Bluejay Advisors, an investment bank focused exclusively on transportation and logistics M&A advisory, served as the exclusive sell-side advisor to SAFE Transportation Services, Inc. in its sale to Dynamic Connections, a portfolio company of Shore Capital Partners.
Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, SAFE is a specialized non-asset third-party logistics provider delivering mission-critical transportation solutions across the United States and Canada. The company supports customers with high-cost-of-failure freight across industries, including medical, pharmaceutical, and food-grade supply chains.
Dynamic Connections provides transportation and logistics through a global network, with operations centered in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
“SAFE Transportation has built a highly reliable platform serving customers with mission-critical freight where the cost of failure is extremely high,” said Bluejay Director Reid Stack. “We worked alongside the SAFE team to help position the business around that specialization and ensure buyers understood the value of its proven service model and deep customer relationships. Dynamic Connections and Shore Capital are strong partners to continue growing the platform. We are pleased to have helped SAFE’s leadership team achieve a successful outcome while preserving the legacy the Fahrendorf family built over nearly four decades.”
The acquisition expands Dynamic Connections’ over-the-road trucking capabilities and strengthens its ability to deliver integrated transportation solutions across North America. Customers of both organizations are expected to benefit from an expanded network, enhanced service offerings, and leading technologies.
“Selling our business meant selling my parents’ life’s work and a significant part of my own,” said SAFE President Joe Fahrendorf. “It was critical that we found a team we could trust and who deeply understood our sector, unique value proposition, and business from the inside. Throughout the process, Bluejay uncovered value we hadn’t recognized ourselves and was able to articulate the compelling story of our business. What we once viewed as simply ‘freight is freight,’ they strategically positioned as our specialized service and niche focus, in a manner that ensured the market fully recognized SAFE’s true differentiation and premium caliber. Their ability to highlight legacy value and untapped potential, expertly market the business, and keep us informed every step of the way made the entire process both reassuring and successful.”
About Bluejay Advisors (https://bluejay-advisors.com/)
Bluejay Advisors is a sell-side and buy-side investment bank solely focused on transportation and logistics transactions. The Bluejay team is comprised of senior M&A professionals with more than 150 years of combined experience in transportation and logistics, and a proven track record of value creation.
About SAFE Transportation Services, Inc. (https://safetransportationservices.com/)
Since 1987, SAFE Transportation Services, Inc. has provided innovative, dependable transportation solutions across the United States and Canada. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and proudly family-owned and operated, SAFE Transportation has built a legacy of reliability, integrity, and performance over nearly four decades of service. SAFE serves the mission-critical needs of customers with high-cost-of-failure freight across the medical, pharmaceutical, food grade, and other value chains.
About Dynamic Connections (https://www.dynamicconnections.com/)
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Dynamic Connections provides completely integrated logistics solutions to meet customers’ needs, including over-the-road, rail, air, and ocean transportation.
