Swift Acquires Central Refrigerated Transportation for $225 Million

Deal makes Swift the second largest temperature-controlled truckload provider in the United States

Aug 15, 2013
Knight-Swift Transportation

Swift Transportation has agreed to buy Utah-based Central Refrigerated Transportation in a deal that will make Swift the second largest temperature-controlled trucking provider in the U.S. To read more, click HERE.

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