In 2000, Geoff Turner founded Choptank Transport Inc. to help farmers and food companies on Maryland’s Eastern Shore move time- and temperature-sensitive produce to market. Two decades later, those efforts culminated in Choptank being acquired by one of the nation’s largest transportation companies.
Hub Group Inc. said Tuesday it acquired Preston, Maryland-based Choptank, which specializes in truck brokerage for refrigerated goods, for $130 million in cash. The move gives Oak Brook,...