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Estes Express Lines is a privately owned American freight transportation provider based in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 1931 by W. W. Estes, the company is still owned and operated by the Estes family. Robey W. Estes, Jr., became the company’s president in 1990, then chairman and CEO in 2001. He was succeeded by his son Webb Estes as COO ...
The Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) is a privately controlled US code used to identify vessel operating common carriers (VOCC). It is typically two to four letters long. The National Motor Freight Traffic Association developed the SCAC code in the 1960s to help road transport companies computerize data and records. [1]
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. traces its origins to 1934 when husband and wife Earl Congdon Sr. and Lillian Congdon (née Herbert) founded the company with a single straight truck running between Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. [7][8] The name is a reference to a common nickname for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the "Old Dominion." [9]
R+L Carriers is a privately owned American freightshipping company based in Wilmington, Ohio, which grew over the course of 50 years from one truck to a fleet of 21,000 tractors and trailers. [1]
TForce Freight, Inc. TForce Freight, a subsidiary of TFI International, is an American less than truckload (LTL) freight carrier based in Richmond, Virginia. [1] The company was founded in 1935 as Overnite Transportation, [2] the name it used until 2006 when it was rebranded UPS Freight by new owner UPS. Its name changed to TForce Freight in ...
Less-than-truckload shipping or less than load (LTL) is the transportation of an amount of freight sized between individual parcels and full truckloads. Parcel carriers handle small packages and freight that can be broken down into units less than approximately 150 pounds (68 kg). Full truckload carriers move entire semi-trailers.
W. W. Estes. Webb Wallace Estes (August 12, 1897 – June 29, 1971) was an American farmer and businessman who founded Estes Express Lines, the largest privately held less-than-truckload (LTL) company in the United States. [1] [2]
Denver International Airport (IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN, FAA LID: DEN) — locally known as DIA — is an international airport in the Western United States, primarily serving metropolitan Denver, Colorado, as well as the greater Front Range Urban Corridor. At 33,531 acres (52.4 sq mi; 135.7 km 2), [6][7] it is the largest airport in the Western ...