Briefly: Ruan president elected chairman of ATA’s board of administrators
The American Trucking Associations’ Board of Administrators Tuesday elected Dan Van Alstine, president and COO of Ruan Transportation Administration Programs, Des Moines, Iowa, because the federation’s 78th chairman.
“I’m humbled and actually honored to be right here and to function your chairman of this nice group,” Van Alstine stated. “It’s an absolute privilege to symbolize the thousands and thousands of Individuals who transfer our nation as a part of the transportation and logistics trade.”
Van Alstine succeeds Harold Sumerford Jr., CEO of J&M Tank Traces, Birmingham, Alabama, as ATA chairman.
The board additionally elected Andrew Boyle, co-president of Boyle Transportation, Billerica, Massachusetts, as ATA’s first vice chairman and, Darren Hawkins, CEO of Yellow, Overland Park, Kansas, as ATA’s second vice chairman.
As well as, the board named Dennis Dellinger, president and CEO of Cargo Transporters, Hickory, North Carolina, and Wes Davis, CFO of Huge M Transportation, Blue Mountain, Mississippi, as ATA vice chairmen. The board re-elected John M. Smith, chairman of CRST Worldwide Holdings LLC, as secretary and John A. Smith, president and CEO of FedEx Floor, as treasurer.
Sai opens new terminal in Lafayette, Indiana
Saia has opened its new Saia LTL Freight terminal in Lafayette, Indiana – the fifth location for the service within the state, and the primary terminal Saia has opened in Indiana since 2019 when it constructed one in every of its flagship services in Indianapolis.
“As we start operations in Lafayette, Saia stays centered on offering nice service,” stated Saia President and CEO Fritz Holzgrefe. “We proceed to be enthusiastic about our enlargement plans and providing current prospects direct service in new markets as effectively introducing our trade main service to new prospects,.”
Located between Indianapolis and Chicago, Lafayette is just not solely one other necessary gateway to the Midwest, it’s central to Saia’s ongoing plans to develop its market alternative and supply enhanced service to current prospects. Lafayette is a middle of regional commerce with a various buyer base along with having Purdue College close by.
In 2022 alone, Saia has opened 11 new terminals throughout the nation because it continues to spend money on its operations with the aim of providing shippers enhanced transit instances and repair.
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