COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — After more than 40 years of helping Averitt Express grow into one of the industry’s leading transportation and logistics providers, President Wayne Spain has announced his retirement effective July 1. 

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Averitt Express associates combined to give more than 10,000 hours of community service over the course of 2022 as part of its Team Up Community Challenge. Overall, they served 10,433 hours, with 95 facilities across Averitt’s system helping 223 organizations through efforts including clothing, food and toy drives, disaster relief, litter cleanups and blood donations. 

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Averitt Express recently built on its strong tradition of support for the military, as it announced that it has partnered with the U.S. Army Reserve to provide career opportunities for veterans and their families.

July 13, 2022 (Cookeville, Tenn.) – Averitt Express, a Tennessee-based provider of freight transportation and supply chain management, recently announced several changes to its compensation packages, including an historic pay increase for its less-than-truckload (LTL) group, a new guaranteed weekly minimum for its regional and flatbed drivers, and a shorter waiting period in receiving benefit coverage for new hires.

Setting a company record for its largest-ever contribution, truck drivers and other employees of Averitt Express raised $1,050,001 in 2021 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^®.

Averitt Express has been nationally recognized for the fourth time as a Military Friendly Company.

Averitt Express has been recognized as one of Redefining the Road’s 2021 Top Companies for Women to Work For in Transportation. Redefining the Road, the official magazine of the Women In Trucking Association (WIT), annually highlights companies that are focused on employing women in the trucking industry.

Readers of Logistics Management magazine have honored Averitt Express as a top transportation and logistics services provider in the publication’s 38th Annual Quest for Quality Awards.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — As one way to say thank you to associates for their efforts that have made 2021 an outstanding year, Averitt Express recently celebrated “Operation: Thank You Week” with events taking place at facilities throughout its network. 

July 22, 2021 – COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Inbound Logistics, an industry trade publication, has named Averitt as a Green Supply Chain Partner for 2021.