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Key information on Con-way Freight's less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping services and history, are presented. Con-way started in 1983 with a 'service-first' mentality of letting trucks move even without a full load. Con-way is currently averaging about 60,000 less-than-truckload shipments, shipping a total of more than 72 million pounds a day.

By Robert Bowman, Contributing Editor The highways are strewn with the corpses of trucking companies that tried to compete strictly on price. Even today, some deregulated truckers are walking a [...]

THIRD PARTIES: AGENTS OF CHANGE Highly focused companies like Ryder System see nothing but opportunity in the upheaval that characterizes today's distribution environment. The folks at Ryder Distribution Resources love [...]

Small shipments shippers are using leading-edge technology to optimize routing and mode selection, consolidate shipments, and improve communications. The past three years have seen minimum charges for less-than truckload (LTL) [...]

The company best known for its brown trucks is going the extra mile on order fulfillment and cutting transportation costs at the same time. It all starts with an ideal [...]

Multibillion-dollar global companies may increasingly dominate the LTL industry, but there's still life beyond the super-carriers, smaller, regional LTL players say. There probably are hundreds of smaller carriers focused on [...]

The regional trucking industry isn't what it used to be. Carriers once limited to hauling general freight within a few hundred miles are lengthening their lanes and offering expedited delivery, [...]

Driven by a need to cut costs in the harsh fiscal environment of the early 2000s, U.S. forwarders and shippers began moving domestic time-sensitive freight on the ground with increasing [...]

The Transportation Intermediaries Association, is a trade group engaged in finding maximum brokerage opportunities for private truck fleets. The association is making increased efforts to maximize the reach of its services by enrolling new members.

Driven by a need to cut costs in the harsh fiscal environment of the early 2000s, U.S. forwarders and shippers began moving domestic time-sensitive freight on the ground with increasing [...]

There's no secret to success in the reefer business. Pick up on time, deliver on time, buy the latest and most reliable equipment, select long-term customers, develop freight density along [...]

Everybody wants to get into regional trucking. Specifically, everybody wants to emulate the gold standard of the 21-year-old Con-Way Transportation Services group of three regional carriers, which provide most of [...]

Byline: Sean Kilcarr Frankly it's hard to focus on the perils posed by cyber threats at the moment, especially as we are now faced with the spread of the deadly [...]

Federal Express has boon selling freight for years, but now it has the expertise to make it work It's a truism in the air cargo business that small packages and [...]

OTR Express Inc. founder and President Bill Ward saw in 1995 that the strategy that brought the Olathe truckload carrier success for many years - serving small shippers at lower [...]

Mercer Management Consulting VP Hugh Randall reveals that there is a lack in truckload carriers that offer the more sophisticated logistics services of the third-party business. Randall cites Schneider Logistics and JB Hunt Logistics as two of the truckload companies that are providing a broad range of logistics services. He believes that it will be hard for truckload carriers that focus solely on truckload activities to establish a high-margin business in today's business environment., Very few truckload carriers have found success in the arena of logistics. Will those that have be the only ones of their kind to survive the logistics age? Today, myriad [...]

Retailers such as Target Stores Inc. have hired trucking companies to provide dedicated delivery services for stores. The approach has led to a 99% on-time rate for deliveries at Fleming Companies Inc.'s Oklahoma City Div., says John Boultier, transportation and traffic director. Outsourcing means retailers are covering the cost of a trucking contractor's profits in addition to transportation expenses, but Fleming and other companies still report savings.

Reports of the death of less-than-truckload (LTL) are greatly exaggerated. This small but important transportation segment (5.6% of motor carriage in 1995) has suffered from charges of undifferentiated carriers offering [...]

GMR and CONCOR have jointly launched an Air Freight Station (AFS) in Kanpur. The AFS will provide bonded trucking services, which will operate between ICD Kanpur and the Delhi airport. [...]

Private fleets are expanding their role in the distribution business by providing reliable, competitive and efficient services, and excellent customer service. Senior management expects private fleets to deliver goods in an efficient and service-oriented manner at lower cost. Many companies say that they are better than outside carriers when it comes to providing customer services and controlling assets and logistics networks. Private fleets must also use flexible equipment in their network., Despite much publicized reports to the contrary, private fleets are alive and well at many companies. 'Private fleets are holding their own with regard to size of the market and [...]

As truckers debate the merits of local vs. centralized customer service, technology stands to make the argument moot. When a shipper picks up the phone to call his trucker, trace [...]

Before deregulation, if you couldn't get the rates or service you wanted from carriers, an alternative was to start your own private fleet. But even that wouldn't solve your transportation [...]

What do you do when faced with a freight emergency? Three shippers tell how expedited services - though pricey - helped them avoid more painful costs. A major manufacturer of [...]

Truck dealers should take advantage of the trend among truck operators in outsourcing vehicle maintenance and repair. A study conducted by the Motor Equipment Manufacturers Assn. indicates that 26.6% of total maintenance work is now being done by outside service providers. This represents an additional source of business for truck dealerships. However, there are a number of important considerations that dealers should take into account before offering maintenance arrangements, such as available facility space and consistency of service.

Many shippers who are discontented with the services of international freight forwarders are looking to domestic trucking companies. Although inexperienced in the international shipping market, many local trucking companies possess the enthusiasm and creativity needed to enhance logistics operations. Two trucking companies which have proven themselves in the international shipping market are Yellow Corp. and ABF Freight System Inc., In this age of specialization, it's hard to see why any shipper would trust a domestic carrier to handle its international freight. But that's exactly what happened with UCAR Carbon [...]

