FW: Family behind Jack Cooper quietly acquires LTL carrier through separate entity

FREIGHTWAVES reports:

Sakaem Logistics, an entity with ties to the same family that owns Teamsters-staffed car hauler Jack Cooper, ended up acquiring less-than-truckload carrier Standard Forwarding, according to documents and people employed at Standard Forwarding.

Typically, companies like to tout their conquests, communicate go-to-market strategies and explain the ways new ownership will enhance operations. Standard Forwarding Freight, Sakaem Logistics and Jack Cooper have not responded to inquiries from FreightWaves to confirm the change of hands. (Standard Forwarding has been relaunched as Standard Forwarding ...