The bay door to the soon-to-be-former warehouse space/headquarters of Overdrive 2022
It was nigh on the end of an era for CAP Trucking, Overdrive's 2022 Small Fleet Champ in the 3-10-truck division, at the end of February earlier this year. Owner Chris Porricelli had been headquartered at the location you see above since 2011. The bay door opens on a warehouse space for parts storage, an electric pallet jack for moving freight in and out of and repositioning multi-temp refrigerated trailers, a small table set up for a desk Porricelli was using less and less in favor of a home office for himself and, occasionally, his dispatcher and fuel-tax preparer, Desiree.
"Guys leave their bills for whatever freight they leave in the warehouse here," he said, pointing to a small stack of papers. "I’ve been going through all the parts in here knowing we’re kind of moving out."
Porricelli, who turned 36 in February, was laying the groundwork for a combination of his five-truck fleet with around 30-truck JT Carriers in Sorrento, Florida.
Said JT Carriers Owner and President Seth Keck, "I think Chris was looking for growth" in business generally, "and JT was there to help. In essence we came together to try to merge." Opportunities Keck sees with Porricelli and the CAP operation on board include possible expansion of JT's current 45,000-square-foot facility with 10,000 feet of cold storage, a "true LTL facility," likewise its freight brokerage, given Porricelli's long work with a core of independent owner-operators.
Porricelli is likely to bring plenty new collaborative avenues for "inbound freight," Keck added, "some cross-dock avenues" to new business, and more.
It's no doubt an exciting time for Porricelli, and as noted in this story, published last week with Overdrive's announcement of the 2023 entry period for carriers in the Small Fleet Championship, Porricelli's enjoying new opportunities for support, growth and more.
