Less-than-Truckload

While there are many reasons why a carrier might set a freight embargo, they’re often necessary for carriers to comply with legal restrictions, overcome logistical challenges, and balance capacity during times of peak demand.

More than ever, access to high-quality information on freight transportation sourcing, pricing, and visibility is the factor separating leading shippers and carriers from the rest of the competition.

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The new edition of the Cowen/AFS Freight Index, which was recently released by New York-based investment firm Cowen Inc. and Shreveport, La.-based 3PL and freight audit and payment company AFS Logistics LLC, highlighted how rising fuel prices are having a significant impact on both parcel and LTL (Less-than-Truckload) rates, whereas things are somewhat lessening on the truckload side.

Greenwich, Conn.-based freight transportation services provider XPO Logistics said today it is opening up two new less-than-truckload (LTL) terminals in the second quarter, which are located in Adelanto, Calif. and Conley Ga. A company spokesperson told LM that with these new terminals, XPO is adding capacity in two strategically important areas, as well as moving XPO closer to one of its stated five-point LTL action plans: to open 900 doors by the end of 2023. With the two new openings, XPO...

ODFL said that these new facilities are strategically placed to reinforce its commitment to operational excellence and to build network quality. And it added that ODFL has a continuing focus on expansion, as well as to improve current service centers by opening more doors, upgrading technology, and hiring more staff, as part of a collective effort focused on service, at a time when demand remains on a growth trajectory.

Logistics Management Group News Editor recently caught up with Ben Cubbitt, SVP, Consulting, for Frisco, Texas-based Transplace, a non-asset-based third-party logistics services provider. The two discussed a recent blog penned by Cubbit, entitled “How to Navigate Rising Fuel Costs,” as well as other topics.

Company officials said that moving into Virginia gives Pyle the opportunity to offer direct trucking and warehousing services to key points along the Eastern Seaboard supply chain, while acquiring direct service to and from the ports of Virginia connecting key metropolitan areas like Washington D.C. and Baltimore.

Darren Hawkins, CEO of Yellow Corp., which controls about 10% of the $50 billion LTL market, said recently he is “very pleased” with his company’s transformation from a national carrier with three separate regional trucking companies and a logistics arm into a unified “super regional” carrier with integrated services across the country.

Taking further steps to “unlock value” for its stakeholders, Greenwich, Conn.-based truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) services provider XPO Logistics said yesterday it plans to spin off its North American truck brokerage from its less-than-truckload business, as well as its related asset-light businesses. What’s more, XPO also announced it plans to divest its XPO Europe business and is also in exclusive negotiations with a buyer for the sale of its North American intermodal business.

In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Dave Ross, Executive Vice President for Roadrunner Freight, a Downers Grove, Ill.-based, national less-than-truckload (LTL) services provider, with a focus on long-haul metro-to-metro shipping.

In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Dave Ross, Executive Vice President for Roadrunner Freight, a Downers Grove, Ill.-based, national less-than-truckload (LTL) services provider, with a focus on long-haul metro-to-metro shipping.

Entitled Beon, TI said that this new platform gives shippers and carriers a single point of access to access both TI’s and Atlanta-based Nolan Transportation Group’s (NTG) logistics network and services, “from port to porch.”

LTL carriers are in command of a tight capacity market as the sector takes advantage of e-commerce, last-mile, and time-sensitive deliveries. Rate hikes can be expected, but savvy shippers can avoid the bulk of those increases through elimination of wasteful practices.

Yellow Corp., which controls 10% of the nation’s less-than-truckload (LTL) capacity as one of longest-operating trucking companies in America, is addressing the nation’s shortage of truck drivers head on and in house. Yellow is adding two new driving academies to its stable of 14 schools to prepare the next generation of professional truck drivers for careers in transportation.