Northeast Transport, Inc

Northeast Transport, Inc. is a trucking company in Brunswick, Maine. Founded in 1986, it began as a refrigerated carrier hauling lobster and other seafood products to major markets across the Northeast, and has since expanded to dry van and reefer loads covering all 48 states and the Eastern Maritime Provinces. The company also contracts trailer pool and yard jockey service on request. It holds a rating of 4.70 based on 15 reviews.

The company was founded by Jeff and Jill Payson. Jeff brought a background in seafood processing and transportation, while Jill brought accounting and management experience in both the private and public sectors. The family's transportation history reaches back further: in the late 1800s, Jeff's maternal great grandfather and his three sons sailed the coastal schooner Bloomer up the coast of Maine to Boston, carrying logs, lime, and ice and returning with general provisions and coal. Jeff's grandfather, Austin "Captain Pete" Harper, was an independent Down Easter. Beginning in the late 1940s, Jeff's father, Grevis, founded G. F. Payson Contract Trucking, running rigs from Maine to Massachusetts and New York with eggs, blueberries, and Christmas trees and returning with grain and general commodities. Daughter Amy has directed both accounting and safety since 1994.

Today Northeast Transport is an asset-based truckload carrier operating refrigerated trailers and dry vans across 48 states and the Canadian Maritime provinces. It is Mid-Coast Maine's largest for-hire carrier, specializing in high value commodities, and has built a reputation for safety and service. The company's attention to worker benefits, fair compensation, and workplace diversity and equality has produced a productive environment that satisfies staff and clients alike.

Northeast Transport sits on Atlantic Hwy in Brunswick, a location that keeps it close to the coastal Maine corridor its refrigerated seafood business has depended on since 1986.