The Memphis Crew

East of the Mississippi River, South of the Nonconnah Creek and center stage in "America's distribution center," you'll find the JB Hunt Intermodal Memphis Crew! The Memphis operation has grown over the years from a handful of drivers back at the beginning of 2000 to now operating with nearly 250 drivers on a daily basis. Of that 250, roughly 100 drive for the local fleet and 150 for the regional fleet. The entire operation is overseen by fifteen managers, most of which are pictured below. Within the Memphis area, there are four major railroads (BNSF, Norfolk Southern, CSX and the Canadian National) that handle the freight for a customer base that covers an eight state radius.

Pictured from left to right is the Memphis management team:
Pierre Ross - Fleet manager
Quincy Foster - Driver/Part-time dispatcher
Cary Lucas - Fleet manager
Sharon Cryer - Fleet manager
Ross Hensley - Fleet manager
Philip Harwell - Logistics Coordinator
John Calcote - Regional Operations Manager
Bo Kirkland - Fleet Manager
John Flynt - Director of Operations
Jordan Bowden - Logistics Coordinator
Melanie Brown - Fleet Manager
Anthony Lipford - Fleet Manager

Not pictured: Jeremy Thompson - Fleet Manager
Sharonda Robinson - Fleet Manager
Patricia Weikel - Logistics Coordinator 

 

 

Not Waiting on Washington

As many of you know our Chief Operating Officer, Craig Harper, has for the past several years lobbied for regulation that would make the trucking industry safer.  These efforts have focused primarily on mandating EOBR usage and hair testing for illegal drug use.  Craig and his counterparts from the Trucking Alliance he helped form are featured in the latest issue of the Arkansas Trucking Report.  The cover can be seen below (Craig is seated on couch).

Theirs is an unusual cause rarely seen in our nation's capitol:  business leaders lobbying for MORE regulation of their industry.

Below is a link to the entire article which begins on page 24.

http://www.arkansastrucking.com/publications/arkansastruckingreport/184-issue6-2013


John McKuin
VP of Ops

Sunshine State

Several years ago when JBI had very little volume into the state of Florida, almost all of these loads were outsourced to dray carriers.  Over time, DCS who had several accounts within Florida began adding extra drivers to handle many of the intermodal loads.  JBI paid DCS for these moves like they were a dray carrier.  Eventually, entire DCS fleets were created solely to handle the intermodal volume.

Effective January 2014, the former DCS tractors, drivers, and managers began working within the JBI family.

Jacksonville - 45 drivers
Titusville - 14 drivers
Orlando - 6 drivers.

Pictured (in Channel 7 Action News manner) left to right are our Jacksonville managers:



Shannon Newsom - Load Planner
Nathan Melody - Ramp Manager
Matthew Curington - Fleet Manager
James Hastings - Fleet Manager









Welcome to the JBI Team!!!