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Peck named to head Epes Transport, Penske Logistics’ truck unit

Former COO replaces Richard Kuehn, who has retired

Mark Solomon
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New president at Penske's Epes Transport unit (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves & Penske

Multinational third-party logistics provider Penske Logistics said Monday that Phil Peck has been named president of the company’s Epes Transport division, replacing Richard Kuehn, who has retired from the truckload and dedicated contract carrier.

Kuehn, who worked at Greensboro, North Carolina-based Epes for 23 years, will stay on as an advisor for an undetermined period to help with the leadership transition, Penske Logistics said.

Peck (pictured), who had been Epes’ COO since 2019, has been with the carrier for more than 25 years. During his time at Epes, the company grew to more than 1,550 trucks from 250. Penske acquired Epes in 2018.

Peck will report to Marc Althen, president of Penske Logistics. Penske is a unit of Penske Transportation Solution and is based in Reading, Pennsylvania.


Mark Solomon

Formerly the Executive Editor at DC Velocity, Mark Solomon joined FreightWaves as Managing Editor of Freight Markets. Solomon began his journalistic career in 1982 at Traffic World magazine, ran his own public relations firm (Media Based Solutions) from 1994 to 2008, and has been at DC Velocity since then. Over the course of his career, Solomon has covered nearly the whole gamut of the transportation and logistics industry, including trucking, railroads, maritime, 3PLs, and regulatory issues. Solomon witnessed and narrated the rise of Amazon and XPO Logistics and the shift of the U.S. Postal Service from a mail-focused service to parcel, as well as the exponential, e-commerce-driven growth of warehouse square footage and omnichannel fulfillment.