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The deal is the eighth RoadLink acquisition since investment fund Fenway Partners took control of the company in September 2006. RoadLink’s strategy is based on providing a one-stop shop for international and domestic container movements to and from ports and intermodal rail yards in the United States, and increasingly the rest of North America. The Atlanta-based company serves ocean carriers, shippers, railroads and intermodal marketing companies.
American Freight Systems, based in Vancouver, Wash., has a fleet of 55 company-owned trucks and chassis, and 16 independent truckers operating from service centers near the ports of Tacoma, Seattle and Portland, Ore.
In February, RoadLink gained a regional presence with the purchase of Seattle-based West Coast Trucking, which operated a fleet of 70 trucks. It agreed last week to buy CP Ships Trucking Ltd. from Hapag-Lloyd Canada.
AFS founder John Rodgers will continue as a consultant to help with the transition to RoadLink management.
