Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, today announced Austin Morel has been promoted to service center manager in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Austin Morel
Austin Morel

With over six years of experience at Southeastern, Morel started his career at the Tyler, Texas, service center as a pickup and delivery driver. Since then, he has served in a variety of roles, including linehaul driver, outbound supervisor, breakbulk operations manager, outbound operations manager and most recently, assistant service center manager in Garland and Dallas, Texas.

“Austin has an excellent track record that encompasses Southeastern’s quality without question culture,” said Jim Jones, regional vice president of operations for Southeastern Freight Lines. “His outstanding leadership and experience will continue to be a strong asset as he takes on this new role in Oklahoma City.”

Morel will relocate with his wife and son and looks forward to serving the Southeastern team in this new capacity.