A group of more than 20 motor carriers, brokers/3PLs, shippers, and technology providers has formed the Digital LTL Council to develop a set of standards for the automation and digitization of less-than-truckload shipments.
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.
Southeastern Freight Lines has expanded its Final Mile service across all 89 service centers, which includes more than 350 trucks.
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.
A. Duie Pyle has expanded its Westfield Integrated Distribution Center, adding a new Accessory Transfer and Distribution Center to the current location.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Roadrunner Transportation Systems is selling its Prime Distribution Services business to C.H. Robinson Worldwide.