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Knight-Swift expanded from its core truckload market into less than truckload (LTL) freight in July 2021 when it acquired southeastern regional LTL firm AAA Cooper Transportation for US$1.35 billion. [8] In July 2024, Knight-Swift acquired Dependable Highway Express, Inc., a LTL carrier out of Los Angeles. [9]
The National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA)™ is a nonprofit membership organization headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.Since 1956, NMFTA has represented the interests of the less-than-truckload (LTL) motor carrier industry, and for-hire interstate and intrastate carriers.
The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 deregulated transportation industries in America and increased competition for logistics providers and shippers. [11] [13] C.H. Robinson created a contract carrier program, expanded its freight contract operations, and established itself as a middleman sourcing operation for shippable goods. [citation needed]
LTL carriers prefer a shipment of one pallet containing many boxes shrink wrapped to form one piece rather than many individual pieces. This reduces handling costs and the risk of damage during transit. Typically, the per-pound rates of LTL carriers are less than the per-pound rates of parcel carriers. [5]
[citation needed] That sale was announced in summer 2013, [11] and the merger completed on February 1, 2014. Moyes received $180 million in cash for the sale. [11] The company's growth continued since 1988 with the purchase of eleven motor carriers throughout the United States, including M.S. Carriers, of Memphis, Tennessee in 2001. [5]
The Indiana State Board of Accounts' 47-page report signed Dec. 11 spans Coles' term from Jan. 1, 2019 to Oct. 19, 2022, when she resigned. It details Coles' misuse of taxpayer money.
Werner's corporate headquarters Omaha, Nebraska. Werner Enterprises, Inc. is an American transportation and logistics company, serving the United States, Mexico and Canada. . Werner Enterprises stated that it had 2023 revenues of $3.28 billion [7] and over 14,000 employees and contracto
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