The Kaolin Mining industry in Georgia has depended on Howard Sheppard for its transportation for over 65 years. Click to learn more. Serving the ports of both Charleston and Savannah, our Intermodal Transport services ensure safe, seamless, and reliable transportation of containerized freight. Our OTR Division provides superior, cost-effective and efficient transportation services with a diversified fleet to address any hauling need.
In 1943 Howard Sheppard, Inc. started hauling crude kaolin for the clay industry. Since that beginning, we have grown into a transportation, warehouse and logistics expert with over 500 employees. In addition to serving the Southeast, we also haul kaolin (liquid, dry, and bagged) products, sodium silicate, chemicals, concrete beams/pilings, and dry van freight to all 48 states.
In 1943 Howard Sheppard, Inc. started hauling crude kaolin for the clay industry. Since that beginning, we have grown into a transportation, warehouse and logistics expert with over 500 employees. In addition to serving the Southeast, we also haul kaolin (liquid, dry, and bagged) products, sodium silicate, chemicals, concrete beams/pilings, and dry van freight to all 48 states.
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Howard Sheppard, Inc is a family owned Georgia corporation employing over 500 people. Since 1943 we have consistently delivered outstanding customer service, maintained an impressive safety record, and become an industry leader for transporting kaolin, liquid, dry bulk, packaged freight and containerized freight.
With terminals and offices in Augusta, Jeffersonville, Savannah, and our corporate office with a warehouse in Sandersville, Georgia, Howard Sheppard Inc. is able to provide truckload services, particularly kaolin, carbonates and non-hazardous chemicals. Our Intermodal Division also provides transportation services for the ports of Savannah and Charleston.
Howard Sheppard, our founder, first began hauling crude kaolin in Georgia back in 1943. Today, our company has over 130 dump trucks and over 60 pieces of heavy-duty equipment operating through multiple kaolin companies located in middle Georgia. Everyday our fleet is stretched over the entire middle Georgia area hauling from many different pits to multiple blunger sites for multiple kaolin companies.
Howard Sheppard, Inc.'s Intermodal Division was established in 2002 and is now one of the largest and most trusted drayage carriers in the Southeast. Serving the Savannah and Charleston ports, we specialize in handling refrigerated containers, primarily frozen poultry and have our own reefer plugs on site.
The OTR Division of Howard Sheppard, Inc. is responsible for providing transportation services for shipping liquid, dry bulk, bagged and general van commodities. Our services include local, regional, and over the road transportation. We understand each customer's needs are different. That's why our diversified trailer fleet consists of liquid tanks, pneumatic dry bulk tanks, vans, and flatbeds.
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Rhonda Crawford
Oct 25, 2021
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Jeff Freeman
Jul 16, 2021
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Katie Hall
Jun 03, 2021
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Rob McCrea Jr
Aug 18, 2019
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I've been driving trucks for quite a while and never experienced anything like this in my life. I believe trucking companies want robots to drive the trucks and have removed the Driver from the equation. From the use of cameras to the ELD the skills of the Professional Driver is being dismissed, marginalized and downright irrelevant to these companies. Passing an accident on the shoulder (by the way which was on the other side of the road!!) Has never been a safety violation but in these days and times it is. I didn't receive a warning, didn't have an accident or incident but because a rubbernecker
Marcell Johnson
Dec 16, 2018
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