Boyd Bros. Transportation, one of the flatbed trucking companies that make up the Daseke family of trucking companies, was recently named as one of the best companies to work for in Alabama in 2014 by Business Alabama Magazine. This is the second time the company has earned the award in the annual competition, which ranks companies […]
Like father, like daughter. While that may not be the usual saying, for Gail Cooper and her late father, Dempsey Boyd, it’s an appropriate one. Particularly given that the Alabama Trucking Association recently honored the Boyd Bros. Transportation CEO with the H. Chester Webb Award for lifetime achievement and service to the trucking industry. It’s […]
On Tuesday May 6, 2014, D CEO Magazine hosted the 2014 Mergers & Acquisitions Awards, honoring a variety of Dallas-Fort Worth mergers and dealmakers in six different categories. In the category of “Midsize Deals”, Daseke Inc’s merger with Boyd Bros. Transportation in the fall of 2013 proved to be the winner. In a short speech […]
When Lori Rustin accepted the position as Safety Manager for Boyd Bros. Transportation, she knew she was stepping in the middle of a major process shift as Boyd was implementing ELDs. Drivers were accustomed to supplying their hours-of-service status through mobile communications, and throwing a new technology at them could cause apprehension and push-back. “I don’t […]
As reported in the Dec 23 print edition of Transport Topics, truck drivers from around the U.S. helped honor veterans by taking part in an annual tradition of laying Christmas wreaths at the headstones of U.S. service members at Arlington National Cemetery. According to the Wreaths Across America organization, more than 143,000 wreaths were placed on […]
Combined Flatbed Trucking Companies Create a Top 5 North American Open-Deck/Specialty Carrier CLAYTON, Ala., Nov. 14, 2013 – Daseke Inc., of Addison, Texas, and Clayton, Ala.-based Boyd Bros. Transportation have announced a merger, creating one of the largest open-deck/specialty fleets in North America. The merger also includes the Boyd Companies –WTI Transport, based in Tuscaloosa, […]
