Every year Blakeman Transportation holds an employee blood drive where we get Carter Blood Care to come out and do what they do best. Every year it seems we continue to surpass the previous! To this, we thank our employees and neighbors at Raider Express! This year, we had the following results: We had 41… Read More »
Blakeman 2018 Annual Blood Drive
2018 Top Freight Brokerage Firms
Blakeman Transportation Inc. is honored and appreciative of the recognition “Top Freight Brokerage Firms 2018” by Transportation Topics magazine. We value and understand awards like such cannot be achieved without the support and efforts from the many individuals and partnerships associated with Blakeman Transportation Inc. We would like to first thank our partnerships which are made… Read More »
Care Package Received
From our recently deployed SPC Bryce Rees: So I got a few packages in the mail today…. Thank you to my mom and dad for my goggles!! Now I can see when I go swimming- Phyllis Rees From my Blakeman family – 6 boxes of all the things I can’t get over here, plus so… Read More »
Two of Our Warriors
The Blakeman Transportation family is proud to acknowledge two of its warriors. SPC Bryce Rees who has been deployed to overseas with the US Amy. From left to right, you have Bryce lounging with his new best friend (he always finds a K-9 buddy no matter where he is… Read More »
Carter Blood Drive
Yesterday was a Great Day at Blakeman Transportation Inc. Thanks to the Coordination efforts of Linda Ferris and the Carter Blood Care mobile unit, the Blakeman team was able to partake in a blood drive that will impact the lives not only of those who receive blood but those who are involved in the giving… Read More »
Driver Catches Meat Thief
A commercial driver, Michael, who delivered a load this morning, walked away from a load of Filets and when he returned just moments later, he noticed that 3 units were missing out of the case with the temp recorder. We checked the video immediately and found that an individual had taken the 3 units. Please relay… Read More »
Simmons Foods came to Visit
Simmons Foods Inc. came out to visit our cross dock facility today. Amanda Shelly (Quality Auditor) and her Intern, Hannah, toured the facility to learn how Blakeman handles LTL shipments, cross dock procedures and the inbound/outbound process. To accompany them on the tour were Chris Pankau (Midwest Regional Manager) and Nadia Martin (Loss Prevention Manager)… Read More »
November goes to Bryan Webster
Congratulation to Bryan for earning Employee of the Month for the Month of November! Here is what his manager had to say: I want to nominate Bryan Webster for employee of the month. Bryan is here early every morning and comes back early from lunch. Bryan is the first person to volunteer if he sees a… Read More »
October goes to Jennifer Sanchez
Congratulation to Jennifer for earning Employee of the Month for the Month of October! Here is what her manager had to say: Jennifer does a great job of coordinating the detail associated with the customer account; TMS portal, IB & OB assignment, and dispatch. She has greatly improved her communication skills on the customer and… Read More »
September EOM is Greg DeYoung
Congratulation to Greg for earning Employee of the Month for the Month of September! Here is what his manager had to say: Greg has demonstrated the commitment and dedication of making Blakeman Transportation, Inc. a premier provider of Transportation Services within our Industry. Greg’s professionalism and sales support is seen daily with his relations and… Read More »
August EOM is Dulce Tripp
Congratulation to Dulce for earning Employee of the Month for the Month of August! Here is what her manager had to say about her: I would like to nominate Dulce for EOM. Every week, week in, and week out, Dulce is consistent in her job duties. Dulce is always the first person to jump up… Read More »
Congratulations for 20 years at Blakeman Christine!
20 years ago today Christine Thompson (she was known as Christine Culin back then) joined the very small Blakeman Transportation family. A lot has changed since then, Blakeman has grown. Twenty years is a long time, an amount of time a lot of us cannot even imagine working someplace (except Linda, she knows) but Christine… Read More »