Less than truckload

Top 25 less-than-truckload carrier Midwest Motor Express has been acquired by Red Arts Capital and Prudential Capital Partners.

Market Expert Zach Strickland provides timely advice for shippers that need to choose either a carrier or a 3PL.

President and chief operating officer, Michael Gettle, who assisted in the corporate restructuring is leaving the company.

Workplace injuries are common for truck drivers. For LTL drivers during peak holiday season, the rush to deliver goods increases the chance of injury.

Roadrunner’s third quarter earnings report resembled a triage list indicating that the company’s restructuring path will be a bumpy one.

The costs of operating a for-hire Class 8 truck rose 7.7% in 2018, the biggest jump since 2010. It is the highest per-mile cost since the American Transportation Research Institute began tracking the data in 2008.

Biesterfeld: “We expect that North American routing guides will continue to reset at lower prices.”

Forward Air management guided for negative EPS growth in the fourth quarter.

Determining freight class is a key to shipping freight successfully. Learn more about the processes involved in this article.

Technology is posed to assist the LTL shipping sector and in some cases, already has.

YRC Worldwide announces new debt financing agreement. The latest step in it’s latest restructuring.

Decision could make it easier for employers to make unilateral work-rule changes

Roadrunner Transportation Systems announced that it has found a replacement for its chief financial officer role as the restructuring continues.

Volatility appears to be the only certainty for transportation stocks as trade concerns loom. The transportation stocks walked through a less than stellar earnings season, but renewed trade concerns has them bouncing about.

Old Dominion reported continued LTL volume weakness in July. Near-term volume relief may be hard to come by as domestic and global macroeconomic trends remain tepid.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems reports another large operating loss and announces that it will narrow its focus to its logistics and asset-light LTL segments.

Saia Inc. (NASDAQ: SAIA) reported that its revenues and operating income were up in the second quarter of 2019. Headquartered in Johns Creek, Georgia, the less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier reported an […]

Hub Group sees record earnings despite a “softening demand environment” and “increased truckload and intermodal competition.”

ABF Freight, YRC Freight employees affected by pension-saving bill.

Denser shipments and higher prices combined for a 6.9 percent improvement in revenue per LTL shipment.

Ecommerce continues to grow and Amazon and its competitors continue to innovate and grow. Read insight into the phenomenon by Anothy Smith.

Dothan, Alabama-based AAA Cooper Transportation said it will start offering a free GPS shipment tracking system to its customers starting on July 28.

Less than truckload carrier LME has suddenly closed its doors.

Purchase of Argus and Inter-Urban grows the Canadian company’s less-than-truckload business and brings C$25 million in annual revenue.

It’s been a difficult road for Roadrunner to say the least. The company announces CFO departure.

Forward Air Corp. lowered its second quarter 2019 earnings expectation due to a $5 million accident claim reserve recorded in the quarter.

LTL giant claims new requirements would also add costs to its in-house driver training.

A great deal of focus has been placed on the seasonal weakness in TL volumes, but LTL volume weakness is equaling concerning.

While the degradation was seen across most sectors, the transport sectors saw large declines.

YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ: YRCW) reported a $31.7 million consolidated operating loss on first quarter 2019 revenue of $1.182 billion. The loss widened from a year ago and revenue fell slightly, […]

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. (NYSE: RRTS) reported a loss of $1.78 per share compared with the break-even consensus estimate. The asset-right and asset-light logistics service provider’s reported revenue of $507.1 […]

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. (NYSE: RRTS) reported a loss of $1.78 per share versus the break-even consensus estimate. The asset-light logistics service provider’s first quarter 2019 loss was much lower […]

With first quarter 2019 earnings set to kickoff on Monday, April 15, FreightWaves is looking at expectations for the transportation stocks.

Flashback Fridays previews the soon-to-open Freight Alley Haul of Fame and showcases four trucking companies that contributed to the history of trucking.

Driver churn continues to plague the industry as the turnover rate at large truckload carriers has reached its highest point in five years.