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Southeastern Freight Lines Promotes Bill Blatnik to Service Center Manager in Kinston

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By DC Velocity StaffMay 16, 2016
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Southeastern Freight Lines Promotes Bill Blatnik to Service Center Manager in Kinston

LEXINGTON, S.C. (May 17, 2016) - Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, today announced that Bill Blatnik has been promoted to service center manager in Kinston, North Carolina.

Blatnik has been in the transportation industry for 27 years, and has served in various roles during his 18 years at Southeastern, including:
• Customer Service Associate
• Pick-up & Delivery (P&D) Driver
• Inbound, Outbound and P&D Supervisory
• Inbound and P&D Operations Manager.

Blatnik's most recent assignment was assistant service center manager in Kinston.

"With Bill spending the past nine months at the Kinston service center, he has built key relationships and learned the cyclical operation in that area," said Kim Shore, regional vice president for Southeastern. "Bill understands and lives our culture and will provide great leadership in growing all aspects of our quality process in the Kinston service center."

In his free time, Blatnik enjoys traveling, playing golf and riding motorcycles. He has a servant heart that enjoys working with and developing our young leaders.

About Southeastern Freight Lines
Southeastern Freight Lines, a privately-owned regional less-than-truckload transportation services provider founded in 1950, specializes in next-day service in the Southeast and Southwest and operates 88 service centers in 14 states, Canada and Puerto Rico. Southeastern has a network of service partners to ensure transportation services in the remaining 36 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Mexico. Southeastern Freight Lines provides more than 99.35% on-time service in next day lanes. A dedication to service quality and a continuous quality improvement process that began in 1985 has been recognized by more than 400 quality awards received from customers and associations. Southeastern Freight Lines subsidiary, Southeastern Logistics Solutions, provides expedited service and multi-modal transportation services across the nation through strategic capacity partnerships. For more information, please visit www.sefl.com and www.facebook.com/SoutheasternFreight.

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Media Contact:
Ginny Talley
Largemouth Communications (on behalf of Southeastern Freight Lines)
ginny@largemouthpr.com
(919) 459-6482

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