UP freight broker subsidiary forms new truck-rail business unit

UP freight broker subsidiary forms new truck-rail business unit Union Pacific Distribution Services, one of the nation’s largest freight brokers, on Tuesday announced the formation of a new truck-rail business unit called the Carload Solutions Group. The new CSG unit, which will provide shippers a suite of customizable logistics services, is a merger of UPDS’s OnePlus Transload Services and Rail Shipment Management Business departments. “For years, UPDS has been the industry leader in providing both transloading and logistics solutions to carload shippers,” said Beth Whited, UPDS president. “Combining multiple product offerings into a single freight broker business unit affords us the opportunity to add a higher level of customized logistics services for our customers.” The CSG unit will offer transload management, forward inventory management and distribution, rail shipment management, in-transit visibility (including inventory), logistics network design, forecast management, outsourced carload transportation management, transportation systems integration, enterprise resource planning and private rail asset management. UPDS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Omaha, Neb.-based Union Pacific, specializes in the design and execution of rail-based logistics programs. The firm combines the economies of long-haul rail service with the flexibility of over-the-road movements. The CSG unit, with a coverage area mirroring the 23-Western-state rail system of parent firm Union Pacific, will be also be based out of Omaha.