Knight Transportation Announces Opening of Indianapolis, IN and Carlisle, PA Brokerage Service Centers

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Knight Transportation, Inc. (NYSE: KNX) announced the official opening of two new brokerage service centers. The new service centers are located in Indianapolis, Indiana and Carlisle, Pennsylvania, which will be operated by Knight Brokerage, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Knight Transportation, Inc. The Indianapolis and Carlisle centers represent the eighth and ninth brokerage service centers in our growing nationwide network. Chairman and CEO Kevin Knight had the following comments:

“These new brokerage service centers grow our nation-wide transportation network to thirty-nine service centers strong; twenty-six providing dry van service, four providing refrigerated service, and nine brokerage operations. These new brokerage centers leverage our existing physical presence in these freight markets and expand our service offering to new and current customers.”

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