Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, is celebrating 25 years of quality without question service at its Richmond, Virginia, service center.

Richmond Service Center
Richmond Service Center

Located at 1551 Ware Bottom Springs Road in Chester, Virginia, the Richmond service center opened for business in August of 1993 with 20 dock doors and 13 associates. Since then, the facility has grown to 63 dock doors and 62 associates, with one employee, Administrative Assistant Melissa Hanna, also celebrating 25 years with the service center.

“With the continued development of the Richmond market, it’s exciting to see the growth our team has simultaneously experienced over the past two decades,” said Corey Pleasants, service center manager, Southeastern Freight Lines. “We look forward to continuing to serve our customers as their needs and shipment volumes grow and evolve.”

The Richmond service center was the 40th service center opened by Southeastern Freight Lines since its founding in 1950. The company now operates 89 service centers spanning 13 states, Canada and Puerto Rico, and has undergone numerous upgrades in trucks and trucking technologies.