Vitran Names Keylon Head of U.S. Operations

Toronto-based Vitran Corp. named Chris Keylon to head its less-than-truckload operations in the United States.

He succeeds Mark Kosovec as president of Vitran Express U.S. Kosovec will stay on in an advisory role, company officials said.

Keylon worked for 16 years at FedEx Freight and was most recently senior vice president of operations.

Vitran, which has LTL operations in the U.S. and Canada, is ranked No. 34 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of for-hire carriers.