PS Logistics Continues Southeast Growth – Fleet Administration
Clay’s relies in Brookhaven, Mississippi, and maintains a fleet of 35 tractors and 50 trailers.
Photograph: Clay’s
P&S Transportation LLC, a PS Logistics subsidiary primarily based in Birmingham, Alabama, has bought all substantial transportation property of Clay’s Transport Inc. and Clays Logistics LLC, a privately owned interstate trucking and brokerage firm that focuses on flatbed delivery within the Southeast.
The Clay’s transaction marks PS Logistics’ fifth acquisition of 2022.
Clay’s relies in Brookhaven, Mississippi, and maintains a fleet of 35 tractors and 50 trailers. The corporate primarily hauls basic flatbed freight, together with lumber, metals, and metal, the kinds of freight through which P&S additionally specializes.
“Clay’s brings nice freight synergies to each our firms in addition to our prospects,” mentioned Scott Smith, CEO, PS Logistics, in a information launch. “It additionally additional establishes our driver base within the Southeast and provides our first trucking terminal in Mississippi to our rising nationwide community.”
The acquisition will present Clay’s, its prospects, and its drivers with extra capability, new service choices, and elevated economies of scale.
Clay’s shall be managed by former co-owner James Waldrop as a separate division of P&S Transportation, beneath the management of Houston Vaughn, president and COO, P&S Transportation. Clay’s will proceed to function beneath the Clay’s Transport model title.
“P&S shall be an amazing associate for our enterprise,” Waldrop mentioned. “Each of our firms are dedicated to our drivers and their success, and we share a constructive tradition that creates an excellent surroundings for everybody to develop and prosper.”
The Clay’s acquisition continues PS Logistics’ acquisition technique of partnering with households and house owners inside the flatbed trucking section. Since 2016, PS Logistics has efficiently acquired 26 trucking and brokerage operations. Monetary phrases of the Clay’s transaction weren’t disclosed.
Based in 2004, PS Logistics is likely one of the largest and quickest rising flatbed transportation and logistics suppliers in the USA. PS Logistics offers full-service transportation companies, together with asset-based transportation, non-asset-based transportation, brokerage, third-party-logistics-managed transportation, warehousing, and provide chain companies. The corporate mentioned this hybrid mannequin delivers flexibility to deal with prospects’ flatbed transportation wants throughout numerous industries.
