Less than truckload

Old Dominion Freight Line announces a 4.9% general rate increase after reporting market stabilization in January.

Acquisitions and strong less-than-truckload performance help bring record revenue to Mullen Group’s trucking and logistics business and offset declines from its struggling oil services.

Darren Prokop writes about the volatility in trucking, and how ecommerce may help less-than-truckload carriers recover in 2020.

Old Dominion Freight Line sponsors Major League Baseball, and for eight of the 30 MLB teams, the less-than-truckload carrier helps make Florida and Arizona feel like home for six weeks of spring training.

Anthony and Zach break down the less-than-truckload sector and talk about its connection with truckload along with giving a quick update on the latest economic and freight market trends.

US Bank reports declines in freight payment transactions during the fourth quarter. The report signals an improvement on the horizon as truck capacity declines.

XPO has made spin-offs the new buzzword in logistics for 2020.

The global logistics industry is big and getting bigger.

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