FedEx Significantly Improves Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Services
FedEx Freight has improved its service in key U.S. markets,and FedEx National LTL now provides long-haul shippers with improved on-time service reliability after re-engineering its network, FedEx Freight, an operating company of FedEx Corp. announced today.
FedEx Freight is a l provider of regional next-day, second-day and extended LTL freight services, and has cut transit times in half ” from two days to next day ” from the Las Vegas area to Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento, Bakersfield and other large cities in Central California, and from Vancouver, British Columbia into the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
FedEx Freight has accelerated delivery from three days to two days in many other cities. Overall, FedEx Freight has helped its customers who depend on fast-cycle logistics by improving service standards in more than 1,000 U.S. lanes in the past year.
FedEx National LTL, provider of long-haul LTL services, has adopted a strictly scheduled line-haul operation to enhance reliability. Like FedEx Freight, FedEx National LTL employs advanced information systems that support internal planning and provide shipment visibility to customers. These improvements benefit customers with planned inventory replenishment. FedEx National LTL was created in September 2006 when FedEx acquired the business assets of the former Watkins Motor Lines.
A little over a year ago, we announced our strategy of providing a reliable and cost-effective service for long-haul shippers, complementing our regional LTL service, said Douglas G. Duncan, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Freight. Today, through FedEx National LTL, we are delivering on that promise. Further, we are able to leverage both networks to offer all-points coverage in the regional and long-haul sectors.
In addition to expanding its domestic portfolio through FedEx National LTL, FedEx Freight is enhancing its Canadian service offerings with FedEx Freight Canada, the first-ever direct LTL presence for FedEx in Canada. The growing company handles LTL shipments moving into and out of Canada and intra-Canada shipments. This door-to-door service provided by FedEx Freight companies offers greater visibility and reliability for Canadian LTL shipments and trans-border pickup and delivery points in the U.S.
