Company Profile

Company Overview

At Crete Carrier Corporation, there are no shortcuts.

Founded in 1966, Crete Carrier Corporation, along with operating division Shaffer Trucking and wholly-owned subsidiary Hunt Transportation, Inc., ranks as one of the largest privately owned trucking companies in the country, offering a full range of transportation services to our customers.

Crete Carrier provides dry van service, Shaffer Trucking offers temperature-sensitive service and Hunt Transportation covers flatbed and specialized transportation. Collectively, the group operates 5,348 power units and more than 12,435 trailers, serving customers throughout the United States. Together, the companies rank as one of the 20 largest trucking groups in the country.

Crete prides itself on its responsive service, which has produced profitable operations every year we've been in business. This prompt service is coupled with a safety record that shows concern, not only for the cargo for which we are responsible, but also our drivers and the public with whom we share the highways.