Transportation & Logistics International - Winter 2017 - 77
"I'm most proud of the way it's gone from zero a year ago to where it is today." -Cliff Beckham - president, co-owner TRUCKING & FREIGHTING The Right Trek TREKKER IS A MULTIPLE-SERVICE LOGISTICS, TRANSPORTATION AND ASSET-CAPACITY PROVIDER BUILDING LONG-TERM CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS. >TREKKER // Trekker was formed by four partners with more than 85 years of combined industry experience at companies large and small. BY STEPHANIE CRETS Trekker provides transportation and logistics services across the United States through a family of companies that serve a diverse range of industries. The company has been using the Trekker name only since 2015, but its sister companies date back to the 1940s and 1970s. The Trekker family consists of three separate transportation companies serving a diverse customer base through multiple fleets - dedicated, temperature controlled, dry van, etc. The company was formed by four partners with more than 85 years of combined industry experience at public and private companies, both large and small. "We come from a variety of backgrounds, and we all thought there was a better way to give customers a better experience," co-owner and President Cliff Beckham says. "So, that's why we formed Trekker. We describe ourselves as a broker with assets." "We wanted to blend the fleets together, which helped us develop the idea -------------------------------------- [ PROFILE ] Trekker www.gotrekker.com Headquarters: St. Louis Revenue: $32 million Employees: 15 Specialty: Transportation and logistics services --------------------------------------------------WINTER 2017 TLIMAGAZINE.COM 77