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1989
- Volume Transportation Services Inc. is founded to provide
services as a third party logistics provider.
1992
- Volume Transportation Inc. is created with the goal of
becoming the best southeast regional carrier.
1993
- Volume Transportation Inc. makes a commitment that no
truck in its fleet will be over 4 years old while forming
alliances with truck providers.
1995
- Volume's revenues have doubled every year and all operations
have expanded.
1996
- Volume has grown to include a who's who list of customers
based on quality service.
1997
- Volume purchases new property to expand needs for office
and space.
1998
- Volume Transportation Inc. extends routes to meet customer
demand.
- Volume increases traffic handling to include the continental
United States, Mexico, and Canada.
1999
- Satellite equipment is installed into all Volume tractors
to continue to meet customer needs and quality standards.
2000
- Volume Transportation Services continues to add branch
locations and boost revenue.
2003
- Volume Transportation Inc. passes all requirements and
is given ISO 9001 certification.
2004
- Volume Transportation continues to grow and to meet capacity
needs of customers.
- Volume Transportation starts a flatbed division.
- Volume Transportation Inc. is awarded Outstanding Carrier
of the Year by MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems.
About the Owners
Joe Coleman, CEO
Joe Coleman has devoted his entire career to the truck transportation
industry. After graduating from Middle Tennessee State University
in 1976 with his B.S. degree in Mass Communications, Joe went
to work for the Mason-Dixon Lines, Inc., in Nashville, Tennessee.
At the time, Mason-Dixon was the largest privately owned common
carrier in the United States.
After two years with Mason-Dixon, Joe opened up the Atlanta
market for S&W Freight Lines, a regional LTL carrier based
in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Taking full responsibility for
both sales and operations in the Atlanta market, Joe helped
the company grow from $2 million in revenues to $6 million
in just two years.
In 1981, Joe became a partner in Southern Freight, Inc.,
a LTL carrier specializing in the Florida market. As executive
vice president, Joe was instrumental in building Southern
Freight's revenues from zero to $20 million, growing the company
from two employees to 350 in just eight years.
After selling his interest in Southern Freight, Joe had a
one-year non-compete contract and he became partner and president
of Porter Coleman Communications, Inc. Porter Coleman was
a full-service advertising agency for the transportation industry.
When Joe's non-compete contract was over, he sold his share
of Porter Coleman and founded Volume Transportation Services.
From the outset of Volume Transportation Services' creation,
it was always Joe's intention to get back into the asset-based
side of the transportation industry. Thus, in 1992 Volume
Transportation Inc. was formed and two tractors were purchased
to usher in the beginning of Volume's freight carrier business.
Today, Joe still plays a very active part in both companies
he founded and will continue to play a vital role in the growth
of these companies. He is also actively involved with cure
childhood cancer serving as Vice President for the nonprofit
organization. Cure is a corporate charity supported by the
Volume companies that supports two major fundraisers a year
that Joe and his wife Jeana were instrumental in starting
and helping to grow.--For more information on Cure
Childhood Cancer please visit www.curechildhoodcancer.org
Larry Sellers, President
Larry Sellers has a long and established career in the trucking
industry. After graduating from the University of Georgia
with a degree in business administration, he joined Mclean
Trucking Company first in their Winston-Salem, North Carolina
corporate office and then moved to their New Orleans operating
center.
In 1981, he joined Reliable Express, Inc. as an operating
partner. After negotiating the sale of Reliable Express in
1989, he served as regional vice-president for sales and operations
at Standard Holdings until 1992. That same year Larry and
Joe formed their asset-based company Volume Transportation
Inc.
Larry continues to serve the industry as past chairman and
president of the Georgia Motor Trucking Association and as
a Director for Life. He also is a director for the Washington
D.C. based Truckload Carriers Association and was appointed
to the Georgia Governors' task force for sensitive Truck Fuels.
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