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Peter Entwistle Joins RoadOne IntermodaLogistics

RoadOne IntermodaLogistics is a leading single source intermodal, distribution, and logistics services company.

Peter Entwistle Joins RoadOne IntermodaLogistics

Randolph, Massachusetts, October 23, 2019 - RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, a leading single source intermodal, distribution, and logistics services company, announces today the appointment of Peter Entwistle as Vice President of Sales-Northeast region.

As an industry veteran, Peter has extensive experience and knowledge that will help propel RoadOne's ongoing expansion through acquisition, new initiatives such as RoadOne LogisticSolutions, a full-service drayage brokerage division, and RoadOne's nationwide agent network. Most recently, Peter served as director of business development at a well-known national provider of intermodal transportation services. He was in this role almost twenty years.


In his role of VP of Sales in the Northeast, Peter will be responsible for port drayage, dedicated fleet management, container terminal sales, trans-loading, warehousing and contract logistics sales from Maine to Virginia and as far west as Ohio under RoadOne's single-source solution umbrella.

"We are pleased to have Pete join us as part of our management team. He will be an important asset as we continue to build out our national intermodal network to better serve our customers' supply chain needs. His strong industry background and thorough understanding of supply chain challenges will enable him to deliver meaningful solutions for our clients," said Ken Kellaway, CEO of RoadOne IntermodaLogistics.

Rob Walthers will continue as part of the RoadOne team focusing on key national accounts in the Northeast region.
RoadOne operates in over 60 locations with 2,000 port drivers serving key intermodal hub locations across North America. The company's business philosophy is based on the tenets of reliability, tenacity, safety, integrity and loyalty.

About RoadOne IntermodaLogistics

RoadOne and its affiliated companies deliver a comprehensive single source logistics solution to customers by providing the highest quality, reliable port and rail container drayage, terminal operations, dedicated truckload solutions, transloading, warehousing and distribution solutions nationwide. RoadOne operates in over 60 locations with over 2000 drivers.

RoadOne is committed to serving the changing logistics and transportation service needs of customers throughout North America. This vision of consistently delivering on a diversified service offering means that RoadOne will grow and innovate to help customers meet not only their business requirements but also increase the satisfaction of their customers.

US IntermodaLogistics and American IntermodaLogistics are part of Quality Logistics Services, a RoadOne IntermodaLogistics sister company. These Agent intermodal trucking firms are run by local entrepreneurs and are backed by the same leadership, ownership and umbrella of safety, sales, systems, and financial support as RoadOne. In addition, First Coast and Mile High Logistics, based in Jacksonville, Florida, are affiliated companies with penetration of U.S. Southeast markets and a network of agency terminals on the U.S. East Coast, Mid-Atlantic and Gulf.

In 2019, RoadOne launched RoadOne LogisticSolutions (ROLS), a full-service drayage brokerage division. Headquartered in Tampa, ROLS will provide end-to-end drayage brokerage and related logistics services enabling RoadOne to continue its national intermodal network expansion efforts and better serve its customers' supply chain requirements.

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