Years before the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled over whether or not trucking companies could grow by merging with other carriers there was a large consolidation of 17 trucking companies. In the end after the dust settled the firm had one-ninth of the combined freight revenues of all highway transportation companies. The newly created firm had… Continue reading Big merger on the West Coast in 1931
Although not a familiar trucking center with a multitude of carriers like Charlotte, NC or Chicago, IL; New Britain, Connecticut does have a trucking history. In this article you’ll see how small individuals and companies before trucking industry regulation led the way to bringing in the big motor freight companies through the 1960’s. The research… Continue reading Trucking History of New Britain, CT 1926-1929
He was one of the pioneers of the trucking industry in Pennsylvania. Between 1938 and 1945 he operated his own company, Bockman Motor Express. In April 1943 he acquired C & M Motor Freight. C & M was run by R. A. Miller and R. J. Miller in Grove City, Pa. The company served point… Continue reading Henry F. Bockman
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