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Boyd and Daseke Merger

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Daseke Inc. of Addison, Texas, and Clayton, Ala.-based Boyd Bros. Transportation announced a merger they say will put them into the top five largest open deck/specialty carriers.

The merger also includes Boyd Bros. companies WTI Transport, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Mid Seven Transportation, Des Moines, Iowa; Boyd Intermodal, and Boyd Logistics.

Don Daseke, CEO of Daseke, will be chairman of the board and Richard Bailey, president of Boyd Bros., will join the Daseke board as vice chairman; Chris Cooper, COO of Boyd Bros., will also join the board. According to Cooper, Boyd Bros. and its companies will remain intact with no personnel changes expected resulting from the merger.


http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/story/2013/11/boyd-bros-transportation-and-daseke-inc-merge.aspx
 
Just to update;
The Daseke Inc. family includes SPD, E.W.Wiley JGR, COTC, and with the addition of Boyd et all.. are now the 5th largest open trailer fleet in the US.
 
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