LTL Shipping

News pertaining to less than truckload shippers, small freight, parcel carriers and more.

Commentary

 
As the long, slow economic recovery grinds on, collaboration between shippers and carriers and 3PLs is moving toward the mainstream.

News & Analysis

 
18 Jun 2013
Old Dominion Freight Line will increase its base rates for intrastate, interstate and cross-border lane charges, effective July 1.
 
14 Jun 2013
Roadrunner Transportation Systems’ outbound, less-than-truckload service center operations have commenced in Kansas City, Mo.
 
12 Jun 2013
Con-way Freight will raise its less-than-truckload base rates 5.9 percent on average June 24, along with minimum charges and accessorial fees.
UPS Freight trucks
 
10 Jun 2013
The latest round of general rate increases points to higher contractual pricing to come as LTL carriers seek to regain lost pricing levels.
 
10 Jun 2013
FedEx Freight will raise its general tariff rates 4.5 percent on average July 1, following a route blazed by UPS Freight and ABF Freight System in May and June.
 
07 Jun 2013
Suddath Global Logistics, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based warehousing and logistics management company, has acquired PenserSC, a third-party logistics provider.
 
07 Jun 2013
The economy doesn't look too slow from the docks at Old Dominion Freight Line.
 
07 Jun 2013
Con-way Freight has opened a new service center in Lumberton, N.C.
 
07 Jun 2013
An uneven, anemic economic recovery, spending cuts driven by the federal sequester and winter storms all threw up roadblocks for trucking operators in the first quarter, slowing the industry’s drive toward greater profitability.
 
07 Jun 2013
Vitran Express will close terminals in four Western states as it shifts assets and resources to focus on its core regiona