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Markel also assisted in passing the National Motor Carrier Act of 1935. [ 3 ] By the 1940s, Markel Service, Inc. earned a national following and developed a reputation for industry-leading claims adjusting and safety engineering.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation that regulates the trucking industry in the United States. The primary mission of the FMCSA is to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.
The American Trucking Associations (ATA), founded in 1933, is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry.ATA represents more than 37,000 members covering every type of motor carrier in the United States through a federation of other trucking groups, industry-related conferences, and its 50 affiliated state trucking associations.
Robart, founded in 1981 in Duluth, Georgia, was a non-asset truckload and brokerage service provider while The RL Services Group focused on supply chain, logistics, data mining, and operations analysis and related services. The acquisition of Robart, which Saia planned to rebrand under the Saia name, marked Saia's first significant move into ...
In 1935, congress passed the Motor Carrier Act, which replaced the code of competition and authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to regulate the trucking industry. [7] In September 1938, a truckers strike began in New York City and shut down the city for weeks, demanding lower hours, as one of the biggest strikes that year. [8]
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.
The company also launched the Estes SureMove division, an alternative to full-service household moving. In 2019, Estes acquired South Brunswick, New Jersey–based truckload carrier Eastern Freight Ways and third-party logistics (3PL) provider Carrier Industries, the two most profitable affiliates of bankrupt New England Motor Freight (NEMF).
Following this restructuring, CFL refocused on expansion through acquisitions including 2013 purchase of Circle Delivery Service of Tennessee, [37] the LTL operations of Georgia-based Drug Transport Inc. (DTI) in 2014, [38] and the 2017 acquisition of Wilson Trucking Corporation, a Virginia-based LTL carrier focused on the Southeastern US. [39]