Home/American Shipper/Heartland Express buys Gordon Trucking American Shipper Heartland Express buys Gordon Trucking FreightWaves Staff · Tuesday, November 12, 2013 Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn “Heartland acquires a major presence in the West, affording the combined customer base significant capacity nationwide through what is expected to be one of the five largest asset-based truckload fleets in North America,” the CEO said.