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Daseke Reports Q2 Revenue of $351.7 Million
Boyd Bros. is a Daseke company. (Daseke)
Daseke Inc. reported second-quarter net income climbed out of the red compared with the year-ago period, lifted by changes over the past year to operational and cost improvement plans.
August 6, 2020Daseke Reports Net Loss of $273.3 Million in Q3
Bulldog Highway Express trucks. Bulldog Express is a subsidiary of Daseke. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Flatbed and specialized fleet Daseke Inc. reported a net loss of $273.3 million in the third quarter of 2019, compared with a net profit of $2.2 million in the same quarter last year.
November 12, 2019Daseke Reports Record 2Q 2018 Earnings, Increases Full-Year Outlook
BTC was a recent Daseke acquisition. (Builders Transportation Company)
Flatbed and specialized trucking company Daseke Inc. reported strong growth for the second quarter of 2018, as acquisitions the growing company made during the past 12 months propelled its financial results.
August 9, 2018Daseke Creates Fleet Services Unit, Continues Purchasing Trend
Moore Freight Services was a 2017 Daseke acquisition. (Daseke via Facebook)
Flatbed and specialized transportation carrier Daseke Inc., which has been in the throes of expansion — adding seven fleets last year and one so far in 2018 — has created a new unit to improve the way it buys, sells and maintains the thousands of pieces of equipment it operates.
May 21, 2018Daseke Buys Canadian Energy Services Firm Aveda
Moore Freight Service also is a recent Daseke acquisition. (Daseke via Facebook)
Daseke Inc. on April 16 continued its acquisition activity, announcing it will purchase Aveda Transportation and Energy Services, a large North American oil rig moving company based in Calgary, Alberta. The deal is expected to close in June.
April 18, 2018Scott Wheeler Named Daseke President
Daseke (left) and Wheeler (Kye Lee/Daseke Inc.)
Daseke Inc. named Chief Financial Officer Scott Wheeler its new president, replacing company founder Don Daseke, who will continue as CEO. Wheeler, who also is a Daseke board member, will remain the CFO.
January 16, 2018Most Truckload Carriers Expect to Report Lower Earnings in Second Quarter
Kottke Trucking
The truckload industry continued to struggle in the second quarter and earnings are expected to be down year-over-year for most carriers, based on forecasts from industry analysts and interviews with several fleets.
July 7, 2017Two Major Deals Mark Consolidation Trend; Heartland Buys IDC, Daseke Gets Steelman Cos.
John Sommers II for Transport Topics (Interstate inset by Casey Royce/Interstate Driver)
Two major truckload carriers have announced purchases, and one of the transactions will unite companies ranked among the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest North American for-hire carriers: Heartland Express and Interstate Distributor Co.
July 6, 2017Daseke Adds The Steelman Cos. to Its Family of Firms
Daseke Inc. has added The Steelman Cos. into its family of companies, marking the 12th operating unit to join the flatbed carrier and signaling an aggressive growth strategy after Daseke went public in late February.
July 5, 2017Daseke to Begin Employee Stock Grants in June
Daseke Inc.
Flatbed group Daseke Inc. announced some of the details associated with its grant of publicly traded shares to employees, especially drivers.
May 24, 2017