For the third year in a row, Southeastern Freight Lines, a regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services provider, has earned the LTL Carrier of the Year award by Rheem Water Heating Division.

Southeastern Freight Lines received the 2011 LTL Carrier of the Year award based on four key metrics as established by Rheem Water Heating: on-time performance, customer satisfaction, billing accuracy and freight claims.

“We are thrilled to be recognized by Rheem Water Heating as one of the nations’ leading transportation service providers,” said Mike Heaton, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Southeastern Freight Lines. “We appreciate our partnership with Rheem and are proud of our associates who produced the excellence that made this award possible.”