cc jones trucking

What cc jones trucking does

C.C. Jones Trucking, Inc. is a privately held, third-generation family trucking company headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Founded in 1946 by C.C. "Shorty" Jones with a single truck hauling poultry west and produce east, the company today runs refrigerated freight transportation and brokerage services on lanes between California and the U.S. South/Southeast, with operations also extending to the Midwest. It is currently led by President Vicki Jones Stephens (the founder's daughter, with the company since 1966) and Co-Owner/Operator Gabe Stephens, who together bought out the remaining partners in 1996 to consolidate third-generation family control.

The company's core offering is temperature-controlled freight transportation using 53-foot reefer trailers, supplemented by brokerage services for routing flexibility and additional capacity. Its asset model is hybrid — a mix of company-owned power units and contracted owner-operators, all operating under CARB-compliant equipment required for California lanes. Fleet discipline is a stated operational feature: power units are traded approximately every three years and refrigeration units approximately every four years to maintain reliability. Service is positioned as year-round (52 weeks per year), supported by the company's highest D.O.T. safety rating and a track record of multiple Arkansas Trucking Association Safety Awards including Grand Champion recognition for more than a decade.

C.C. Jones Trucking generates revenue on a transaction-fee basis through its transportation and brokerage services, primarily serving produce and agricultural shippers. Its go-to-market is direct — the company website serves as the principal marketing, customer-introduction, and owner-operator recruitment channel — supplemented by word-of-mouth driven by its 70-year reputation and safety credentials. The customer base is described as a "who's who" of privately held and publicly traded companies that require reliable refrigerated produce haulage; a named testimonial comes from a produce broker in Nashville, Tennessee. The company's stated value proposition emphasizes safety, modern equipment, year-round capacity, and below-industry-average driver turnover, with no publicly disclosed pricing.

Name

cc jones trucking

Legal name

C.C. Jones Trucking, Inc.

Website

https://ccjonestrucking.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Short description

C.C. Jones Trucking is a third-generation, family-owned refrigerated trucking and brokerage carrier operating 53-foot reefer trailers on produce lanes between California and the U.S. South/Southeast, including the Midwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Refrigerated Freight Trucking

NAICS

Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance (484230)

SIC

Trucking (No Local) (4213), Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Refrigerated (Chilled) Freight Forwarding (TLACAMAA)

Keywords

• Refrigerated freight transportation
• Produce trucking services
• Freight brokerage services
• Owner-operator trucking
• Temperature-controlled logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

North Little Rock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Freight Transportation Services: Revenue generated from trucking and brokerage services hauling freight (primarily produce and agricultural products) between California and the South/Southeast regions. The company operates a mix of company-owned assets and owner-operators with 53-foot reefer trailers.
2. Brokerage Services: Historical brokerage operations dating back to 1960 with Jones & Vouk Brokerage Company. Current operations maintain carrier and broker services for freight transportation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

C.C. Jones Trucking provides full-service refrigerated freight transportation and brokerage services, primarily hauling produce and agricultural products between California and the South/Southeast/Midwest regions. The company operates a mixed fleet of company-owned assets and owner-operators equipped with 53-foot reefer trailers, supporting customers year-round with hands-on carrier and broker coordination.

Product overview

C.C. Jones Trucking operates as a mid-sized trucking company offering two core service offerings: transportation services and brokerage services. The company runs a mixed fleet of refrigerated 53-foot trailers using both company assets and owner-operators, servicing lanes between California and the South/Southeast including the Midwest. The transportation and brokerage services work together to provide end-to-end freight solutions with a focus on produce and perishables haulage, complemented by brokerage coordination for additional capacity and routing flexibility.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transportation Services Full-service trucking and transportation services hauling freight between California and the South/Southeast regions, including Midwest, using a fleet of 53-foot refrigerated trailers and a mix of company-owned assets and owner-operators.
• Brokerage Services Freight brokerage services coordinating transportation for customers year-round, with a hands-on approach and below-industry-average driver turnover, serving a customer base of privately held and publicly traded companies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Below industry average driver turnover
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Werner Enterprises: Major publicly-traded truckload carrier operating one of the largest temperature-controlled fleets in North America. Directly comparable as a large refrigerated trucking peer; C.C. Jones operates in a similar produce/agriculture reefer niche but at far smaller scale.
• Schneider National: Large publicly-traded carrier with a substantial dedicated refrigerated division serving food and produce shippers. Comparable as a multi-segment carrier with overlapping reefer capacity serving large enterprise shippers.
• C.R. England: Large privately-held refrigerated carrier with significant dedicated and irregular route reefer capacity serving produce and food shippers. Comparable as a major reefer player with overlapping produce customer base, though materially larger and more diversified.
• Prime Inc. Diversified privately-held carrier with refrigerated, flatbed, and tanker divisions serving food and produce shippers. Comparable in reefer specialization and privately-held family-style ownership, though much broader in service mix.
• Heartland Express: Publicly-traded truckload carrier with operations in refrigerated and dry van. Comparable as a regional/long-haul carrier with overlapping produce and food shipper relationships, though less specialized in reefer than C.C. Jones.
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: Largest publicly-traded truckload and intermodal carrier in North America with a dedicated contract services arm serving major refrigerated shippers. Comparable as a large-scale refrigerated capacity provider to enterprise shippers, though vastly larger and more diversified.
• Knight-Swift Transportation: Largest publicly-traded truckload carrier in the U.S. with refrigerated capacity through acquired reefer operators. Comparable as a major reefer capacity provider with overlapping customer base in produce and food, though operating at scale that dwarfs C.C. Jones.

Direct peers

• Marten Transport: Mid-to-large publicly-traded carrier specializing in refrigerated truckload and intermodal services, primarily serving food and consumer goods shippers. Highly comparable in reefer focus, asset-based model, and customer overlap with C.C. Jones's produce and temperature-controlled niche.
• KLLM Transport Services: Refrigerated truckload carrier headquartered in Mississippi operating long-haul reefer lanes across North America. Closely comparable as a temperature-controlled carrier with similar geographic orientation across the Sun Belt and a comparable mix of company assets and owner-operators.
• Stevens Transport: Large family-owned refrigerated truckload carrier operating across the U.S. with reefer-focused capacity serving food and produce shippers. Closely comparable in family ownership structure, reefer specialization, and long-haul refrigerated operating model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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