News / LTL players up their game and rates head up despite volume slowdown

10 January 2023

Volume decline seems unable to put the brakes on US less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers, or bring pricing down as it has in other sectors – operators are upping their game, or expanding.

Forward Air increased its footprint this month with a $56.5m takeover of Land Air Express, ...

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