Top Flight Transportation Reaches Quarter Century Milestone

Top Flight Transportation, a freight broker specializing in flatbed freight, celebrates 25 years of service to the trucking industry.

2013-04-22

BEAVERTON, OR, April 22, 2013 (Press-News.org) Currently in their 25th year of serving the transportation needs throughout 48 contiguous United States, Canada, and Mexico. Top Flight Transportation is engaged in the dispatch of flatbed freight primarily for the steel, plastic pipe, and lumber industries. Their 25 year journey includes moving over 150,000 loads, going 75% paperless, and increasing the staff six times over.

"A great deal has changed in the transportation industry with the advent of personal computers, low cost cell phones, high speed fax machines/scanners, and the ever informational Internet. But one thing remains constant, it takes trucks to move America and Top Flight is proud to be a part of the industry that makes that happen," said Michael Pierce, President of Top Flight Transportation. "I'm optimistic that the best years are ahead of us."

Top Flight Transportation is a fully licensed transportation brokerage founded in early 1989, offering real-time load boards for carriers. Top Flight's main offices are in Portland, OR with locations in Redmond, OR, and Tucson, AZ.

Website: www.topflighttrans.com

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