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TForce Freight, a subsidiary of TFI International, is an American less than truckload (LTL) freight carrier based in Richmond, Virginia. [1] The company was founded in 1935 as Overnite Transportation , [ 2 ] the name it used until 2006 when it was rebranded UPS Freight by new owner UPS .
United Parcel Service. United Parcel Service, Inc. ( UPS) is an American multinational shipping & receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907. [1] Originally known as the American Messenger Company specializing in telegraphs, UPS has expanded to become a Fortune 500 company [6] and one of the world's largest shipping couriers ...
UPS Freight was acquired by TFI in 2021 and renamed TForce Freight. In January 2021, TFI agreed to purchase UPS ' LTL and truckload subsidiary UPS Freight for US$800 million . [ 40 ] At the time, the acquisition was the second largest deal in North American trucking history after the 2017 merger of Swift Transportation and Knight Transportation ...
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.
Yellow Corporation was an American transportation holding company headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. Its subsidiaries included national less than truckload (LTL) carrier YRC Freight; regional LTL carriers New Penn, Holland, and Reddaway; and freight brokerage HNRY Logistics. [5] From 2006 to February 2021, Yellow was known as YRC Worldwide ...
RXO, a freight broker based in Charlotte, North Carolina, said acquiring Coyote will nearly double the company, to $7.1 billion in annual rev UPS agrees to sell its freight-brokerage division for ...
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. traces its origins to 1934 when husband and wife Earl Congdon Sr. and Lillian Congdon (née Herbert) founded the company with a single straight truck running between Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. [7] [8] The name is a reference to a common nickname for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the "Old Dominion." [9]
Standard Carrier Alpha Code. The Standard Carrier Alpha Code ( SCAC) is a privately controlled US code used to identify vessel operating common carriers (VOCC). It is typically two to four letters long. The National Motor Freight Traffic Association developed the SCAC code in the 1960s to help road transport companies computerize data and records.