Swan Transportation

Swan Transportation is a third-party logistics provider that moves freight for shippers through a contracted carrier network rather than its own fleet. Work spans truckload, less than truckload, drayage, expedited and specialized freight, along with fully outsourced freight management. The company lists staff at a corporate office and in Fort Worth, Tyler and Arlington, Texas, with additional agents in Oklahoma City, Kansas and Missouri.

Freight services

• Truckload: dry van, flatbed, heavy haul, hazmat, cross border and project freight
• LTL and LCL: less than truckload and less than container load shipments
• Drayage: container moves paired with storage, aimed at clearing boxes from the port and limiting demurrage and port delay charges
• Expedited: high priority loads with limited lead times, routed when standard modes will not meet the timing
• Specialized: complex handling requirements, which the company states manufacturing customers rely on it for
• Freight management: outsourced supply chain management run on a cloud-based transportation management system

Shipment technology

Shipments are managed through a platform the company describes as built for strategic decision making rather than tracking alone. Carrier selection and end-to-end shipment management run through the same system, and the stated intent is visibility across the network and reduced risk.

The platform includes:

• Secure customer portal
• Customizable reporting dashboards
• Full EDI integration
• Live aging insights
• Carrier monitoring

How the company works

Swan positions itself as an embedded partner rather than a transactional broker, stating that its people learn a customer's business and build routing and event handling around it. The company says it hires experienced logistics personnel and combines that with its technology to assess each shipment for efficiency.

Its stated mission is to invest in people, partners and customers to create growth, loyalty and a winning culture. The four values it publishes are earning trust, staying transparent, making integrity a priority, and holding itself accountable.