Star Transport

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Star Transport, Inc.
Type	Private
Founded	1940's
Headquarters	Morton, Illinois
Key people	Glenn A. Werry, Sr., Founder Glenn A. Werry, Jr., President
Website	http://www.startransport.com/

Star Transport, Inc. is an irregular route over-the-road truckload carrier based out of Morton, Illinois. They have two terminals, one at their headquarters in Morton, and the other in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

1 Company History
2 Partnerships
3 Sponsored CDL Training
4 Legal Representation
5 External Links
6 References

[edit] Company History

The company was founded in the 1940's by Glenn A. Werry, Sr. in Canton, Illinois as a freight and household carrier, and it was also an agent for North American Van Lines. The initial customer (which would become their major one) was the International Harvester plant in Canton.

Through networking with the IH plant, the company began hauling farm equipment for other businesses in the agricultural field. When it closed, Star was forced to refocus their efforts into other transportation needs.

Glenn A. Werry, Jr. started making those changes in the 1980's (one of which was phasing out of the company's flatbed trailers in favor of dry vans), which led to the headquarters moving to Morton, Illinois which would form the foundation of what would become a long relationship with Caterpillar and Maytag that continues to this day.

Due to continued and sustained growth over the years, Star now operates over 900 tractors.

[edit] Partnerships

Star buys Transportation Optimization Software ^[1]
Star buys 1MAGE ^[2]

[edit] Sponsored CDL Training

Star Transport, Inc. is one of several trucking companies (which include P.A.M. Transport, USA Truck, and Averitt) working with Indianapolis-based Driver Solutions to provide entry-level truck drivers access to CDL training that need help in obtaining a CDL.

Through this program, Star sponsors the upfront tuition training costs for a student and provides an entry-level driving job once the student successfully graduates the program (which runs approximately 3 weeks).