Con-way Freight will build a new, 96-door freight service center in Fond du Lac, Wis.
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22 May 2013
Average truckload and less-than-truckload operating ratios climbed in the first quarter, hitting their highest points in at least a year, according to the JOC.
22 May 2013
Average less-than-truckload yield increased 3 percent in the first quarter among large publicly owned motor carriers tracked by The Journal of Commerce.
21 May 2013
LTL Carrier YRC Freight began implementing a change of operations that will close 29 terminals, restructuring its nationwide network to gain efficiency.
21 May 2013
Less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight System will raise general rates and charges 5.9 percent on average May 28.
21 May 2013
The leaders of about 160 Teamster locals approved a multiyear contract with ABF Freight System that will cut wages 7 percent in the first year of the contract.
17 May 2013
Mullen Group has signed an agreement to acquire Jay’s Moving & Storage, a private, less-than-truckload transportation corporation owned by Dennis Doehl, based in Regina, Saskatchewan.
17 May 2013
FedEx Freight Canada, a subsidiary of FedEx, has held an opening ceremony for its new service center for the Vancouver, British Columbia, area.
13 May 2013
Expedited carriers are diversifying services, adding technology and seeking new customers in an age of ‘deferred delivery.’
10 May 2013
Revelations this week that YRC Worldwide had considered acquiring Arkansas Best, parent of ABF Freight System, earlier this year seemed to help both companies on Wall Street.
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