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Newsby StaffSeptember 29, 2020

Banyan Technology, Optym Partner to Digitize LTL

Banyan Technology and Optym are partnering to enhance operations for LTL carriers with Banyan’s Intelligent Pricing suite and Optym’s HaulPlan planning and optimization software.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2020

Southeastern Freight Lines Expands Final Mile Service

Southeastern Freight Lines has expanded its Final Mile service across all 89 service centers, which includes more than 350 trucks.

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Newsby StaffAugust 17, 2020

Roadrunner Completes Transformation into Standalone LTL

Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. announced the closings of three transactions completing its divestiture of its truckload businesses, turning the company into a standalone less-than-truckload carrier.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeJuly 2, 2020

Q&A: Flock Freight's Founder on Reinventing LTL

Oren Zaslansky grew up in the trucking business, started a truckload company at age 21, moved on from there to a brokerage, and then decided he wanted to see how he could use technology to totally reinvent how we think about less-than-truckload freight.

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Articlesby StaffJuly 1, 2020

U.S. Treasury Gets a Stake in YRC as Part of $700 Million Loan Deal

Less-than-truckload company YRC announced it is getting a $700 million loan under the CARES Act – while the U.S. Treasury gets a 29.6% equity stake in the company.

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Newsby StaffJune 15, 2020

FourKites Introduces Dynamic ETAs for LTL Freight

FourKites now offers Dynamic ETA for LTL, a tracking service that gives shippers, carriers, and 3PLs the ability to track less-than-truckload shipments from pre-pickup to delivery and includes automated estimated arrival times.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeMarch 27, 2020

Strick Elevator Allows 25% More Freight in a 28-Foot Pup Trailer

When a less-than-truckload client came to Strick Trailers with an idea to build a more efficient and productive pup trailer, Strick delved into the task and came up with the Elevator.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2020

Prime Distribution Services Sold to C.H. Robinson

Roadrunner Transportation Systems is selling its Prime Distribution Services business to C.H. Robinson Worldwide.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 16, 2020

XPO Looking to Sell or Spin Off Some of its Business

After several years of building a logistics giant through rapid-fire acquisitions, XPO Logistics now says it’s looking into the possible sale or spin-off of one or more business units – anything but the core less-than-truckload business – as part of a “review of strategic alternatives.”

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Newsby StaffDecember 13, 2019

YRC Hit by Industrial Slowdown, Makes Leadership Changes

The industrial slowdown has hit less-than-truckload giant YRC Worldwide, which reported tonnage is down significantly compared to a year ago, as it announced changes to its CFO and board of directors.

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