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A Tale of Two Carriers

Michael D. Scheid | Mar 14, 2013 10:35AM EDT

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After five years with an operating ratio above 96 percent, Saia was one of three public less-than-truckload carriers to report an operating ratio less than 95 percent in 2012.
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