Our Story
Quality | Integrity | Professionalism | Collaboration
Hughes Custom Logistics is an asset based relocation and logistics company headquartered in Lansdale, PA just outside the city of Philadelphia with operations in Central Florida as well. We strive to provide high quality solutions to meet the needs of our customers. Our history traces back to 1895 when Patrick Hughes first purchased a horse drawn buggy to help customers move their belongings around the city of Philadelphia. As transportation needs evolved so did the company and the Hughes family found themselves in the center of a growing industry that would carry Patrick’s entrepreneurial spirit for generations to come. As time went on Hughes became a premier mover in the Philadelphia market and expanded its reach nationally by becoming an agent for United Van Lines and Mayflower Transit, an industry leading network of transportation providers. Today Hughes is still a family enterprise and caters to both residential and commercial customers. Much has changed since the days Patrick drove his buggy down Broad Street to deliver pianos but some things have not. Our passion for the industry we work in and the pride of servicing our customers with integrity.
Quality | Integrity | Professionalism | Collaboration
Hughes Custom Logistics is an asset based relocation and logistics company headquartered in Lansdale, PA just outside the city of Philadelphia with operations in Central Florida as well. We strive to provide high quality solutions to meet the needs of our customers. Our history traces back to 1895 when Patrick Hughes first purchased a horse drawn buggy to help customers move their belongings around the city of Philadelphia. As transportation needs evolved so did the company and the Hughes family found themselves in the center of a growing industry that would carry Patrick’s entrepreneurial spirit for generations to come. As time went on Hughes became a premier mover in the Philadelphia market and expanded its reach nationally by becoming an agent for United Van Lines and Mayflower Transit, an industry leading network of transportation providers. Today Hughes is still a family enterprise and caters to both residential and commercial customers. Much has changed since the days Patrick drove his buggy down Broad Street to deliver pianos but some things have not. Our passion for the industry we work in and the pride of servicing our customers with integrity.
Meet The Team
Bob Hughes
President and CEO
Bobby Hughes
Director of Commercial Services
John Klauder
Commercial Business Development Manager
Donna Cipa Swank
Commercial Client Services Manager
New Project Manager
Bio Coming Soon!
Steve Shultz
Operations Manager
Mike Miller
Warehouse Manager
Shawn Boyd
Lead Project Manager
Bob Hughes
President and CEO
Bobby Hughes
Director of Commercial Services
John Klauder
Commercial Business Development Manager
Donna Cipa Swank
Commercial Client Services Manager
New Project manager
Bio Coming Soon!
Steve Shultz
Operations Manager
Mike Miller
Warehouse Manager
Shawn Boyd
Lead Project Manager
Frequently Asked Questions
Hughes Custom Logistics is part of Hughes Relocation Services, which was founded in 1895. It started as a family-owned moving business and expanded into logistics and commercial services. In reality, the exact logistics division has developed side by side with the company’s focused growth toward B2B solutions in terms of increasing scope and complexity.
Hughes Custom Logistics is located in Lansdale, Pennsylvania and has auxiliary facilities in Central Florida. United Van Lines helps facilitate service throughout the United States.
Hughes Custom Logistics offers its commercial customers an all-inclusive package of services:
Commercial Moving: office move, industrial relocation, and facility relocation.
Warehouse Logistics: Inventory management, storage solutions, vault, floor, and climate-controlled-on-demand storage.
Transportation Services: First and final mile delivery, freight brokerage, air-ride transport.
Specialized Logistics: White-glove services, rigging, fulfillment, and strategic planning for complex projects.
Project Management: Hands-on solutions to minimize downtime while maximizing efficiency during relocations and warehouse transfers.
What originated as a company to relocate homes expanded into logistics and commercial services to serve the growing needs of industries like retail, hospitality, education, and medical buildings. By taking advantage of United Van Lines’ partnership opportunities, Hughes Custom Logistics has married technological advancements with broad national logistics and transportation capabilities.
Core values that Hughes Custom Logistics maintains:
Quality: to always provide a bespoke and qualitative service.
Integrity: Ensuring trust with the help of transparency and ethical behavior.
Professionalism: Application of high standards within interactions and practices.
Collaboration: To develop viable and personalized solutions through tight cooperation with a client.
No, Hughes Custom Logistics specializes in serving commercial clients. The residential moving is organized by its mother structure-Hughes Relocation Services-primarily under the brands United Van Lines and Mayflower.
Hughes Custom Logistics operates 150,000 square feet of warehouse space fitted with state-of-the-art inventory management systems and designed to handle a wide range of storage and logistical requirements from short- and long-term storage to climate-controlled and cross-dock facilities.