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Southeastern Freight Lines Promotes John Fuentes to Service Center Manager in Mobile

Southeastern Freight Lines Promotes John Fuentes to Service Center Manager in Mobile

Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, today announced John Fuentes has been promoted to service center manager in Mobile, Alabama.

With nearly 17 years of experience at Southeastern, Fuentes started his career at the Tampa, Florida, service center as a part-time freight handler. Since then, he has served in a variety of roles, including quality assurance leader inbound supervisor; outbound supervisor and, most recently, assistant manager in Fort Myers, Florida.

"John's character, integrity and love of serving others is evident in the energy he brings to Southeastern," said Matt Smith, regional vice president of operations, Southeastern Freight Lines. "He has been a great asset to the team in Florida, leading both culture and quality of service, and we look forward to the leadership he will provide in Mobile."


John, with his wife Misty, and their three children, are looking forward to relocating to the Mobile area.

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 89 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:
Hope Pittard
Largemouth Communications (on behalf of Southeastern Freight Lines)
hope@largemouthpr.com

More Info: https://www.sefl.com/

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