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San Antonio · Logistics & freight
I-35 freight runs through town. Get the shipper on the phone.
We call shippers, plant logistics leads and distribution managers along I-35, I-10 and the South Side for brokers, 3PLs, carriers and warehouse operators, and book the meeting with the person who controls the freight.
- Toyota suppliers and Port tenants
- Lanes and volume asked first
- Booked on your calendar, logged in CRM
Why San Antonio
Two interstates, a rail and air campus, and a truck plant
San Antonio sits where I-10 crosses I-35. Go south on I-35 and you reach Laredo. Go north and you pass New Braunfels on the way to Austin. I-10 runs east through Seguin toward Houston. A lot of freight rolls through town without stopping, and a lot of it stops here.
Port San Antonio is the second anchor. The former Kelly Air Force Base is now a 1,900-acre campus with rail and an airfield, more than 80 tenants and more than 18,000 workers. Boeing is its biggest employer. A 2024 study covered by the San Antonio Report put the Port's yearly economic activity at $9 billion.
Then there is Toyota. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas builds the Tundra and Sequoia on the South Side, with more than 3,700 direct employees and 5,600 more at the 20-plus suppliers on the same site. A new $531 million rear-axle plant adds more than 400 jobs. Parts move on a schedule that has no room for a late truck.
The air side is growing too. San Antonio International moved 274,847,470 pounds of cargo in 2025, the airport's biggest year, up 15.7% from 2024.
Up I-35, new buildings keep landing between San Antonio and New Braunfels. The 397,600-square-foot I-35 Logistics Center in New Braunfels is one of them. Every new building brings a tenant who has to pick carriers.
You are not the only one calling. County Business Patterns counts 919 truck transportation firms, 133 warehousing operations and 91 freight arrangement firms in the metro. A South Side parts supplier hears from plenty of them. The one who wins asks about lanes and contract dates, then calls back when they said they would. Our team calls from Nigeria on Central business hours, so your reps can keep running loads while we fill the calendar.
By the numbers
Logistics, freight & 3PL in San Antonio
Public figures, each linked to its source.
919Truck transportation establishments in the metro, plus 133 warehouses and 91 freight arrangement firmsCensus County Business Patterns 2023
274.8 million lbsAir cargo through San Antonio International in 2025, its largest year (274,847,470 lbs, up 15.7%)San Antonio Airport System
5,600Workers at suppliers on the Toyota Texas site, next to 3,700+ Toyota employeesArea Development, 2024
18,000+Workers at Port San Antonio's 80+ tenants on 1,900 acresSan Antonio Report, 2024
Who we call
The people we ask for
Titles we reach
Logistics manager at a Toyota supplierDirector of supply chainDistribution center managerTransportation managerMaterials managerOwner of a regional distributorProcurement lead at a Port San Antonio tenant
Where they areThe South Side around Toyota Texas, Port San Antonio on the southwest side, the I-35 warehouse belt up through Schertz to New Braunfels, and the I-10 side east toward Seguin.
What makes them take the call
- A new tenant signing at Port San Antonio
- A supplier gearing up for Toyota's rear-axle plant
- A new warehouse lease along I-35 toward New Braunfels
- A shipper adding lanes to or from Laredo
- Job posts for a transportation or logistics manager
- A shipper moving more freight by air through SAT
The playbook
How we run outbound for Logistics, freight & 3PL in San Antonio
Split the list by corridor
I-35 shippers toward New Braunfels, I-10 shippers toward Seguin and Port San Antonio tenants each get their own script. A warehouse manager in Schertz and an aerospace buyer at the Port do not want the same pitch.
Ask about lanes before anything else
We ask where their freight goes, how often it ships and who hauls it today. If it fits your network we book, and if it does not we move on without wasting your rep's afternoon.
Call back before the contract ends
When a shipper is locked in, we log the end date in your CRM and set the next call ahead of it. San Antonio freight buyers remember the rep who called back on the day they said.
Before Trifecta
Done before, for US companies
Before Trifecta, Cynthia set appointments at 300+ outbound calls a day for a California AI company, the daily volume it takes to reach shippers who already hear from hundreds of local carriers.
Partner track record · before Trifecta
Appointment setting for a California AI company
Cynthia spent more than two years as an appointment setter for a California AI company, working a high-volume phone desk: 300+ outbound calls a day, qualifying each lead against what the company offered, handling objections and booking the meeting. Safiya and Sylvia also worked on that company’s outbound team.
300+ outbound calls a dayLeads qualified on fit before bookingRemote, US business hours
Led by Cynthia Akubue →
Trifecta is a new agency. These are the partners’ own past roles, shared with their permission and without naming the employer. See the full track record.
Questions
Logistics, freight & 3PL in San Antonio: questions
Do you call carriers or shippers?
Shippers. We call the companies with freight to move: manufacturers, distributors, Port San Antonio tenants and warehouse operators. If you need owner-operators for capacity, that is a different list, and we can scope it on the discovery call.
Can you get us in front of Toyota itself?
Toyota buys freight through its own process, and a cold call will not change that. The better target is the ring around it: the 20-plus suppliers on site and the companies shipping to them. They decide faster and still need trucks.
We run Laredo lanes. Can you lead with that?
Yes. Shippers on the south end of I-35 want to know you can handle the run, so your lanes and equipment go in the first sentence of the script. We only promise what your trucks actually do.
Who will our prospects hear on the phone?
One of our three partners, calling from Nigeria during San Antonio business hours. They introduce your company, ask about lanes, volume and current carrier, and book the meeting for your rep.
Photos: weston m / Unsplash, Matthew LeJune / Unsplash.
Sources for figures on this page (6)
- U.S. Census Bureau: County Business Patterns 2023, metro file
- San Antonio International Airport: December and year end 2025 statistics
- Area Development: Toyota expands in San Antonio
- San Antonio Report: Port San Antonio reaches $9B in economic impact
- REBusinessOnline: I-35 Logistics Center, New Braunfels
- Greater San Antonio
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Fill your San Antonio lanes with shippers who agreed to talk
Book a strategy call. Bring your lanes, equipment and best customer, and we will show you which South Side, Port and I-35 shippers we would call first.
- 01We look at your offer, deal size and ideal buyer.
- 02We tell you which channel and package fits, and what volume to expect.
- 03You get a written quote. No pressure.