Trucking company rolls ahead on ambitions expansion plans

The quality of life Sarasota County offers with its beaches and year-round warm weather drew trucking and logistics company D-Trans here. The ease of doing business here, say company officials, made it stay. And now it's expanding. 

The Venice-based company’s $6.4 million expansion is expected to add 50 new jobs, more than doubling its current workforce of around 40 part- and full-time employees. Co-founder Vladimir Durshpek expects construction to be complete this fall, with plans to move in by November.