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About Us

Special Service Freight

Warehousing facilities and vehicle fleets are located in four states:

  • Florida - Orlando, and Miami (who also service Ft. Myers, Key West, Palm Beach and Ft. Lauderdale), - 817 zip codes serviced.
  • Georgia - Atlanta and Savannah, - 332 zip codes serviced.
  • Illinois - Chicago - 535 zip codes serviced.
  • North Carolina - Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh and Wilmington, - 833 zip codes serviced.
  • South Carolina - Charleston, Columbia (also services Augusta, GA and Myrtle Beach) and Greenville, - 449 zip codes serviced.
  • Tennessee (from Asheville, NC) the Tri-City Area serviced with 94 zip code coverage
  • Virginia (from Greensboro, NC) the SW area of the state serviced with 50 zip code coverage

We partner with other quality focused companies to provide another nine full service warehouse locations servicing thirteen cities and fifteen hundred zip codes in the Southeast, including:

  • Alabama - Birmingham, Dothan, Huntsville, Mobil, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa
  • Florida - Pensacola
  • Tennessee - Chattanooga and Knoxville (which also services the Tri-City area of Bristol, Johnson City and Kingsport).

Special Service Freight Company of the Carolinas (SSFC) is an asset-based regional 3PL serving the Southeastern U.S. and Greater Chicago markets. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC,we bring more than 38 years of experience and a strong legacy of service, reliability,and operational excellence.

Our mission—to treat our customers as “Primus inter pares,” first among equals—guides our commitment to delivering high-touch, value-added services that traditional carriers cannot match. Through a hybrid network of corporate stations, licensed agents, and strategic partners, we support domestic and international first- and last-mile freight for the forwarding community.

SSFC operates 16 terminals with over 600,000 sq. ft. of warehousing and coverage across roughly 5,000ZIP codes. Our dedicated, GPS-tracked fleet includes straight trucks with liftgates, sprinters, cargo vans, and tractor-trailers, providing flexible,responsive local and regional capacity.

We offer a full suite of services including P&D, hotshots, white glove delivery, air charter and JIT support, MedTech and high-tech handling, retail rollout services, bonded operations, cross-dock and warehousing, ocean devanning, PMC breakdown, and convention/event logistics.

As a TSA IAC carrier with multiple bonded facilities, Hazmat certification, C-TPAT self-compliance, and a SmartWay-aligned fleet, SSFC maintains rigorous safety and regulatory standards. Our operations are powered by the Fleet Enable TMS/WMS platform, giving customers real-time visibility and seamless digital workflows from quote through POD.

With strategically located facilities, trained teams, and modern technology, SSFC provides dependable,high-quality logistics solutions—delivering confidence from the first mile to the last.

accomplishments

Let the numbers speak for themselves.

48
States In Network

We operate Customs Bonded Container Freight Stations in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina. The entire network fleet is a bonded 'common carrier' for movement throughout the 48 states.

2500+
Zip Codes Covered

We operate twelve full-service warehouse terminals offering coverage in over two thousand four hundred zip codes centered around nineteen cities in the Southeast.

100%
TSA Compliant

The majority of the fleet consists of air-ride 26' Straight Trucks with lift gates, Cargo and Sprinter Vans, and many Stations also operate 53' tractor/trailer units. All locations are 100% TSA compliant.