Tennessee Based, Nationally Connected

Freight brokerage built on dedicated carriers and a phone someone answers.

A family-owned brokerage in Tennessee. Dry van truckload across the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, Southeast, and Industrial Midwest. The lanes other brokers struggle to cover are usually the ones we want.

ASAP carrier dry van delivery at Business Park Drive

Where Solutions Happen. Absolutely, Positively!

Three things, done seriously.

Dedicated Capacity

Carriers matched to your lanes, not pulled off the spot market load by load. That is how routing guides hold together when capacity tightens.

Direct Communication

Tracking, exceptions, and updates land in your inbox in time to act on them. You hear from us before you have to ask.

Hard Lane Coverage

The loads other brokers struggle to cover are usually the ones we want. Regional depth and the right carrier partners do the work.

The numbers behind the work.

Performance is what your routing guide is actually measured on. Here is what the work looks like across our active lanes.

96.5%
On-time delivery
12-month average
623,440
Miles traveled
April 2026
1,223
Trucks planned
April 2026

Notes from the desk, for procurement.

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Three names, one phone number.

Three decades of combined industry experience sit behind every load we touch. The founders ran agencies for Landstar, built broker operations from the ground up, and watched the freight market cycle through every kind of disruption you can name.

Troy Breedlove

Troy Breedlove

Founder, Partner

Three decades in transportation. Started as a broker agent for Landstar in 1991. The architect of the Direct Connect model and the carrier relationships that hold it together.

David Johnson

David Johnson

Co-Founder, Partner

Thirty years across multiple sectors. The operational eye that comes from working every level, from the floor to upper management.

Ross Breedlove

Ross Breedlove

Partner, Operations

Systems, communication, and the daily processes that keep shippers informed and operations moving. The writer behind the broker desk.

How NFC actually works.

A few minutes with the founders on the model, the lanes, and why a freight brokerage built on dedicated carriers looks different from the rest of the market.

Have a lane that is giving you trouble?

Send us the details. We will take a real look at it and tell you honestly whether we are the right fit. No pitch, no pressure.

Phone
(931) 200-5601
Email
nfc@nationalfreightconnection.com
Office
Centerville, Tennessee