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Fleets Persevere Through Down Market With Care and Creativity

The largest for-hire carriers have persevered through a down market with care for their customers and close attention to controlling costs.

Mindy Long | Special to Transport Topics
June 21, 2024
For-Hire, Top 100

Top 100 For-Hire Carriers: How to Get on the List

Find out how your trucking business stacks up by submitting data for the 2024 Transport Topics Top 100 For-Hire Carriers publication.

April 25, 2024
Business, Equipment, Logistics, Top 100

Logistics Market Faces Challenges Across Segments in 2023

Across the major logistics market segments, 2023 brought a spate of challenges including compressed margins, rising labor costs and inflationary pressures, ensuring a down year for many.

Mike Senatore | Features Coordinator
April 12, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, Top 100

A Year to Forget for Third-Party Logistics Providers

2023 was a generally downtrodden year for 3PLs, with plummeting transportation rates and shippers focused on right-sizing inventories and reducing logistics costs.

Evan Armstrong | President of Armstrong & Associates Inc.
April 12, 2024
Business, Equipment, Logistics, Top 100

Amazon Takes No. 1 Spot on Top 100 Logistics List

A freight market recession, compressed broker margins and major acquisitions in 2023 have markedly altered the landscape of North America’s largest third-party logistics providers.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
April 12, 2024
Business, Equipment, Logistics, Top 100

When Will Freight Market Conditions Improve?

Stubbornly weak freight market conditions have placed financial strain on 3PLs in recent years with an oversupply of truck capacity driving down rates and squeezing brokers’ margins.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
April 12, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Forward Air Completes Acquisition of Omni Logistics

Forward Air on Jan. 25 announced the completion of its long-pending acquisition of Omni Logistics, with both companies’ leaders touting the benefits of the merger.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
January 31, 2024
Business, Top 100

ODFL Reports Slight Revenue Bump to $1.5 Billion for Q4

Old Dominion Freight Line experienced nearly flat earnings and a slight revenue bump to $1.5 billion during the fourth quarter of 2023, the company reported Jan. 31.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
January 31, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

UPS to Cut 12,000 Jobs, Explore Sale of Coyote Amid Weak Q4

UPS Inc. is reducing its overall employee head count by 12,000 workers, which the company says will save more than $1 billion, citing higher labor costs and softening demand.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
January 30, 2024
Business, For-Hire, Top 100

Knight-Swift Reports 11% Revenue Increase for Q4

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings profits dropped during the fourth quarter but the carrier experienced an increase in revenue, the company reported Jan. 24.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
January 25, 2024