Englert bought the company in 1997 after, as he put it, “cutting my teeth on the back of trucks” and he’s been growing AllFr8 ever since. What started as a traditional transportation brokerage, is now a full-service, contracted logistics provider. In 2008, the company enjoyed revenue of just over $10 million.
“In 2009, we saw a decrease in volume with our core customers because of the recession,” Englert said, “but we picked up some new customers and did exactly the same revenue number as in 2008.”
Englert majored in marketing at the University of Florida and went to work moving and loading freight after college. He quickly moved into sales with North American Van Lines and eventually got into international logistics with Voerman International. Englert opened Voerman’s first sales office in Moscow and worked out of that office for several years.
“AllFr8 has worked hard to overcome the constraints of the tight truck resource market, and they have been running a reliable 24/7/365 day operation. They have always been reachable and responsive, making it easy to tender loads to them. They seem to understand what’s important to their customer and they “over-communicate” because they know it’s critical. At CSX, we expect a lot from our supplier relationships—and AllFr8 has definitely performed very well against our expectations.”