End-to-End Logistics Services
Superior efficiency with Murphy’s logistics services
Murphy is an industry-leading Third-Party Logistics Company, based out of Saint Paul, MN, and Kansas City, MO providing logistics solutions. Our core business is specialized logistics and value-added distribution, backed by state-of-the-art infrastructure and a vast network of freight brokerage partners. We promise close customer service at each stage of the order fulfillment process, providing real-time updates so you can make crucial decisions in time.
Making Murphy your long-term logistics services partner gives you access to one of the most advanced rail siding facilities in the United States and a comprehensive range of tailored logistics solutions. Our end-to-end capabilities include 3PL brokerage, rail transport, asset-based carrier services, and custom distribution, all designed to optimize your supply chain performance from start to finish. Alongside public warehousing and specialized services, Murphy also operates as a contract logistics and project logistics provider, offering scalable solutions for long-term supply chain needs.
Brokerage
Moving goods seamlessly
Murphy’s committed-capacity 3PL freight brokerage program connects you to a trusted network of carrier partners across North America. Each partner is carefully vetted for safety, reliability, and service performance, ensuring your shipments meet Murphy’s high operational standards. By maintaining close relationships and monitoring performance metrics in real time, we provide dependable, scalable transportation capacity that adapts to your business needs — all while delivering the consistency and accountability you’d expect from an asset-based provider.
Murphy’s rich tradition over the past 120 years has allowed us to build this unique carrier program that is founded on trust, integrity, and established relationships. Through these relationships, Murphy continues to deliver practical 3PL freight brokerage to Fortune 500 shippers as well as to the start-up shipper.
More Than Just 3PL Freight Brokerage Services
It is common that most freight brokerage services do not offer their own asset-based shipping solutions, but at Murphy Logistics, we have the advantage of also owning our own equipment, so we can provide this service in-house when it is the best solution for our clients. Murphy actually owns and operates one of the best asset-based fleets in North America, so we can proudly demonstrate that we are a true asset based carrier.
Our 3PL freight brokerage services give you peace of mind knowing that all paperwork is being handled, all regulations are being followed, and all results will meet your expectations. Our team consists of industry experts with years of experience providing brokerage solutions.
To get started, simply complete the contact form or RFQ form. Our 3PL brokerage services team will then go to work identifying the best options for you so we can discuss them and narrow down exactly how to achieve your shipping goals.
If you find warehousing is also needed in your process, we can even offer our trusted warehousing and distribution solutions in Minnesota or Missouri. This temporary holding option is sometimes needed when connecting the dots between shipping and receiving. Fortunately, we have 15 warehousing and distribution logistics campuses to solve this problem. These end-to-end logistics services are one of the many things that set Murphy Logistics apart from our competition.
Whatever your need, Murphy Logistics has the solution for you. As a well-established leader among 3PL freight brokerage companies, we have years of successful experience assisting companies of all types, so let’s discuss how we can work with you. Give us a call or fill out one of the forms below to get started!
Transport (Asset Based Carrier & Rail)
Reliable logistics with dependable equipment
With multiple facilities in Iowa, the Twin Cities area, and Kansas City, MO, Murphy Logistics is committed to owning and operating one of the best logistics services with an asset-based fleet in North America. Murphy’s experienced drivers set the team apart from the competition. Our drivers are exceptional, and this clearly shows when they deliver. Our last touch is providing a great customer experience from start to finish.
Customer Services & Communication
Murphy’s experienced fleet provides exceptional customer service and operations. Multiple teams and resources allow our fleet to:
- Flex capacity
- Pass savings on to client partners
- Deliver reliable results
Murphy’s equipment and maintenance program ensures that the fleet is reliable and always ready to serve your needs. All trucks have multiple communication capabilities, like satellite tracking and on-board communications. When using our fleet, Murphy can pinpoint your freight location all the time, every time.
Every day, Murphy customers move their goods from our warehouses to destinations all over the country. We use our asset-based fleet of Murphy trucks to help them do this, and offer FTL transport services. Operating out of Minnesota, Iowa, New York, and the Kansas City, Missouri area, we help you get your goods to where they need to be.
The Advantages of an Asset-Based Carrier
The key benefits of working with an asset based logistics provider include:
- Reliability
- Cost-effectiveness
- Security
It is easier for carriers to maintain high standards when they control more variables, such as managing their own equipment and employing their own drivers.
These same factors also make it easier for the carrier to manage costs effectively. At the same time, all liability for any issues is centralized in one company. And our model of managing our own fleet plus partnering with other carriers gives us the flexibility to offer customers the best of both worlds.
Secure and affordable rail logistics
Get help solving your biggest logistics challenges with customized rail freight transport services from Murphy. With strong partners in rail logistics, we offer a wide range of transload services at economical rates.
