Ocean service to boost LTL

Transportation conglomerate USFreightways said the addition of ocean freight forwarding to its logistics offerings will help grow its LTL volumes. With this offering, USF Logistics Services said it will be consolidate freight in major cities or near ports for shipment to U.S. destinations, including Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Hawaii and Guam. "This new service presents terrific business opportunities

Sean Kilcarr

Feb. 13, 2003

Transportation conglomerate USFreightways said the addition of ocean freight forwarding to its logistics offerings will help grow its LTL volumes.

With this offering, USF Logistics Services said it will be consolidate freight in major cities or near ports for shipment to U.S. destinations, including Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Hawaii and Guam.

"This new service presents terrific business opportunities for USFreightways to offer seamless solutions to our LTL regional carriers customers," said Tom Lilly, president & CEO of USF Logistics Services.

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Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

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