AUBURNDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Comcar Industries announced the appointment of Michael P. Ryan to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer. Ryan, who will also hold a seat on the Company's Board of Directors, began his assignment with the company on April 17, 2017.
Ryan joins Comcar Industries with over thirty-five years of experience in freight transportation including leadership roles in the truck, class 1 rail, inland marine barge, and coastwise ocean shipping sectors. Most recently, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of US Shipping Corp (USSC) in Edison, NJ., a leading provider of long-haul marine transportation for petroleum and chemical cargoes in the U.S. coastwise trade. Prior to USSC, Ryan was the President and Chief Executive Officer of American Commercial Lines (ACL) in Jeffersonville, IN. ACL, a major Jones Act inland marine transportation company, manufactures a variety of barge types and ships liquid and dry cargo products in its own fleet of nearly 2,000 barges. Before joining ACL, Ryan also held senior leadership positions directing several commercial business units with CSX Transportation.
Ryan added, "I am thrilled about this opportunity to join Comcar. Our immediate focus will be on providing our shippers transportation service value and industry leading safety performance. The Comcar service product provides our shippers with dependable, high quality service solutions allowing them to continue to grow their own market share with customers in our service lanes. These initiatives will improve the financial strength of Comcar, providing us a platform to continue to reinvest and grow our long term business with our partners."
Comcar Industries is a transportation and logistics company headquartered in Auburndale, Florida. The Company has strategically located terminal and satellite locations across the country. Comcar’s career professionals are dedicated to the transportation and distribution of commodities of all types within the 48 contiguous United States. Comcar's family of subsidiary trucking companies consists of CTL Transportation LLC, CCC Transportation LLC, MCT Transportation LLC, and CT Transportation, LLC.