Rail freight transport is an ideal shipping solution for many American businesses. With a shortage of truck drivers plaguing the supply chain industry, intermodal logistics solutions have become increasingly attractive. Additionally, it offers reduced costs due to economies of scale, competitive shipping times, and efficient distribution.
At Murphy, we connect products to destinations across North America by leveraging our relationships in the rail freight industry, from long-haul to drayage. We have directly partnered with all the major Class I carriers serving the Upper Midwest — including Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, Canadian National Railway, and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (CPKC). We also maintain a strong relationship with regional short-line Progressive Rail, making us one of the region’s largest private rail shippers.
Murphy’s logistics network gives us a commanding position in the market. Our rail partners have direct access to Murphy’s rail storage facilities through dedicated rail line spurs that keep freight costs low for our customers.
Advantages of Rail Logistics
Better Safety, Lower Insurance Premiums – Rail freight logistics reduce many operational risks associated with long-distance freight like theft, accidents, cost fluctuations, traffic jams, truck driver shortages, and more. Insurance premiums on rail logistics are considerably lower than truck freight.
Complex Cargo Needs – Industrial products with customized logistics needs can be transported over short distances with our drayage services or long-distance through rail freight. .
The Murphy Advantage: Why Choose Us
Broad Range of Carrier Services: Our expertise includes the entire spectrum of post-production distribution. We specialize in rail freight transport, customized storage, piggyback containers (combined cargo), fulfillment services, packaging, rail transload, quality control, freight audit, cross-docking, customs support, last-mile delivery, and postponement services.
Flexible Scaling During Peaks: Our rail freight transport services are well-positioned to handle high volume SKUs and simplify complex supply chains that many 3PLs cannot control. We also offer different low SKU models for day-to-day intermodal transportation.
Complete Control Over Your Supply Chain: We maintain firm control over your products throughout the supply chain. Rail transloading and distribution are carried out by in-house staff to ensure damage-free freight and unweathered storage through our cross-country network of partners.
Integrated Network: Over the last 100 years, we have built a network of partners that complete the entire spectrum of logistics needs. Our logistics partners give us the confidence to continually take on new challenges for our customers.
Custom Distribution
At Murphy Logistics, we build distribution solutions around your business. Every supply chain has its own challenges, so we tailor our services to fit your goals with the flexibility, experience, and personal attention that national providers can’t match. It’s how we’ve earned long-standing partnerships with companies across manufacturing, food and beverage, retail, and more.
From heavy-haul transport to e-commerce fulfillment, cross-docking, and cold storage, Murphy provides end-to-end logistics built for real-world demands. Our certified team manages everything from industrial freight to temperature-sensitive goods, supported by a modern fleet, 15 Midwest facilities, and real-time visibility through the Murphy Vendor Management System. Whatever your product or challenge, we make distribution simpler, smarter, and more reliable.
We also work closely with several government agencies: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (CBP), The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to name a few.
Frequently Asked Questions
Murphy Logistics offers a full suite of services to ensure your products get where they need to be, on time, and within budget. This includes transportation management, warehousing, cross-docking, and international logistics.
Murphy Logistics offers a variety of transportation services to meet your specific needs. We can handle:
Truckload (TL): Full truckload shipments for large quantities of freight.
Less-Than-Truckload (LTL): Consolidated shipments for smaller freight volumes.
Intermodal Transportation: Combining different transportation modes (e.g., truck and rail).
Murphy Logistics offers a wide range of other services, including:
Warehousing and Distribution: Secure storage and order fulfillment.
Customs Brokerage: In-house brokerage to navigate import and export regulations on your behalf.
Inventory Management: Real-time inventory visibility utilizing Camelot 3PL management software and Microsoft Dynamics 365. One way we improve handling speed is by license plating mass quantities of a product under a single unique identifier rather than individually labeling each shipment.
Project Management: Dedicated in-house customer success specialists oversee complex logistics operations.
Murphy Logistics prioritizes the safety and security of your cargo throughout the entire transportation process. We implement a multi-layered approach that includes:
Qualified Staff Drivers and Vetted 3PL Partners: We employ experienced, safety-conscious drivers who undergo regular training.
Secure Trailers: We utilize well-maintained and secure trailers with monitoring systems and tamper-evident seals.
Food Safety in Shipping: We ensure that any food-grade goods departing our warehouse meet the ideal conditions. This could mean hanging desiccant packs, sanitizing the trailer, and adding airbags to prevent product shifting.
Partner with Murphy Logistics
No matter how large or small your shipments are, we can handle it. Murphy Logistics has served the Midwest for over 120 years. We are a customer-focused, women-owned company, and we further enhance our efforts by using the EOS operating system. Consult with our logistics services professionals to help you find the best answers by contacting our team at 612-623-1200 today.
