Vanquish Worldwide President/CEO Eric Barton wins Knoxville Young Entrepreneur Award

Vanquish Worldwide is pleased to announce that President and CEO Eric W. Barton was awarded the Young Entrepreneur Award during the Knoxville Chamber’s 2015 Pinnacle Business Awards Friday evening, May 8, 2015 at the Knoxville Convention Center in recognition of outstanding business practices and community support. Barton was among three finalists up for selection for…

Pinnacle Business Awards honors nine, including Vanquish Worldwide President/CEO Eric Barton

By Knoxville News-Sentinel staff — Knoxville’s best in business were celebrated Friday by 800 people gathered at the Knoxville Convention Center for the 11th annual Knoxville Chamber Pinnacle Business Awards gala. Companies and individuals were recognized in nine award categories. The winners are: All Occasion Catering: the Small Business Excellence Award, for business that has 50…

Vanquish Worldwide Reports Increase to Driver Compensation Package – 60 for 60

MARYVILLE, Tenn. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Vanquish Worldwide, a transportation and customer service leader within the transportation industry, announces an increase to its current Over the Road (OTR) driver pay package. The increase will impact all current Vanquish Logistics drivers, as well as drivers seeking employment with the company. 60 for 60 – Driver base…

VANQUISH WORLDWIDE RECEIVES 2015 “VETERANS INNOVATOR AWARD” FROM TENNESSEE VETERANS BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

MARYVILLE, Tenn. — Vanquish Worldwide was recently honored with the 2015 “Veterans Innovator Award” at the Fifth Annual Business and Education Showcase sponsored by the Tennessee Veterans Business Association (TVBA).  This award recognizes a company that is an innovator in its field. Vanquish, along with owner Eric W. Barton, have pioneered a new road for…

Vanquish Worldwide Announces Recent National Afghan Trucking Contract Awards Totaling $145M with Continued Support of U.S. Retrograde Efforts across Afghanistan

December 02, 2014 08:17 AM Eastern Standard Time MARYVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vanquish Worldwide, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) dedicated to providing worldwide transportation services to the U.S. government and commercial clients since 2007, has been awarded a bridge contract for National Afghan Trucking (NAT) Services and a follow-on NAT contract (NAT 2.0) as…

Maryville firm grows worldwide logistics business

By Robert Norris, The Daily Times — Vanquish Worldwide. The name evokes power and distance with a sense of precision and vagueness all at once. Sort of like the military. That’s no coincidence. Consider the founder, president and CEO. Eric Barton spent 11 years in the U.S. Marine Corps. He intended to make a career…

Successful transition to commercial trucking delivers strong customer growth for Vanquish Worldwide

Maryville, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– By utilizing the highest quality of equipment, drivers and transportation specialists, solid in-house CDL training, and proven operating procedures from years of transport & logistics experience, Vanquish’s transition to the commercial sector was rapid, seamless and successful. Vanquish currently provides local and long distance truckload service to over 20 commercial clients across…

Vanquish Worldwide Dispatches First FedEx Ground Line Haul from Nashville Terminal

Maryville, Tenn. — Vanquish Worldwide was assigned its first Line Haul at 1500 on 3 Feb 2014 for dispatch on 4 Feb 2014 from the Nashville, Tennessee terminal.  The assignment was a two leg round trip taking a set of doubles to a location just east of St. Louis, Missouri on Interstate 64 and exchanging…