Trinity Logistics

Trinity Logistics expands territory with Team Eagle Logistics acquisition

Trinity Logistics adds Western brokerage office

Third-party logistics provider Trinity Logistics announced Monday it has acquired Team Eagle Logistics. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed but a press release said that Team Eagle Logistics, an Arizona-based broker, has grown annual revenue to $53 million since it was founded in 2014.

The deal brings Trinity its seventh regional office and expands its footprint in the West.

Delaware-based Trinity is regarded as a top-20 brokerage. It provides truckload, less-than-truckload,...

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Women In Trucking empowers Girl Scouts with Transportation Badge

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has a mission to encourage female employment, address obstacles for women in the industry and celebrate their successes. Since 2014, the group has found an extraordinary way to relay this message by empowering G.I.R.L.: go-getting, innovating, risk-taking, leaders better known as the Girl Scouts of America. WIT’s partnership with Girl Scouts enables local transportation and logistics companies, and troops to plan a “Trucks Are For Girls” event with the...

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GSCW: Is RNG the fuel of the future? — WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Day 5 of Global Supply Chain Week focused on energy, mining and chemicals, and Dooner and The Dude were excited to jump into good discussion with Trinity Logistics and Digital Wildcatters. 

Jennifer Braun, Trinity Logistics vice president of Kansas City Operations, joined the show to talk about the intricacies behind moving hazardous chemicals. It takes special capabilities to move chemicals safely and legally, but Trinity specializes in hazmat transportation. 

Braun said so much regulation goes...

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The FreightWaves Top 10: Bankruptcies, capacity concerns, protests and Trevor Milton’s departure

2020 saw many significant news stories in the freight industries that extended beyond COVID. In fact, among FreightWaves’ Top 10 stories of the year, COVID-related articles barely appear — showing up just once.

To fill the FreightWaves Top 10, we didn’t choose the stories we liked the best — we let you, the reader, decide. These are the Top 10 stories on freightwaves.com based on page views, from No. 10 to No. 1.

(Photo: Pilot)
10. A company by another name

Once simply a chain of fueling stations,...

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Trinity manages growth by focusing on relationships (with video)

Listening to Trinity Logistics President Sarah Ruffcorn it is clear that any challenge — whether a merger or keeping up with changes in logistics technology — can be addressed by managing relationships above all else.

“This business really hinges on relationships and trust,” Ruffcorn said in a Fireside Chat with Jordan Graft, president of TriumphPay, during the FreightWaves Live @HOME virtual conference. “Focus on that. Then partner that up with technology or assets, or whatever that tends to...

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Disruption, technology and more to highlight FreightWaves LIVE @HOME

FreightWaves’ signature fall event is here, and while attendees won’t be able to mingle in person this year, they will be able to mingle virtually – and still see and hear all the great content that FreightWaves LIVE events are known for.

FreightWaves LIVE @HOME will be held Thursday and Friday. Headline sponsor is J.B. Hunt 360 and title sponsor is TriumphPay. Universal sponsors include Platform Science, SkyBitz and Transflo. J. J. Keller & Associates is the global sponsor and Lean Staffing...

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FreightWaves 3PL Summit: Crisis underscores wisdom of early tech investments (with video)

3PL Summit: Trinity Logistics

Preparation for the coronavirus pandemic began at Trinity Logistics eight years before anyone heard of COVID-19.  

“We made the decision to move our phone system into the cloud. We had [local] systems in all the offices that we had,” Trinity Chief Financial Officer Doug Potvin said in a fireside chat with Trinity President Sarah Ruffcorn during the FreightWaves 3PL Summit on Tuesday.

“As a company, we live and die by the phone and computers and the infrastructure we have in place. It’s all...

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