Michigan carrier purchases AG Freight, expands into Southeast

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A Battle Creek, Michigan carrier recently expanded its geographic presence from the Midwest to the Southeast with the acquisition of a tricking company in South Carolina.

Behnke Dedicated & Logistics recently acquires AG Freight, LLC of Piedmont, South Carolina.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“AG Freight gives us a real foothold in the. Southeast, said Ben Behnke,  president of the company that bears his name. "We’ve been a Midwest operation for four generations, and the Greenville market — with its manufacturing base and the inland port — is a natural extension of what we already do well. Garrett (Boulware, owner of SG Freight) built a solid business with good customers and good drivers, and our job now is to give it more resources and let it grow.” 

Founded in 1989, Behnke Logistics provides dedicated transportation, warehousing, distribution, and integrated logistics solutions throughout the Midwest. 

AG Freight, LLC is a transportation and logistics company headquartered in Piedmont, South Carolina. The company provides full truckload transportation, expedite solutions, less-than-truckload transportation, drayage solutions, and brokerage solutions.