Robey W. Estes, Jr. (CEO)
Webb Estes (President and COO)
Services
LTL
Time Critical
Volume & Truckload
Global
Custom Solutions
Number of employees
20,000 (2022)
Divisions
Estes Level2 Logistics
Estes SureMove
Subsidiaries
Estes Forwarding Worldwide
Website
estes-express.com
Footnotes / references [1]
Estes Express Lines is a privately owned American freight transportation provider based in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 1931 by W. W. Estes, the company is still owned and operated by the Estes family. Robey W. Estes, Jr., became the company’s president in 1990, then chairman and CEO in 2001. He was succeeded by his son Webb Estes as COO and President in 2023.[2]
Estes is the largest privately held less-than-truckload (LTL) company in the United States. As of February 2022[update], it had approximately 20,000 employees, more than 6,700 tractors and 30,000 trailers, and a network of over 240 terminals.[3]
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^"Webb Estes PromotedTo President and COO | Estes Express Lines". www.estes-express.com. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
^Cassidy, William B. (30 April 2021). "Estes positions trailers to ride US import wave". JOC. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
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