User:DatraxMada/FedEx Freight
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Transportation |
| Predecessors |
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| Founded | 2002 in Harrison, Arkansas |
| Founder | FedEx |
| Headquarters | , United States |
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| Parent | |
| Subsidiaries | FedEx Freight Canada |
| Website | Official website |
FedEx Freight Inc., a subsidiary of multinational transportation company FedEx, is an American less-than-truckload (LTL) freight carrier headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee which operates LTL and other freight services in the US and Canada. The company is the largest LTL carrier in the US.[1] It was formed in 2002 by FedEx as the parent company of regional US LTL carriers American Freightways (AF) and Viking Freight, acquired as part of the 1998 FedEx acquisition of Caliber System, when FedEx acquired AF. During this reorganization, AF was renamed FedEx Freight East to reflect its focus on the Eastern US and Viking was renamed FedEx Freight West given its focus on the Western US.[2] When FedEx acquired Lakeland, Florida-based Watkins Motor Lines in 2006, these three were merged into a single entity, FedEx Freight Inc.[3]
History
[edit]American Freightways
[edit]The earliest predecessor of FedEx Freight was founded in Harrison, Arkansas in 1982 by businessman Sheridan Garrison as Arkansas Freightways.[4] When the company went public in 1989 it served 9 states in the Southeastern US.[5]
Operations
[edit]FedEx Freight operates a subsidiary in Canada, FedEx Freight Canada, formerly the Canadian services of Watkins Motor Lines.
References
[edit]- ^ Cassidy, William B (March 8, 2022). "JOC Rankings: Higher rates lead to unprecedented US LTL revenue gains". Journal of Commerce. Archived from the original on April 14, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
- ^ Malone, Scott (September 17, 2010). "Market falls as FedEx fails to deliver". Ottawa Citizen. p. E2. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "FedEx buys Watkins Motor Lines". FreightWaves. American Shipper. May 29, 2006. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ Schulz, John D. "Sheridan Garrison Dead". The Journal of Commerce. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
- ^ "Stock in Harrison trucking company sells out in hours on debut offering". Baxter Bulletin. Little Rock, Arkansas. Associated Press. March 31, 1989. p. 3A. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.