FreightWaves Haul of Fame: Jevic Transportation did well for a time…

A Jevic Transportation tractor-trailer. (Photo: Gary Morton Collection)

Karen and Harry Muhlschlegel founded Jevic Transportation Inc. in 1981 in Delano, New Jersey. The name “Jevic” was a combination of the names of the three Muhlschlegel children. Founding a trucking company just one year after the trucking industry was deregulated was ambitious, but the gamble proved profitable. 

Jevic Transportation enjoyed prosperity throughout the 1980s and the early 1990s. Unlike other less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers, Jevic rejected a traditional hub and spoke network and...

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