Reliable Freight Brokerage Built on Experience & Personal Service
New South Transport is a family-owned freight brokerage delivering reliable transportation with clear communication from pickup to delivery.
Freight Transportation Built on Trust & Accountability
New South Transport Service serves manufacturers and businesses across the Southeast, Northeast, and Midwest. With nearly five decades of experience, we understand how critical dependable transportation and clear communication are to keeping operations running smoothly.
As a boutique brokerage, we take a hands-on approach to every shipment. Our team stays actively involved from scheduling through delivery, providing updates as needed and addressing challenges quickly and professionally when they arise.
We work with trusted carriers and focus on building long-term partnerships, ensuring freight is handled with care, accountability, and respect at every stage of the process.
Where We’re Located
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, New South Transport Service works with manufacturers and businesses across the Southeast, Northeast, and Midwest. While our office is locally rooted, our freight coordination extends nationwide, including select cross-border shipments to Canada.
Meet the Team
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Sam Johnson
President & CEO
Sam Johnson graduated from University of Colorado with honors and a degree in finance. He started working in the Real Estate industry, learning Commercial leasing and property management at his father’s business in Connecticut. From there, he made a jump to Residential sales when he moved to Asheville, NC. With just a year of experience in residential real estate, he became the broker in charge of the brokerage office he worked for in Asheville - training, mentoring and supervising up to 14 agents.
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Richard Threatt
Freight Broker & Logistics Specialist
Meet Richard Threatt, freight broker and logistics specialist with New South Transport Service, Inc. The fast-paced, numbers driven global marketplace that is the freight industry can oftentimes feel as if it is a series of automated transactions, but Richard truly believes the most valuable asset in any supply chain is a trusted relationship.