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Website. roadway.com. Roadway Express, Inc. was an American less than truckload (LTL) trucking company. Roadway Express and its holding company, Roadway Corporation, were acquired by logistics holding company Yellow Corporation in 2003, and the parent companies were merged to form Yellow Roadway Corporation, later renamed YRC Worldwide.
FDX Corporation changed its name to FedEx Corporation, Federal Express was renamed FedEx Express, RPS became FedEx Ground, Caliber's same-day-critical trucking subsidiary, Roberts Express, became FedEx Custom Critical, [6] and its LTL freight carrier, Viking Freight was re-branded FedEx Freight in 2001. [7] FedEx Ground launched a US ...
werner .com. Footnotes / references. [ 5][ 6] 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 contractors.
FedEx Corporation, originally Federal Express Corporation, is an American multinational conglomerate holding company focused on transportation, e-commerce and business services based in Memphis, Tennessee. [ 3][ 4] The name "FedEx" is a syllabic abbreviation of the name of the company's original air division, Federal Express, which was used ...
Spartan Express (1984-1990) Caliber System Inc., known until 1996 as Roadway Services Inc., was a transportation holding company based in Akron, Ohio. During its history, Caliber owned a number of logistics companies including Roadway Express, Viking Freight and Roadway Package System (RPS) among others. Roadway Express was spun off in 1995 and ...
17,000 (2001) Footnotes / references. [ 1] American Freightways Corp. (AF) was an American regional less than truckload (LTL) carrier based in Harrison, Arkansas. It was acquired by FedEx in 2001, [ 2] renamed FedEx Freight East in 2002, [ 3] and its operations were merged with FedEx's other LTL subsidiaries in 2010 to form FedEx Freight Inc. [ 4]
LaserShip began as a document delivery service in 1986. [8] In the 1990s, LaserShip landed in the small parcel business during the dot-com boom.In 1999, the company partnered with Barnes & Noble to provide same-day shipping services in New York City.
Less-than-truckload shipping or less than load ( LTL) is the transportation of an amount of freight sized between individual parcels and full truckloads. Parcel carriers handle small packages and freight that can be broken down into units less than approximately 150 pounds (68 kg). Full truckload carriers move entire semi-trailers.