 2017

Radiant Logistics Completes Deal to Acquire Dedicated Logistics Technologies

Radiant Logistics Inc. has completed a deal to acquire Dedicated Logistics Technologies, a privately held company with operations in Newark, N.J., and Los Angeles. 

June 2, 2017
Business

Hub Group to Acquire Estenson Logistics for $306 Million

Hub Group has reached a deal to acquire Estenson Logistics for $306 million, which, if approved, would combine the Nos. 28 and 46 companies, respectively, on the Transport Topics Top 50 list of the largest logistics companies in North America.

May 26, 2017
Business

KAR Auction Services Acquires Transport Division of Dependable Auto Shippers

KAR Auction Services, a holding company for used vehicle auctioneer ADESA, Automotive Finance Corp. and Insurance Auto Auctions, a firm that resells total-loss vehicles, has purchased the vehicle transportation business of Dependable Auto Shippers, a company based in Mesquite, Texas, that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December.

May 25, 2017
TCA

Pasquale Trucking Sold to Online Transport

An Indianapolis shipping company has purchased Logansport, Ind.’s Pasquale Trucking Co. from former owner Tom Pasquale.

May 8, 2017
Business

UPS Agrees to Buy Irish Package Carrier as Part of European Expansion

UPS Inc. has agreed to purchase Nightline Logistics Group, a package delivery and logistics firm based in Ireland.

May 5, 2017
Business

U.S. Concrete Buys Sand Supplier in New Jersey

U.S. Concrete has acquired assets of Corbett Aggregates Cos. in Quinton, N.J., in a move to control the supply of sand for its ready-mixed concrete operations in New York City and to supply other customers.

April 24, 2017
Business

Magnate Adds to Expedited Services With Purchase of Premium Transportation Logistics

Magnate Worldwide has acquired Premium Transportation Logistics, a company based in Toledo, Ohio, that provides expedited ground transportation and freight brokerage services.

April 3, 2017
Business

Cowan Systems Purchases Dick Harris & Son Trucking

Jim Harris, whose family owned Dick Harris & Son Trucking Co. Inc. for nearly 50 years, sold his business at the end of February to Cowan Systems, another family-owned company, which began in 1924.

March 15, 2017
Business

Central Freight Agrees to Buy Wilson Trucking

Less-than-truckload carrier Central Freight Lines has signed a letter of intent to acquire Wilson Trucking Corp., also an LTL carrier, in a move to expand Central’s service territory into the Southeast.

February 22, 2017