Logistics Honoree

Latronia Durham

President, Durham Transport

Latronia Durham is the President of Durham Transport. She is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana who loves family and has always had a fondness for trucks. After years in the oil field industry, that passion led her to educate herself on what it takes to start a business. Through the help of her mother, she was successful in obtaining a loan to purchase her first truck and becoming an owner-operator and a business owner. In 2016 she launched Durham Transport Express and despite the adversity, she managed to help make a major impact for women in the male-dominated Trucking Industry. In 2020 she purchased over 6 acres of land to become the home of a multifaceted company. In addition to her trucking company she has opened the first Family-Owned All African-American trucking school named Durham Transport Academy along with Durham Transport Parking, offering commercial parking, Durham Transport Logistics, dispatching freight and Durham Transport Tires, selling new commercial tires. Since then Latronia has become a partner of the Fair Share Program, African American Chamber of Commerce, Minority-Owned Women accreditation and has been selected to help collaborate with the 2022 Harvard Business School Field Immersion Course. In establishing her company her goal is to eliminate some of the struggles that she and her family endured along the way. Latronia’s mission is to provide jobs and create opportunities for individuals in pursuit of more lucrative careers.