KLLM adds logistics division

KLLM Logistics Services will offer 24-hour customer service and dispatch availability with the support of KLLM’s fleet of 1,350 tractors and 1,800 trailers.

The Trucker News Services

7/21/2008

JACKSON, Miss. — KLLM Transport Services announced this week the addition of a Logistics Services division to the company. KLLM is a 45-year-old asset based carrier headquartered in Jackson.

“Our goal is to supply shippers and carriers with a service alternative that will result in a competitive edge for their company,” Jim Richards, president and chief executive officer of KLLM. “We want to help them gain efficiencies in their operation and add to their bottom line.”

KLLM Logistics Services will offer 24-hour customer service and dispatch availability with the support of KLLM’s fleet of 1,350 tractors and 1,800 trailers.

Kirk Blankenship, a 20-year KLLM veteran with 26 years in the industry, will serve as director of the division. Blankenship attended Pearl River Community College and the University of Southern Mississippi.

KLLM operates a fleet of trucks with temperature-controlled trailers, driven by company drivers and owner operators.  KLLM has served customers throughout the continental United States and Mexico for more than 40 years.