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Southeastern Freight Lines Promotes Henry Ruelas to Service Center Manager in Orange, Texas

Southeastern Freight Lines Promotes Henry Ruelas to Service Center Manager in Orange, Texas
DC Velocity Staff
By DC Velocity StaffFeb 21, 2018
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Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, today announced Henry Ruelas has been promoted to service center manager in Orange, Texas.

With over 17 years of experience at Southeastern, Ruelas started his career at the Houston service center as a part-time freight handler. Since then, he has served a variety of roles, including full-time freight handler, driver trainee, pickup and delivery driver, frontline leadership and most recently, operations manager in Houston, Texas.

"Henry has a great reputation with employees and customers by consistently projecting a positive attitude while serving others," said Brian Schulz, regional vice president, Southeastern Freight Lines. "His commitment to living our culture and providing quality service is one of the many things that make him a great leader and motivator. We're excited to see him amplify these qualities as service center manager in Orange."

Ruelas is excited for his move and looks forward to serving the Southeastern team in a new capacity.

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 Torruella
Largemouth Communications (on behalf of Southeastern Freight Lines)
hope@largemouthpr.com
(919) 459-6462

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

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