Lily Transportation Corp

Lily Transportation’s roots date back to 1943 when John Simourian (a first generation American) was turned down for enlistment due to a back injury.

Not to be deterred from “doing his part,” John quit his job and met with the commander of the Watertown, MA arsenal who said the military needed additional truck transport from the arsenal to the Charlestown Navy Yard. (Pictured Above)

John enlisted other family and friends who were medically unfit for military service into driving trucks with him, transporting torpedoes from the Boston arsenal to the Navy Yard at Charlestown, MA.

When his son John graduated from college in 1957, he joined his father as a salesman in what had by then become a northeast regional trucking company.

In 1958, John started his own business and named the company Lily after his mom because his father told him it would make her happy. Lily Transportation Corp. started as a leasing company and in 1967 began a trucking division for Lincoln Foods hauling Lincoln Apple Juice from Lawrence, MA to supermarkets throughout the Eastern states.

In 2007 Lily became solely a Dedicated Contract Carrier after selling the leasing division to a major national leasing company.

Today John Simourian II (named after his granddad) leads Lily’s over 1500 (and growing) employees who design and operate highly efficient, service-sensitive dedicated transportation systems for clients throughout the United States. Additionally, we proudly utilize & manage over 1750 pieces of equipment and operate in more than 55 locations across the nation, allowing for exceptional mobility & coverage.

SERVICES
We customize the fleet, operations team, and drivers to become your fleet, your team and your drivers.

WHAT CAN LILY DO FOR YOU?
Lily’s Dedicated Logistics Systems are customized to meet our clients’ unique needs with focus on anticipating and responding to changes in supply chain demand.
Because we are a Dedicated Contract Carrier, we customize the fleet, operations team and drivers to become your fleet, your team and your drivers. All will look and operate to your specifications, all will be seamless to your customers.
We are Dedicated to Your Industry and to delivering your product on time, on budget, every time!

ON TIME GUARANTEED
Time Sensitive Deliveries
Lily’s engineered and operated dedicated logistics systems are coast to coast, regional and multi-stop, and all are built for on time performance.
We guarantee we will get your products to your customers as planned.
We track deliveries through on-board computer technology and communication with all drivers, in the event we need to re-direct them while in route.
We can even alert your customer’s receivers to let them know when we are just minutes away.
Finally, we will automatically alert you when the delivery is made.

COAST TO COAST
Team Services
Coast to Coast, On Time, Constantly Monitored.
Better service than rail with the added value of specialized handling throughout the delivery process
Lily’s dedicated capacity has enabled our customers to operate at a reduced cost per mile while maintaining a very high level of on-time service.
Lily operates coast to coast team services for companies throughout the United States and Canada.

HIGHLY EFFICIENT
Direct Store/Multi-Stop Delivery
Ideal for dense delivery areas our highly efficient routing performed daily, nightly, and even unattended from your DC or consolidation point.
Lily can take your LTL delivered products and build those deliveries into a dedicated delivery system that saves you money.
We will reduce your OS&D to nothing because of our drivers that are dedicated to you and trained in your products handling needs.

FLEXIBLE SUPPLY LINE
Dynamic Routing Services
On-site management to handle real-time changes to customer deliveries.
Software and Management Systems to handle your ever changing routing needs as well as additional drivers and equipment.
Lily will keep your supply line to your customers flexible to help you grow your business with them.

YOUR JOB, CUSTOMIZED
Job Site Delivery Services
Construction site deliveries usually need specialized equipment like flatbeds, booms and spiders and drivers trained and certified to operate that specialized equipment.
Whether it is bag cement, entire cement mini-plants or other building products we do, have done and can do it for you!

LESS TRAFFIC = MORE EFFICIENT
Unattended Overnight Delivery
Overnight delivery means less traffic resulting in making more stops per vehicle.
If you don’t have receivers available we have the know-how to make your delivery unattended.
More stops per vehicle results in fewer vehicles, lower cost per delivery and improved bottom line.