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Echo buys Comcar Logistics

· Thursday, February 27, 2014

   Echo Global Logistics has acquired Comcar Logistics, a non-asset-based truckload brokerage based in Jacksonville, Fla.
   Founded in 2011, Comcar provides truckload brokerage to a range of customers, primarily in the Southeastern and Rocky Mountain regions. Comcar is led by Lane Turner, who will serve as a regional vice president for Chicago-based Echo.
   Douglas R. Waggoner, Echo’s chief executive officer, called the acquisition “a good fit both strategically and culturally with our organization.”
   During the past 12 months, Comcar had about $15 million in gross revenue, Echo said.

Chris Gillis

Located in the Washington, D.C. area, Chris Gillis primarily reports on regulatory and legislative topics that impact cross-border trade. He joined American Shipper in 1994, shortly after graduating from Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., with a degree in international business and economics.