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United Parcel Service. United Parcel Service, Inc. ( UPS) is an American multinational shipping & receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907. [ 1] Originally known as the American Messenger Company specializing in telegraphs, UPS has expanded to become a Fortune 500 company [ 6] and one of the world's largest shipping couriers.
CACH. The Chicago Area Consolidation Hub ( CACH) is a package sorting facility for United Parcel Service, located in the village of Hodgkins, Illinois . CACH serves as a sorting facility for packages traveling in the United States and the world. Construction began in October 1991 [1] at the site previously occupied by the GM Truck and Bus ...
TForce Freight. 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 ...
Standard Carrier Alpha Code. 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.
roadway.com. Roadway Express, Inc. was an American less than truckload (LTL) trucking company. Roadway Express and its holding company, Roadway Corporation, were acquired by logistics holding company Yellow Corporation in 2003, and the parent companies were merged to form Yellow Roadway Corporation, later renamed YRC Worldwide.
A common property-carrying commercial vehicle in the United States is the tractor-trailer, also known as an "18-wheeler" or "semi". The trucking industry serves the American economy by transporting large quantities of raw materials, works in process, and finished goods over land—typically from manufacturing plants to retail distribution centers.
LaserShip began as a document delivery service in 1986. [8] In the 1990s, LaserShip landed in the small parcel business during the dot-com boom.In 1999, the company partnered with Barnes & Noble to provide same-day shipping services in New York City.
Before that, UPS had used Coyote to provide extra truck space for shipments during the peak holiday season. Coyote had a network of more than 35,000 trucking companies at the time UPS bought it.