Truck fleet operator Jack B. Kelley Inc. has extensive experience in handling cryogenic products such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) and helium. The company has taken advantage of the experience to obtain a fair share of the LNG fuel marketplace. Jack. B. Kelley provides portable LNG fueling systems to fleet users and supplies LNG fuel through its heavy-duty truck trailer fleet. The company reports imrpoved fuel costs compared to diesel fuel even with only 60% natural gas in dual fuel operation., Jack B. Kelley, Inc., headquartered in Amarillo, Texas, is a major nationwide truck fleet operator, with long experience in dealing with cryogenic products such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) and [...]

Diesel engine manufacturer Detroit Diesel enhanced its transportation system through its partnership with its carriers. From 131 carriers, the company trimmed the number to 14, and in the process managed to improve its relationships with them. One of these partners is Golden, CO-based ANR Freight Systems, which forges partnerships with its clients. The two companies were given the 1994 Shipper/Carrier Partnership of the Year Award by the American Society of Transportation and Logistics, in recognition of their ideal and mutually beneficial strategic partnership., Detroit Diesel and ANR Freight System worked together to build an engine that would drive the manufacturer's transportation performance to new levels. In 1986 when Detroit Diesel began its quality [...]

Xerox Corp. revamped its transportation system in 1987, in its effort to reduce costs and improve its overall service. The company is currently using four carriers, three of them dedicated fleets. Burnham Service Corp. and North American Van Lines Inc. are two of the dedicated carriers that provide fleets for Xerox Corp. These companies have efficiently moved products through Xerox Corp.'s distribution network., How Xerox transformed its transportation system by consolidating its fleet, cutting costs and improving overall service. Seven years ago, Xerox Corp. totally revamped its transportation system. Back then it used [...]

Byline: Sean Kilcarr, senior editor SAN ANTONIO. A continuing dearth of skilled A technicians is forcing dealerships and fleets alike to engage in a variety A of different strategies to [...]

Roadranger Marketing is now offering its automated manual transmission (AMT) 'extender protection' plan for Eaton AMTs to owner-operators in the U.S. and Canada. Along with providing additional warranty coverage after [...]

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Byline: Sean Kilcarr ¦ senior editor The trouble for U.S. Xpress Enterprises started when coolant began showing up in engine oil samples taken by the fleet, not long after it [...]

Yellow Logistics Services Inc has assumed responsibility for the logistics operation of Du Pont's Innografix. The operation includes transportation of inbound materials and international distribution. Du Pont's decision to transfer company distribution management over to a third party contract logistics company marked the first time that Du Pont surrendered to an outside party a particular operation having a direct affect on customer service., DuPont does not easily surrender its operations to outsiders, particularly when they directly affect customer service. So when the corporation allowed its E.I. DuPont Innografix business to turn over its [...]

Major trucking companies have begun to offer an array of international, as well as domestic, shipping services. LTL carriers offer varying international services to a wide number of customers such as customs house brokers, freight forwarders and export companies. To boost their competitive advantage, carriers guarantee lower rates while assuring shippers of the most up-to-date tracking and tracing systems., Attention shippers: When it comes to overseas shipments, do you find yourself buried under a pile of paperwork? Do you wish customs requirements came with an English translation? Are you [...]

US shippers are feeling a definite threat from motor carriers and intermodal marketing companies (IMCs). Truckload carriers provide direct service and satisfactory transit times while IMCs can reduce the costs of transporting trailers and containers via railroads. These developments are considered positive since they offer numerous options without compromising the quality of service. This renewed competitiveness in the transportation services sector will greatly benefit the transportation buyers., Truckload carriers and intermodal marketing companies have long fought over the affections and freight of U.S. shippers. And not so long ago, the competitive pitch was relatively simple: Motor carriers [...]

Getting your goods to the retailer on schedule is no easy feat, but the task is becoming more manageable as the transportation industry delivers new solutions to apparel industry requirements. [...]

Pilot Flying J Travel Centers announced today that Scan & Go scanning and Scan & Go document management service will not be available at former Flying J locations after Oct. [...]

A team of researchers from Auburn University is delving into the dynamics of less-than-truckload pricing as LTL trucking companies struggle to raise rates. The researchers hope the study will lead [...]

The Western Governors Association believes there's ample room for longer combination vehicles on High Plains highways, but must convince Congress to thaw a freeze limiting the use of double- and [...]

A strategy of housing asset-intensive trucking and non-asset based logistics in the same corporation did not survive the freight downturn at YRC Worldwide. The financially troubled transport giant sold its [...]

Less-than-truckload carriers haven't always been keen customers of freight brokers, but many operators are turning to third-party logistics in a search for new business. At June's SMC3 Summer Conference in [...]

Watching containers stuffed with clothing trucked off the docks at the Port of Los Angeles in early June, Wayne Bourne wasn't much worried about a double-dip recession or economic slowdown. [...]

Expedited trucking is a premium service, commanding a premium price. But that price might not be as high as shippers think, carrier executives said. 'We're going to be higher than [...]

When a shipment absolutely, positively has to arrive no later than yesterday, what do shippers do? First they pray . . . then they call an expedited trucking company. The [...]