New, larger companies are better prepared to successfully navigate upcoming legislation, meet changing demands and tackle logistical challenges quickly and efficiently. However, these large-scale consolidations have some concerned about competition, jobs and customer service. An article recently published by Trucks.com explores these consolidations and mentions how XPO reduced jobs at Con-way after buying the company. […]
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Daseke Continues To Climb Transport Topics Top 100 List
Jumps Five Spots to No. 44 The growth curve has not slowed at Daseke Inc., as the company marked a 19.5 percent increase during the calendar year and propelled Daseke to No. 44 on the Transport Topics 2016 Top 100 For-Hire Carrier List. That was a five-position jump for the company against all carriers; it […]
Bulldog Hiway Express: Safety Exemplified
Receives Highest Safety Honor from Specialized Carriers and Rigging Assoc. Ask leaders in the military, and they’ll tell you the safety of their people is always top of mind. And for the leadership team at Bulldog Hiway Express, that mantra is no different: Safety – for their own team and the motoring public – is […]
Daseke Climbs Again in Top 50 Ranking
Tops in 2015 Revenue Growth in Journal of Commerce Top 50 List The Journal of Commerce’s annual Top 50 ranking survey listed Daseke Inc. as the fastest growing company – with a 26.9 percent increase in 2015 revenues. Daseke also moved up nine spots on the list of trucking companies. The survey, conducted for the […]
For Owner of Flatbed Fleets Don Daseke, ‘People Make a Difference’
Written by David Hollis and approved for reprint by Truckers News. Consider the typical business card. Two inches by three inches. Name. Address. Phone. Email. Company logo. Pretty standard stuff. Not to the man who has built a bit of a flatbed, open-deck, heavy-haul empire. Instead, Don Daseke sees that modest bit of paper as an […]
HDT Features Daseke’s Cross-Company Collaboration Teams in Series
When it comes to responsibility for safety and compliance, the people with Daseke’s family of trucking companies believe many hands not only make light work, but also safer operations. “We’ve established several cross-company committees, because we believe we can learn a great deal from one another to improve all aspects of our operations, particularly safety,” […]
Daseke Family of Open Deck Carriers Has More Honors Come Its Way
Recognition Lead by Central Oregon Truck Co. and Smokey Point Distributing It never gets old. Recognition of our people that is. And for Don Daseke, president and CEO of Daseke Inc., the latest recognition from the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and CarriersEdge may be the most meaningful. “We’ve built a world-class organization of flatbed, specialized […]
Daseke Continues to Seek Additions to Flatbed Enterprise
For over seven years, Don Daseke’s belief of investing in people has been the driving force behind Daseke Inc., now the nation’s largest owner and operator of flatbed, open-deck and specialized trucking capacity in North America. Transport Topics recently featured Don Daseke in a wide-ranging interview concerning his plan to continue to grow the company […]
Daseke Featured as a “Fab Four” Company by Addison Magazine
Approved for reprint by ADDISON – The Magazine of the North Dallas Corridor. Transporting the country’s high-tech equipment and heaviest machinery requires a specialist to handle the load. Daseke Inc. and its family of trucking companies have moved wind turbines across Texas, a Triton submarine 3,000 miles cross-country and the I-beams used in shaping the […]
Daseke’s 2015: One for the Record Books
There’s no such thing as a “typical year” at Daseke, and 2015 has certainly proven that. Daseke has been recognized by both the industry and the business press for its growth, safety, individual performance and team accomplishments. It was named the fastest-growing trucking company in the U.S and Inc. Magazine listed Daseke as one of […]