ESSA Freight Services

At ESSA, you truly are a business partner. You are represented in the management of the association; you have access to the financials and share in the profits of the association. Our member companies actually own and manage the affairs of the association and its brokerage and trucking divisions.

ESSA was incorporated in 1946! The association was formed by a small group of traffic managers who saw that they achieve leverage with the railroads by pooling their freight through a cooperative. The same principle applies today! It is easy and absolutely free to join! From these humble beginnings, hundreds of shippers across the United States and Canada have grown ESSA into a full-service logistics group. As one of the oldest shipper’s associations in North America, ESSA has been saving its members money on transportation for almost 70 years!